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16 Free Ways To Improve Your Church Sound

Want to take your church’s sound to the next level? This simple guide offers 16 tips to improve sound quality, from tweaking EQ and effects to strategic speaker placement. Learn fundamentals like attending rehearsals and communicating with musicians. Discover pro techniques for eliminating feedback, checking gear, and more. Whether you’re…

8 Valuable Resources For Anyone Running The Screens At Their Church

Church media teams are the unsung heroes on Sunday. They enable powerful worship experiences, but it’s not as easy as they make it look. Executing excellent lyrics, graphics, and videos takes specialized skills. This article compiles eight invaluable resources to level up any church’s presentation game. From software tutorial videos…

3 Things Worship Leaders Must Consider for the Upcoming Year

By Todd Wright You finish up Christmas and think, “Ah, I wonder what the upcoming year wi-“ and then the new year kicks in your office door, kicks a chair over and drops a bunch of work on your desk. If you’re like me and you’re feeling way behind, let…

5 Tips for a Successful Christmas Eve Service

Christmas Eve services present a great opportunity to create an atmosphere that resonates with both church members and first-time guests. When planning music, aim for a balance of familiar traditions and fun new arrangements. Keep traditional Christmas song melodies and lyrics intact for singability, but feel free to get creative…

5 Free Christmas Media Options For Your Church

No more skimping on church media assets this Christmas! Despite strained holiday budgets, beautifully festive worship backgrounds, social graphics, printables and more await for free. Let Pixel Preacher’s snowy scenes set the tone while Ministry Designs stocks your image pantry to overflowing. Unwrap Church Marketing University’s email-exclusive bundle, then dive…

Worship Ideas for Christmas

This Christmas season, consider embracing the beauty of simplicity rather than giving in to temptations of overindulgence. Keep your holiday celebrations straightforward and modest, with intimate gatherings, abbreviated events, and traditional songs that feel nostalgic. By scaling back and focusing on the essence of the season, you can gift your…

A Christmas Gift Guide for the Worship Pastor

By Shannon Lewis Some people are simply harder to buy for than others, & as a Creative & a Worship Leader I admit that I’m one of those people. Folks like myself love gifts that help us more effectively be who we are. I’ve compiled a collection of unique, fun,…

Free Getty Christmas Hymnal With Audio

This season, connect deeply to the Christmas narrative through 15 free Christmas carols from Getty Music. Let rich theology, poetry, and melodies recalibrate perspectives and inspire worship of the newborn King. Claim Getty Music’s Christmas gift.

8 Reasons Pastors Should Look Forward To The Christmas Season

Joy to the world, the Christmas season is here! For pastors, it’s a sacred chance to re-tell the nativity and share life with their flock. Though burdens come, blessings abound. Shepherding God’s people is a privilege, guiding them through pain and celebration alike. Needs become clearer now, challenging year-round service…

10 Christmas Bible Verses for Kids Ministry

This Christmas, enrich Kids Ministry with often overlooked Bible passages relating to Jesus’ birth. Use Old Testament prophecies and Gospel nativity details to teach children the reason we celebrate – God sending His Son out of perfect love to dwell among us as Immanuel. Read the 10 Bible passages.

Pushing All In On Red

I know what you’re thinking. “What a great Christian T-shirt slogan if it were still the 90’s! I’d print up a thousand of those bad boys with a picture of Jesus wearing the crown of thorns and proselytize on the street corners of Vegas. The masses of gambling addicts who’d…

Christmas/Advent Survival Kit 2021

Here are a few resources to help you with your celebration of Advent. Some will help you in your worship planning; others will help you in your church and family devotionals. See the full list of resources.

Top Christmas Worship Songs 2021 [with Tutorials]

Creating a remarkable Christmas celebration for your church community involves a lot of work. Fortunately for you, Josh Kluge is here to assist! He’s put together the top Christmas worship songs for 2023 to make your life so much easier. Here on this list you’ll see Old Christmas classics, modern…

4 Thoughts on Christmas Services: Don’t Be Afraid to Play the Hits!

Tell the Christmas Story. Not the one with the leg lamp, the one with the virgin birth of the Savior of the world. People never get tired of hearing that story. I understand you’ve preached it every year for the past ten years. Preach it again. Get creative with it.…

20 Best Christmas Worship Songs for the Year

Every year, the search for the perfect Christmas worship song setlist takes place. Sure, we always have our favorites that we love to throw into the rotation, but each year we have an opportunity to mix things up and sprinkle in something different. See the full list.

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