Easily the most difficult part of my job is trying to bridge the gap between stage and congregation. Having a large sanctuary (holds 2,500 when it’s finished) makes this more difficult. Anytime you have that many seats it immediately makes you feel disengaged from what is happening on stage. So I struggle constantly with how…
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My Debut
This past Sunday we were planning on just letting Ron end the service after his message, which answered the question of: “Can I Ever Be Good Enough?”. On last Monday night I first heard the song Lay it Down by Matt Maher and Brenton Brown. The song really hit me (I shared about that here)…
Sunday's Worship Set
Because this weekend (June 22nd) was Jay‘s weekend off, Jill led worship in our 9am service and I led in our 11am service. I’ll highlight our 11am service. Opener: Walk the World (key of A, by Charlie Hall) Main Set: God of this City (key of Db, by Blue Tree not Chris Tomlin) Holy, Holy,…
Biblical Worship
Thursday is a day of breakout sessions at the arts conference. I come to you from lakeside at Willow 🙂 The first session was led by Ross Parsley who is the worship pastor of New Life Christian Church in Colorado Springs. This is a church that has been made famous for housing the Desperation Band,…
Music in Church
Sunday afternoon we had a band workshop for the worship team musicians. We watched some of the LeadWorship Band Workshop put together by Paul Baloche, then Jill and I shared some thoughts, and then we had a great discussion about how to play music in church effectively. After we watched the dvd, here was one…
Willow Creek Arts Conference
I found late on Tuesday night that I am able to go to the Willow Creek Arts Conference. I’ll be flying standby with Jay thanks to a wonderful donation by Aaron Soule. It is only because of that gift that we are able to go. Jay and I will be meeting up with another co-worker…