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Jumpstart Your Worship Planning Creativity

WorshipIdeas.com is 21 years old! The first email newsletter went out to about 400 people on February 11, 2002 (in the heyday, right before the blog explosion, the newsletter amassed over 100,000 subscribers.) At the time I was the music…

Elements of a Great Worship Service

God does what He does when He wants to. There’s no special formula…

All You Need Is ONE

If you’re ministering in a small church like I did you’ve probably found…

Trends: Worship Service Switch

Recently I visited two services at a huge mainline church. Their early contemporary…

Church Trip: NewSpring

With news of NewSpring’s “big announcement” (it even made the front-page headlines of…

The Strange, Short Life Cycle of a Rock Star Worship Leader

This WorshipIdea will give you another peek into the sometimes bizarre world of…

Here’s What Ruined Contemporary Worship

For most of my life I’ve been a huge advocate of contemporary worship.…

Worship Trends: Bethel Drums

Bethel Church in Redding, CA has become one of the hottest producers of…

How Many Songs Do You Use In Worship?

How many songs do you use in your worship services? Take the poll…

What Your Church Needs to Know—and Do—About the Court’s Marriage Ruling

After last week’s disasterous ruling by the Supreme Court, here are some important…

Do You Change Keys In Your Worship Songs?

As I’ve been recording some of my older HymnCharts arrangements from the early…

Typical Praise Band

Today I’m seeing two main types of praise bands in churches: blended bands…

Female Worship Leaders?

Recently as I was surfing late one night I ran across the Dove…

How 2015 Can Be Your Best Ministry Year Ever

Now that you’ve had a (hopefully) relaxing break from the holiday worship rush,…

Christmas Eve Webinar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHI5HrFJtWk Watch the Christmas Eve ideas webinar hosted by Justin Blaney’s Innovate for…

What’s the Worship Personality of Your Church?

Worship leader, this article will save you days, weeks and even years of…

Should You Sing Good Songs By Bad People?

This question has been tossed about by worship bloggers as famous worship leaders…

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