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Ministry is hard Did you know the average worship leader quits their ministry position after only two years? That makes sense. Ministry can be hard. It can be lonely, tireless, thankless, and discouraging. We can be misunderstood, underappreciated, and taken...
I know that leading week after week, things can get stale and mechanical. Sometimes we’re on stage leading worship, and we can’t even connect with God ourselves. This was a question one of our Academy students recently submitted, so I recorded my answer for her and...
As a worship leader or team member, choosing the right online training platform is crucial for personal growth and team development. With many options available, it can be tough to decide which platform is the best fit for your team. Today, we'll dive deep into a...
11 Essential Apps to Streamline Your Workflows and Enhance Communication As a worship leader, staying organized, streamlining workflows, and fostering effective communication with your team are crucial aspects of leading a successful ministry. Fortunately, with the...
Awesome worship leader resources! Hey Worship Leader! You're looking for resources to help you grow in your calling? Well you're in the right place. As worship leaders, we are both worshippers AND leaders. The best leaders are always learning. In order to be...
Building a healthy worship team can be hard work. There's always some bad behavior we need to confront or a difficult team member or two causing headaches. Whether you're fighting gossip, a lack of commitment, tardiness, or negativity...bad behavior can be a drain on...
How to help your classically trained pianist to play a modern worship style If you're like most worship leaders, you've got a classically trained piano player on your team who is a LITTLE bit too busy for your taste. Yep, it happens. Instead of cursing them under your...
If you're looking for a school of worship, we live in a time of abundance. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of schools of worship in the world. Some worship schools are online, others are in-person, and others offer a hybrid program. This article will expose you to...
Are you looking for an online worship leader training program? Good news! We are blessed to live in a time where there are plenty of options for worship leaders to receive affordable training online. There are courses, academies, YouTube channels all dedicated to...
Healthy worship teams don't just happen. Every worship leader I know would like healthy, happy, high-functioning worship teams. But healthy teams don't just happen. They are built through intentionality and focus. Recently I led a panel discussion on Team Building...
Leading vocalists to sing well together is a huge part of building a musically excellent worship ministry. So here are 14 quick and actionable tips that you can implement with your singers this week to improve the vocals in your worship ministry! 1) Warm them up Send...
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. Worship Leaders should take advantage of under-utilized blocks of time to sharpen their...
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...