Developing Your Worship Team, Part 3 Submission to authority is NOT a fun topic. But if you want a healthy worship ministry—you’ve got to deal with this issue head on. Because if you have team members who won’t submit to your authority or the church’s authority, your ministry will suffer.   In this training today, we are diving into the first 2 lessons from the Worship Workshop class, Healthy 201: Understanding Authority, Submission, Conflict And Confrontation. Now, that's a big pile of...

Do your team members REALLY know how to fulfill their role as lead worshiper on the platform? And do they know how to prepare for that? And do you techs know that they ALSO play a role as lead worshipers.   This episode is going to give you some practical training to help develop your team members as lead worshipers.   SHOW NOTES: Today’s training comes from the first three lessons of the WorshipWorkshop.com class, Lead Worshiper 101: Lesson 0: The Introduction Lesson 1: Our Roles as...

SHOW NOTES:   Today’s training comes from the first three lessons of the WorshipWorkshop.com class, How To Be An Ideal Team Member.    We look at the three virtues of an ideal team member. (Comes from the book, The Ideal Team Player, by Pat Lencioni   http://amzn.to/2ucZTpu     To download the training audios and slides for this episode, go here:   Signup page: https://worshipworkshop.com/episode-26-free-content/     Additional Resources:  The Beginners Guide To Using Pads in...

Show Notes: In this episode, we interview Gateway vocalists/worship leaders Jill Brewer and Anna Byrd. We get into topics like:   - Pop vocal technique - lead vocal teams - vocal health - fears and insecurities vocalists face      Gateway Vocal Chart Samples (put in one pdf)   About Jill Brewer: Jill and her husband, Robb, both serve on staff at Gateway church. Robb is an Executive Pastor at the Southlake Campus, and Jill is the Associate Director in Worship Development over vocal...

Show Notes:   Today’s interview is with Mike Harland of LifeWay Worship. We discuss the crucial topic of discontent. It’s a slippery slope that will lead to the ruin of both your ministry and your family.   Here’s more about Mike: Mike Harland grew up in Mississippi, graduated from Delta State University and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and has led churches in worship leadership roles for most of his life. Since 2005, Mike has served as the Director of LifeWay Worship...

Show Notes: Today’s main training comes from our Director of Coaching, Jerimae Yoder. Besides being a full-time worship leader, Jerimae is an accomplished coach. He gives us some amazing insight on how to deal with tough situations that, frankly, would be easy for us blow up and make worse. You can connect with Jerimae at jerimae {at} worshipteamcoach [.] com. If you want to experience the kind of coaching that Jerimae talks about, the best (and most affordable) way to do that is through...

Featured Interview: Leslie Jordan with All Sons & Daughters   Featured Resource: Small Church/Big Worship Coaching Group    Links Poets and Saints All Sons and Daughters Album http://amzn.to/2bJ6umK   Poets and Saints by Jamie George http://amzn.to/2cklROC   Listen to:  “Paris”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0leckSrDEhQ   "Great Are You Lord" on Omaha Beach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woHgfOOYzjQ   How The Light Gets In by Pat Schneider ...

In this interview with Andrew Marcus, we talk about his new album, Constant, the journey to get there, and a whole bunch of other stuff.   http://www.andrewmarcusmusic.com/   http://www.becrecordings.com/artists/345/Andrew_Marcus/overview/   http://twitter.com/andrewmarcus_   https://www.facebook.com/andrewmarcusmusic  

Show Notes The Interview with Jerimae Yoder (Intro: 3:28 / Interview: 6:12) The Free Tool: The Great Question Cheat Sheet (47:12) Special Podcast Listener Discount for The Blueprint Session (47:27) Plugged In Moment (48:46) Free 1:1 Leadership Coaching Opportunity (55:14) The Interview Today's interview is with our very own Jerimae Yoder, Director of Coaching for WorshipTeamCoach.com. Jerimae is also the worship leader for the South Campus of The Chapel in Norwalk, OH. We talk about...

In today's episode, we talk about what worship leaders can do better as they lead their vocalists.   Show Notes: Top 5 Ways To Better Lead Your Vocal Team: 1. Provide training for your vocalists 2. Take responsibility for Growing Them 3. Be mindful of keys 4. Run Effective Rehearsals 5. Recognize Our Purpose as worship musicians   DVDs and Articles By Sheri: DVD: Basic Vocal Technique All DVDs Training Vocalists Article Improve Your Talking to Help Your Voice Vocal...

SUMMARY In this episode, we’re looking at 4 practical steps to nurture and cultivate expressive worship in your church.  OUTLINE/NOTES: INTRO: Cultivating biblical expression in your church is really about two things: 1) Helping people to show on the outside what’s happening on the inside. 2) helping people understand that often, our actions must precede our attitude. So there’s a both/and when it comes to expression during worship—it allows what’s on the inside to be expressed on the...

In today's podcast, I talk to you about the 10 tools (apps and such) that I love, and that make ministry easier/better.   1. EVERNOTE I use Evernote for TONS of stuff....Sign up for Evernote for free Sign up for Evernote for free Evernote - you can scan copies in and store them... You can have tons of notebooks to keep notes organized. Or just tag them... Free is good...probably too good. You might like to have plus/premium features, too. 2. PLANNING CENTER ONLINE'S SERVICES...

  Show Notes and Bonus Cheat Sheet Can Be Accessed At WorshipTeamCoach.com/016 Highlights:   Marketing defined: “Sharing what you have with who needs it most."   Getting people to listen and respond to announcements: Storytelling and inspiration; not information   Rule of Three: You probably have more announcements than you need to share. Don’t go over three announcements.   Download the free cheat sheet: 3 Steps to More Engaging Announcements This Sunday" Go to...

In today’s interview, I talk to Tim Foot of The Slingshot Group. Slingshot Group helps churches find the right people for their ministry positions. Tim leads the Worship Arts division. He’s also the worship pastor at LifeBridge Christian Church. We talk about both his experience as a coach and as a long-time worship leader.   http://slingshotgroup.org/worship-arts/ http://christianmusiciansummit.com/ http://timfoot.com/ https://twitter.com/@realtimfoot/

In this episode, we’re going to talk about the Six Must-Have Leaders That Your Team Needs. This isn’t to make you feel bad about yourself and try to find ways to work harder and be more to more people. This is really about figuring out how to do less and do it better. What we’re looking, essentially, this is the building blocks for a Leadership Team that you can build. To frame these Must-Have leadership roles, I’ve divided them into 3 categories - Leading In Leading Out Leading...

Today we're continuing our conversation with Rob Still (RobStill.com). Rob is a worship leader, producer, songwriter teacher and author. In this episode we continue talking about what your worship team absolutely needs to know about biblical worship. During this conversation, we hone in on 7 big ideas of worship.  Words of Worship Article [Click to read article] Resurrection Power, Rob's devotional book.

Today we're talking with Rob Still (RobStill.com). Rob is a worship leader, producer, songwriter teacher and author. In this (and the next episode) we dig into the HUGE topic of Biblical Worship, narrowing in on what your worship team absolutely needs to know about it.  Which Robert Webber book would you recommend people start with? Ancient Future Worship - Robert Webber   Words of Worship Article [Click to read article]   CHALLLENGE Ask your team members, "What are some scriptures...

Today’s Interview is with Kent Morris who is widely recognized for his church sound training abilities. He has more than 30 years of experience working with A/V, has served as a sound mixer for several noted performers, including Paul Baloche and Israel Houghton, and is a product development consultant for several leading audio manufacturers.   Here are the some of questions I ask Kent (and I even give a few of his nuggets - but you’ll want to listen for all the great stuff).   How should...

What’s one crucial leadership position that’s missing from most worship teams?   In this episode, I’m interviewing Jack Daniels who is the musical director for David Phelps. We talk about what it means to be a musical director, and why it’s an important position in your worship team.   As an extremely accomplished keyboardists and worship leader, we also dive in a little to the world of leading worship from the keyboard.    There was SO much great content here that I compiled it all...

Introduction: Review the 3 Gs: - Groove - Glue - Grace   3 Ways to Approaching Arranging with the 3 Gs: 1. Create 2. Duplicate 3. Approximate   Links Link to Episode 008 to Download Graphics - http://www.worshipteamcoach.com/blog/2015/02/20/008-the-3-gs-of-arranging-how-to-easily-arrange-for-any-size-band-part-1   Places to Purchase Guide/Enhancement Tracks: Loop Community.com...

Outline: Intro - What Happens If We Don’t Arrange? The Blob of Sound Arranging Defined The Sonic Spectrum The Rhythmic Spectrum 1. Groove The idea of groove is like the tracks that we ride on. Groove is made up by two elements: the Foundation and the Rhythm. - Typical ways bands create the groove - Small band ideas for creating the groove - Rookie Mistakes when it comes to the groove   2. Glue  The glue is the “middle stuff” that holds the song together. There are two elements that...

5 Tips To Handle Late Team Members Introduction Why lateness is killing your team: Wasted Rehearsal Time Disrespect of Other Team Members Weak Way To Start Rehearsal Diminishes Promptness in Other Team Members Erodes Other Essential Team Habits   5 Techniques To Change The Culture of Lateness: 1. Leader: Be Early & Leave Margin 2. Start On Time…No Matter What 3. Change Your Language 4. Confront, But Assume the Best 5. Apply Social Pressure Two Bonus Issues: 1. What do we do...

Small churches are unique with their own set of worship challenges. Today we dive into the biggest traps that smaller church worship teams fall into.  Here’s what we’ll be looking at: Intro: 3 Truths About Small Churches 7 Big Traps For Small Church Worship Teams 1. Planning to Fail Trap 2. Systems that Stunt Growth Trap 3. No Real Expectation for Preparation Trap 4. Over-Compensating Trap 5. Us Four and No More Trap 6. One Size Fits all Trap 7. Comparison Trap Additional Resources...

In today's podcast, I interview Jason Houtsma of WorshipArtistry.com. If you're not familiar with WorshipArtistry.com, you're about to find your most favorite Go-To place to train and develop your guitarists. Here are some questions we dive into: What are some of the common mistakes and issues you see with worship team guitarists?  What are some ways that you see WLs not leading their guitarists well? What can us worship leaders do better when it comes to leading our guitarists.  Why...