The Church Collective Worship Leader Podcast

In this episode I talked with Aaron Shust about: His latest project Doxology. The process of collecting songs and recording them for the church to hear. Some of the standout moments from the writing process. The importance of strong theology in the songs we write and lead in the church. Why we need to know what it is that we're singing. The roll music education played in preparing him to lead wors...

In this episode I talk with Mikey from 7eventh Time Down about: The heart behind their latest project: God is on the Move. The evolution of their style and how it related to their growth in life. The balance of family and ministry. Seeing God through the life of our children. Advice for the young musician and worship leader. Making sure that everything we do is rooted in who we are in Christ (this...

In this episode Fox and I talk with the crew from For All Seasons about: How their music has been spreading through the world and how the TCC audience has really embraced their music. How For All Seasons came about. Getting started as a chapel worship team at Biola. Leading at Hume Lake summer camp. How their band evolved to be more than just a band. The importance of keeping God at the center of...

In this episode Miles and Adam talk with Cam Huxford from Ghost Ship about: The close of Mars Hill and the effect it had on the team. How they helped plant a new church in the wake. The Northwest Collective album and the worship nights that are continuing to go on. How the team felt compelled to plant a church for the people that were at their campus when Mars Hill ended. How songwriting for your...

In this episode I talk with Elias Dummer from The City Harmonic about: How their team came about. The importance of being the hands and feet of Christ in your local community. How worship leaders came together to lead together in Hamilton. The value in getting together with other Christians who do not believe exactly as we do. The heart behind their song "manifesto." How connecting with other wors...

In this Episode Chris Bellamy talks with James Duke about: Who he's currently playing with. The process of recording the latest project with John Mark McMillan. What the night of worship looked like at Abbey Road with Matt Redman. How he started playing guitar in church. How he came to be involved with Elevation worship. Plans for All the Bright Lights. What his current rig looks like. His top 5 p...

In this episode, Adam Dolhanyk, Chris Bellamy, and myself talk with Tim Hughes about: How Tim went from leading worship to planting a new church. The transition from being a lead worshiper to a lead pastor. How the lead pastor is also the lead worshiper. The importance of getting creatives and artists together and build community. His thoughts on the current state of worship. The ease in which we...

In this episode myself and three of our core team members (Chris, Brian, and Fox) talk about: The balance between being a touring artist and a worship leader. The mindset that is required to do both. How both the local worship leader and the touring artist have to communicate Christ on the platform. The planning that has to be involved in getting together any worship set. How truly effective worsh...

In this episode Chris and I talked with Matt Redman about: The recording and songwriting process in Abbey Road. How God moved during the night of worship that became his latest project. How the title song came together just shortly before the worship night. The importance of having a flexible team. The team involved in the recording. The songwriting process leading up to this album. Advice for wor...

n this episode I talk with Danen Kane about: How Danen got started in music and worship. The transition from piano to learning guitar. His involvement with campus crusade. How he began as a songwriter. How most of his music comes from the life of a Christian rather than being corporate worship. How Danen keeps his relationship with God fresh. What the life of a full time recording artist looks lik...

In this episode I talked with Sam Evans from Planetshakers about: The heart for their new outback worship album. The writing process for their new album. The feedback that they've been getting about their latest music. How Sam goes about keeping connected with God. The importance of having a home church. The necessity of keeping connected to God as we lead worship. The songwriting process for Plan...

In this episode we talk about: The balance between the Old Testament God and Jesus. Their book "Transcending Mysteries." The value in understanding who the God of the Old Testament is in the life of the worship leader. The transition from leading worship to writing a book. The singer songwriter role in modern worship. Their love for hymns and the value hymns can have in our services. The process o...

In this episode I had the chance to talk to Joel Houston from Hillsong United about: How he has cultivated his ability as a songwriter and lyricist. The importance of the Bible in his songwriting. What Joel's personal relationship with God looks like. What growing up in the church was like for him. The balance of family life and ministry. How church and family need not be separated from each other...

In this episode we talk about: The heart behind the worship initiative. How it came out of a heart for biblical training for worship leaders. The process in which they chose the 100 songs they recorded and how they recorded them. The importance of discipleship in a worship ministry. The difference between the approval of man and of God in worship. The lifelong path toward excellence. The importanc...

In this episode Fox and I interview Derek Johnson. We talk about: Derek's musical background. The value of learning music at a young age. How he began as a drummer and the effect it had on his musicianship. His involvement at a Vineyard church and how it influenced music in his life. How Derek got involved with Jesus Culture. The importance of serving as a local worship leader in the life of a son...

In this episode Chris talked with Jon Micah Sumrall about: His latest project "Faith and Family" and the heart behind why he titled it as such. The importance of both our faith and our family as children of God. The inclusion of some love songs that he hasn't been able to release on other projects before. How the sound of this project differs from a Kutless album. How they decided to not have any...

In this episode Miles and I have a great conversation with Garrett and Sean of Worship Mob. We talk about: The vision behind Worship Mob. The need for worship leaders to be poured into. The importance of allowing God to sing through us. The recording process for their new album. How God works when we release the burden of doing ministry to him. How the team members for the Worship Mob recordings m...

I had the chance to talk with Ellie Holcomb about: How God worked through her to write music about Jesus. The value of scripture in the songwriting process. (we've got a great post here about theology in worship). The process of culling from 45 songs down to her latest project. Some of the scriptures that she has memorized. How the songs you write can speak truth into your own life years later. Th...

In this episode we talk with Brian Campbell and Joel Muddamalle about the importance of theology in worship leadership as well as how Logos Bible software can help you better study the scriptures. We talk about: How many worship leaders feel like they do not have enough time to study the Bible. The difference between studying the Bible as a connecting time with God and as preparing for a worship s...

Wow guys, this is one heck of an episode. Chris and I had the chance to talk worship with Don Moen. We talk about: His organization Worship in Action. How worship is not merely what happens on the weekend and how worship leaders have gotten this wrong. How a healthy time of worship will lead to being the hands and feet of Christ to people in need. How worship as it is today isn't emphasized by Jes...

Listen in on a great round-table discussion from the core team of The Church Collective

In this episode I had a great conversation with Jonathan Lee of Centric Worship about: How he and the team prepared for a songwriting retreat. The songwriting process when you get together with so many great songwriters. How they managed to put a recording together in a matter of weeks. How they caught the great moments of worship during the recording. The balance of doing songwriting and being a...

In this episode Miles and I talked with Chad Gardner from King's Kaleidoscope about their latest project and worship ministry in general. Here are the highlights: How they decided on which songs to leave off of their first full length album. Chad's desire to have an album with a lot of material on it. Be sure to check out Mile's review here. The importance of musical education for the worship lead...