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10 Reasons Why I’m Traveling by Bicycle

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Small Town Worship

Travis Stephens asks you to rate your worship: If I were to ask you what’s the one area in your church that could use the most help, what would you say? If you pastor in a small town like I do, I’m betting you would say worship. I know worship…

Top 20 Worship Songs of 2015

Worship Leader Magazine’s picks: Picking the top worship songs for the year is a heavy task—one we take very seriously. Of course, this list is not the “right” one. It is, simply, our list. We chose the songs that we saw making an impact this year, and songs we see…

Three Common Lyric Slide Mistakes

Mike Sessler sees a lot of mistakes when it comes to laying out lyric slides. While I may be an audio guy at heart, I got my start in this business doing large-scale speaker support presentations for very large companies like Stouffer Foods and Nestlé USA. Those years of having…

Top Stage Designs Of 2015 (Under $50)

Josh Blakenship loves to design church stage environments on a budget: Another year has come and gone. As 2015 comes to a close I started to look through all the graphics, videos and pictures I have taken this year at my church. I came across a few things I loved…

Weakness to Watches

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The spring of love becomes hidden and soon filled up

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Five tips for leading worship when tragedy strikes

Paul Baloche shares tips for troubled times: These days it seems like every other week there’s a breaking news crisis that sends shocking images to the front pages, spreads fear like a virus and gives us all pause for thought. So what do you do when tragedy strikes in the…

We Need More Seeker-Friendly Churches

Paul Rezkalla challenges the idea that unbelievers will come to church when we make church less “churchy.” The day has finally arrived for us to not only entertain the idea of the “seeker-friendly” church, but also to embrace it. This move isn’t made in order to capitulate to culture; rather,…

How to Respond When Things Go Terribly Wrong On Stage

Allen Paul says to maintain your poise: The moment is usually brief, but it feels like it lasts forever. It is the moment in a performance where something goes very, very wrong. Far from a missed note, or a mistaken melody, it usually involves a musical issue that is painfully…

Worship Singers: What Is Your Role?

Branon Dempsey says our job is to help lift up the spirits of those in the Body. No, the church does not depend on the worship team solely, our job is to help point them to the Holy Spirit. He is the real Worship Leader, as we are the facilitators.…

Hold the Cheese

Professor John Witvliet offers insights from his college students about what helps and hinders worship: I recently taught a class on worship and theology to an insightful group of 30 undergraduate students. They came from churches all over the stylistic spectrum, from eight denominations, twelve states and provinces, and three…

Animals in the Wild

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How to Plan Engaging Christmas Worship Services

Jason Hatley says great moments in worship don’t have to be accidental: With the right spoken transition, the right lighting or the right stage change (just to name a few), your worship set can go from unremarkable to irresistible. Here’s how: #1 – Be true to the feeling of the…

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