Beyond Sunday Worship

Worship Podcast & Blog

From Copying To Creating: How Musicians Can Unlock Their Creative Potential

[This guest post is by Rob Morgan of therobmorgan.com]

So you’ve been playing on your worship team for the past few years now and are starting to feel pretty comfortable with the music, right? I mean, nobody can nail that Brewster guitar solo like you [except for Lincoln himself… maybe.]

You’ve figured out all the instrumentation on the new Gungor album and even have a melodica on hand just waiting for your Planning Center schedule to give you the go ahead.

Even so, as musicians and artists playing in the local church, we are faced with a challenge that you may not have even recognized is there.

How do you go from being what I call a ‘Human Jukebox’ (just replaying what someone else wrote & recorded) to unlocking your own creative potential?

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Ideas Are Not Enough: 3 Tips For Finishing What You Start

[This guest post is by Jeff Goins of Goins Writer]

I got my first guitar when I was 16. My dad bought it for me for $100. I played it through an 8-inch Gorilla amp. It was an electric, Fender Stratocaster knock-off.

A few months later, I quit.

So how did I end up on the road, playing music professionally with a group, years later? I picked that guitar back up. But the journey for getting there was arduous.

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A Lead Pastor’s Guide To Understanding Their Creative Staff

Whether you are a creative staff member or a lead pastor, it helps to have some understanding as to how each other thinks.

A few weeks ago I posted an article on The Worship Leader’s Guide to Understanding Their Senior Pastor. It’s so important to adopt the vision and values of your lead pastor.

Fulfilling their vision is part of your God-ordained role.

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How To Balance Great Performance AND Congregational Singing in Worship

[This post is part of a series on Leading Your Team & Congregation Through Worship Tensions. Check out the rest here.]

[This guest post is by Chris Vacher of chrisfromcanada.com]

If you’ve served in worship ministry for longer than one Sunday, you’ll recognize that tension is part of the game.

David has done a great job of outlining some of these tensions and giving a really healthy perspective in this series. For some of you, these tensions will not apply. For others of you, you are feeling like the focus of your role is about making sure some of these tensions don’t become disagreements.

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Are You A Leader Worth Following?

Ever been in situations where things didn’t go as planned? Volunteers didn’t show up. Band train wrecked. Your team just doesn’t seem to “get it”?

Well, I’m just gonna say it.

Improvement starts with you, leader.

Are you a leader worth following?

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