Leaders Who Create

Join Jason Squires, Tim Tibbles, Grant Norsworthy, and Jason Harris in this month's mentor chat! The mentor team is a group of worship leaders that wrap up each month's topic. This month we are chatting about spiritual health on your team. In this episode, the team talks about keeping yourself in a place spiritually to be able to lead your team.

Join Jason Squires as he sits down with Tim Tibbles. Tim is the Creative Arts Minister at First Christian Church of Owasso, OK. In this episode Tim and Jason talk about keeping Jesus in the worship planning process, how to know if you're in a rut, and an important philosophy regarding tacos!

Join Jason Squires this week as he sits down with Todd Fields. Todd was on staff at North Point Church in Atlanta, GA for over 20 years. Now Todd runs a ministry called Worship Circle mentoring worship leaders all over the globe. Join this conversation as Jason and Todd continue this month's topic on leading your team spiritually. You can find out more about Worship Circle by visiting www.worshipc...

Welcome to a new month at The Table. This month we are talking about how to give your team spiritual direction. This week join Jason Squires as he sits down with Jenni McGrew. Jenni is the leader of the Worship Leader's Collective as well as she and her husband Jake lead Hope City Church in Abbotsford, BC. You can learn more about the Worship Leader's Collective at https://www.worshipleaderscollec...

Join us for the first mentor chat of Season 2. Sit down with Jason Squires, Joe Horness, Grant Norsworthy, Michael Bahn, and Jason Harris as they talk about worship. This month we are answering the question "What is Worship?". As always we end our conversations with a food question. What was your first meal of 2023?

Join Jason Squires as he sits down with Jamie Lawerence from Campbellsville University in Kentucky. Jamie is the Executive Director of Ministry and Outreach. In this podcast Jason and Jamie talk about this month's topic "What is Worship?" from the perspective of how college students look at it. Jamie has worked with youth, college, and adults so he brings a great perspective to this conversation.

This month we are chatting about "What is Worship?". This week we invite you to you join Jason Squires as he sits down with Amber Peairs from Gateway Church in Dallas, TX. In this episode Jason and Amber discuss what it means to foster a heart for worship within yourself and your team. You aren't going to want to miss how Amber answers the question "What is worship?"

Welcome to Season 2! We are launching into a new season with a familiar voice. We wanted to tackle the question "What is worship?" Join Jason Squires and Grant Norsworthy as they talk about what the word worship means. Grant leads an organization called More than Music Mentor. You can find out more about Grant at www.morethanmusicmentor.com .

There is nobody quite like Rory Noland. Rory started us off this year with our very first episode and he is helping us wrap up the year with the final episode of Season 1. Join Jason Squires as he sits down with Rory to talk about some strategies in the week between Christmas and New Years to help end 2022 well as well as launch into 2023. We just finished a crazy season and we want to rest and st...

Join Jason Squires, Jason Harris, Grant Norsworthy, and Joe Horness as they wrap up the season 1 mentor chat with some encouraging words. In this final mentor chat of 2022, these guys share about what it means to reset into a new year and think about goals for 2023.

Join Jason Squires as he sits down with his good friend Dr. Heather Penny. Heather was on the podcast earlier this year and we wanted to bring her back to help us close out the year. In this episode Jason and Heather talk about things you should be thinking about as you go through December and look to 2023. We know your time is limited in December so we are intentionally running shorter episodes....

It's December and we all know what that means for people in worship ministry. Extra rehearsals, Christmas parties, and planning meetings. Songs have more chords in them and there are expectations as to what the service looks like. This month we want to be a mid week encouragement to you. We have shortened the episodes and brought back guests from the year to simply share some words of encouragemen...

As we wrap up our month on team expectations, join Jason Squires and Brian Taylor as they talk about how communicating your expectations lines up with advancing your mission and vision for your ministry. Brian is the VP of Experience Staffing and Coaching for Slingshot Group. You can learn more about Slingshot Group at https://slingshotgroup.org .

In this month's Mentor Chat you are joined by Jason Squires, Grant Norsworthy, Michael Bahn, and Joe Horness. These guys continue our month long dialogue on expectations. Join them as they breakdown what the word expectation means as well as how to decipher the difference between common sense and what needs to be communicated.

Join us at The Table with Jason Squires and Chris Clayton as we continue this month's topic on team expectations. Chris is the Worship Pastor at Gateway Church in Franklin, TN. In this conversation, Jason and Chris talk about what expectations look like on a church staff. Chris shares about his relationship with his Lead Pastor Charlie Weir and how they have developed a relationship of trust to he...

This week Jason Squires got to sit down with Alex Enfiedjian from Worship Ministry Training to continue the discussion on setting expectations for your team. It takes work to maintain clarity but as the leader, our job is to make sure the team knows what to expect. Nobody thrives with unspoken expectations. Join Jason and Alex at the table as they have this discussion. For more about Alex and what...

A new month means a new topic! We are talking about setting the expectations for your team. Join Jason Squires and Jason Harris as they start the month off by tackling this topic. Jason Harris is a friend of the podcast. You have heard him on many of the Mentor Chat episodes. He is the Senior Director of Worship and Production at Browncroft Community Church in Rochester, NY. Join these guys as the...

As we wrap up the month talking about holidays join Jason Squires, Grant Norsworthy, Michael Bahn, Joe Horness, & Jason Harris as they talk about holiday prep in the church. This can be a hard season for worship leaders. Our goal this month is to help ease that burden and give you some ideas to help make your season amazing! Join these guys at The Table.

Join Jason Squires as he sits down with Erik Smallwood to chat about holidays in the church. Erik is the Worship Pastor at Cornerstone Family Church in St. Cloud, FL. In this episode Erik and Jason talk about how to create genuine worship experiences in a season that is known for tradition. Writing holiday set lists can be full of expectations. Join these guys as they dialogue about strategies to...

This whole month we are talking about Christmas and how to prepare for the holidays. In this episode Jason Squires sits down with Cody Cannon. Cody is the Lead Pastor of Life Pointe Church in Woodland, CA. Cody launched a program at his church called Giving Christmas Away. In a month where we are often thinking about receiving, these guys encourage giving. You aren't going to want to miss this epi...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you look! It is a new month which means a new topic. This month we are talking about the holidays and the prep work that is involved. Join Jason Squires as he sits down with Kevin Huntsinger from Family Life Christian Church in Kalispell, MT. Jason and Kevin talk about how Family Life keeps the holidays looking like the rest of the year. Ofte...

We love the mentor team! This month we are joined by Jason Squires, Joe Horness, Grant Norsworthy, Crystal Yates, and Jason Harris to talk set lists. Join this conversation as they talk strategies for bringing new songs to the church and how to filter what songs you lead.

Join Jason Squires as he sits down with Brett Perkins from Journey Worship Co out of Lebanon, TN. Brett is a husband, a dad, and a worship pastor. In this episode Jason and Brett talk about the process of writing a set list. Worship Leaders write set lists every week. Sometimes more than once a week. Join these guys as they talk about intentionality and making each moment count.

This month we are chatting about creating set lists. Join Jason Squires as he sits down with Jason Kichline from Onsong and they talk about how the Onsong App can help you streamline things on Sunday mornings. Onsong is a great tool to help you manage your chord charts and have them accessible for viewing on an iPad on Sunday mornings. They also talk about how Onsong can help run tracks, loops, an...

It is a new month which means we have a new topic. This month we are talking about creating set lists. This is something every worship leader does on a regular basis. We are going to look at it from many different angles this month. This episode we are looking at the legality of playing music on a Sunday morning. This is not a fun topic as it involves money and licensing but something that is nece...