It is both beautiful and difficult to truly love people who are different from yourself. If you serve in the Church long enough you will discover this for yourself. It’s even more difficult to lead them – together – into discipleship to Jesus. Yet that is what it is to pastor. Each variation of …
“It’s not about what you can play, but what you can come up with.” This quote has stuck with me throughout my entire musical career ever since high school. Back then, I wasn’t any different than any other average worship musician. I don’t believe that I had a specific “gifting” that set me up …
Putting together a worship team can vary in difficulty depending on your congregation. Some ministries have issues with getting people on the schedule consistently because they have so many members, other ministries struggle to fill a team each Sunday (if this is you, check out our article on 6 proven recruitment strategies to grow …
What to Look for in a Worship Audition (Every Instrument Broken Down) Read More »
A month or so ago a friend of mine posed this question on Facebook: “Is it possible for a church to completely avoid hurting someone? If so, how?” As you can imagine, smack dab in the middle of “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” season the post elicited well over 100 comments, many …
We are ecstatic to have our friend Christy Lozinski guest writing with us today! She is a seasoned music director at her church, a 10 year piano teacher, and overall an incredible musician! If there’s anyone that has authority to speak on what keeps worship piano players from being great it’s her. Our team walked …
The Top 8 Mistakes Worship Piano Players Make & How to Fix Them Read More »
Are you tired of settling for where you’re currently at as a musician? Whether you’re at the point in your playing where each week you’re holding your breath, hoping to make it through the worship set without a royal mess up or you’re on the opposite end of the spectrum and feel like you …
7 Laughably Simple Ways To Master Your Instrument, In Less Than 30 Minutes A Day Read More »
Worship guitar is a style of its own… Do you want to know what the worship guitarists from Hillsong, Bethel, Elevation Worship, Matt Redman, and Kari Jobe all have in common? Well here at Worship Online, we have the unique opportunity to have these amazing musicians as part of our team of worship guitar instructors. …
One of the more exciting Christmas songs I remember as a child was the 12 Days of Christmas. It’s unmistakably cheesy and who in their right mind would want all those birds for gifts? But what kid wouldn’t be excited about 12 days of Christmas?! So here are two questions: First, why don’t we …
Leaving the worship team is a big deal and not an easy decision! As a leader, it’s one of the saddest things for me to be told because I truly love the people on my teams and I love getting to serve alongside them. BUT transition is an inevitable, and sometimes a completely necessary part …
8 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Quit the Worship Team (& How to Tell Your Leader) Read More »
I wish someone had told me.When I was the new worship team member, I made every mistake in the book. I’ve been publicly called out, shown up having learned the wrong set, and more than once… been that guy. If it could go wrong, I’ve probably done it. That’s why I’m writing this—to help you …
10 Tips For New Worship Team Members! What I Wish I Knew! Read More »
