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Easter comes every year, and every year we need to build new worship sets for our Easter services. We want our Easter songs to be celebratory, joyful, passionate and worshipful. The Risen King is worthy of our highest praise! So we've filtered through a lot of songs...
Good Friday is a big deal. It's the day when we celebrate the son of God giving His life to rescue us from our sin. So we should pay special attention to making our Good Friday worship services as special and engaging as possible. Great worship sets always start with...
The Importance of Congregational Songs Songs are the building blocks of our worship sets. Weak songs = weak sets. Strong songs make it more likely to build strong sets. And strong sets lead to greater congregational engagement. 🙌 Good congregational songs have 5...
Leaders are readers, and worship leaders should be no exception. Whether it's to learn new skills, stay inspired, refresh your soul, learn more about God, or simply be entertained, worship leaders (you and I) should be regularly reading books! Thankfully, we've...
In musical worship, song selection is critical. Songs are the fundamental building blocks of our worship services. They are the tools with which we help our people see, savor and sing to Jesus. The stronger our songs, the more vividly we can paint the nature and...
Being a great worship leader is so much more than just having strong vocal chops and epic guitar skills. Worship leaders are leaders, shepherds, counselors, vision casters, communicators, organizers, and administrators. And that’s probably just scratching the surface....
Recently I became the worship pastor of a much larger church with multiple worship services per week. The sheer number of services requires a lot from our volunteer musicians so up until now there has never been a separate night dedicated to rehearsals. Currently,...
ChordPro format chord charts are becoming increasingly popular in worship ministries because of their flexibility and time-saving nature. What Are ChordPro Format Chord Charts? ChordPro Format chord charts are similar to regular chord charts, except that they embed...
Background vocalists have the unglamorous job of being in the "background". But don't be so quick to relegate yourself to some sub-class of singers. Background vocalists are vital to any musical set and particularly to a worship set. Congregationally, the church feels...
While I was perusing through Facebook, I saw an ad for an undergraduate program for Worship Leaders. The ad read, “Do you want to learn how to write songs, record studio-quality albums, and get your songs to music industry execs? Then come be a part of our college and...
This post originally appeared on brentoncollyer.com Memorizing your worship music has many great benefits, allowing you to be more in the moment musically, more focused on the Lord spiritually, and more able to lead the congregation pastorally. As daunting as it may...
Announcements are an inevitable part of our worship services. How we handle our announcements can make them either a distracting drain, or a life-giving, enjoyable part of our time together as a congregation. Here are 7 ways to make your announcement time a more...
Almost every worship leader I know has traversed through at least one dark season of discouragement in their ministry. Discouragement can be caused by a whole host of issues: criticism from church members, lack of participation in worship, a church that seems stuck or...
God gave us bodies to use as tools to worship him and serve others. As worship leaders who stand on the platform, our body language can either be a help or a hindrance to those we are leading. Poor body language can distract and dissuade people from worship, while...
All worship leaders want excellent worship teams made up of excellent musicians, but often we don’t define what excellence means for our players. So here are a few key aspects of musical excellence in worship musicians to help paint a picture for your teams. Musically...
Podcasts are an incredible tool for learning and gaining new ideas with very little effort. You can listen while you drive to work, mow the lawn, work out, or clean the house (or don't clean the house. You're welcome). Worship Leaders should take advantage of...
This post originally appeared at brentoncollyer.com Introducing a new song to your worship team is always a bit of challenge. Which song should I choose? Can our team pull this off? Will our congregation engage with it? Each of these questions is worth a blog post...
This post originally appeared on brentoncollyer.com. Leading worship with a small team of musicians is a real challenge and considering the majority of churches in the U.S. are two-hundred people or less this is a challenge most worship leaders face. Whether you...