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Christmas provides a wonderful opportunity for churches to get creative in sharing the love of Jesus. Rather than just neglecting the holiday altogether, consider special Christmas Eve services, volunteering experiences, hosted community meals, encouraging individual outreach, or social media campaigns. The goal should be keeping Christ at the heart of…

by Carl Barnhill There are strong spiritual benefits for you and your volunteers to worship in a corporate setting, with other believers and your family. I grew up in a smaller Baptist church, and have attended churches where there was only one media guy. Being on the media production staff…

From the beginning of the promotion, make sure there is enough visual content. Statistics show that on Twitter, tweets with videos are six times more likely to be shared than tweets with photos. Even on Facebook and Instagram, videos are becoming the order of the day.

Summer brings a welcomed slowdown for many worship ministries. Use this less hectic season to refresh and strengthen your team. First, lighten the workload by taking more time off, scaling back the band, and cutting a song from each setlist. Next, pause adding new songs and visit a slightly larger…

Brace yourselves, worship teams! With Easter Sunday just around the corner, the biggest day of the year is rapidly approaching. And as any seasoned leader knows, the key to true success lies not just in pulling off a spectacular service, but in keeping your dedicated volunteers energized and engaged long…

If you’ve been a longtime CCM fan you probably remember the vocal trio First Call (I LOVED them and would get ensembles together in church to sing their hits like “The Reason We Sing”) Melodie Tunney posts on Facebook how her husband Dick recently found their original demo tape! She…

Get ready, church staff – Easter is rapidly approaching, and you know what that means! It’s go time to brace for the biggest Sunday of the year. But fear not, we’ve got you covered with a foolproof game plan to ensure your celebrations are an earth-shattering success! Whether you’re a…

You’re going to get some ‘push-back.’ And it’s possible someone might leave the worship team. But in the end, you’ll be convinced it was the right decision. Editor’s note: In my experience I used an electric drum set in the smaller church where I worked and the drummers either hated…