Tag: how to
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How do we make worship contextual?
If you were to visit a church in North America today, chances are you would be faced with a choice:…
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Weekly Worship Thought – Top 5 Tips for Keyboard
The keyboard (both piano and organ varieties) ruled the worship music landscape for a long time. It still does in…
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Weekly Worship Thought – Top 5 Tips for Drums
Several years ago I fulfilled the dream of every musician. I bought a drum kit. Because every musician wishes they…
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Q&R: Which contemporary songs should we introduce to our church?
Question: We are in desperate need of introducing some contemporary music into our worship services. I do know contemporary music…
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How to Use an Advent Wreath at Home
An Advent wreath is a great opportunity to ground yourself or your family in a spiritual practice throughout the hectic…
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HELP! I NEED SOMEBODY! HELP! NOT JUST ANYBODY! (ideas on recruiting musicians)
I recently received an email from a church musician who was looking for help. The guitarist in their band recently…
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Essential Stuff That Every Church Website Needs
In the years that I’ve been serving churches as a pastoral musician, the church website has fallen on my plate…
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Worship Band Tune Up, part 2
Read “Worship Band Tune Up, part 1” here. 2. In guitar driven worship, the keyboard should use pads and strings…
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Worship Band Tune Up, part 1
Technologies for Worship Magazine had a great little tip from John Chevalier on how to build a Worship Band. I’m…