The Worship Leader Toolbox

Join us in our 100th Episode as we ask a few questions and hear from some previous members. 1. How did you get involved in worship leadership? 2. How did you get involved in music? 3. What is your typical rhythm for ministry roles? 4. Have you written any songs?

Join us again today in our interview with Hadassah Bell and Moriah Nepstad from FC Music. They are the worship leaders from Fellowship Church in Antioch, CA. Today's featured songs are "What Does Heaven Look Like?" and "Oh My Heart" are from their Live album, "Abide" recorded last year. You can find their music on all the streaming platforms. The church website is...

This is part one of a two-part interview with Hadassah Bell and Moriah Nepstad from FC Music. They are the worship leaders from Fellowship Church in Antioch, CA. Today's featured songs "In The Valley" and "Worthy Of" are from their live album, "Abide" recorded last year. You can find their music on all the streaming platforms. The church website is: https://www.tf...

Today we'll discuss eight things you can do to help your worship team regroup after the summer: 1. Send Communication 2. Plan And Schedule 3. Schedule A Community-Building Event 4. Time Of Training 5. Vision For The Fall 6. Long Term Planning 7. Meeting With Pastor 8. Prayer

Today we visit with my cousin Anthony Barajas, worship leader at Dothan Messianic Fellowship in Dothan, Alabama.

A podcast recorded while leading worship at Summer Church Camp

Join us this week as we fellowship with Ryan Holt, "Lead Worshiper" at Shelter Bible Church in Anchorage, Alaska. Their website is: https://shelterbiblechurch.org/

Rehearsals are the contract for the weekend. You're setting up a plan that everyone agrees upon, a plan to execute this week, with the team for the church. Today we’re going to have a quick conversation about leading worship team rehearsals. 1. Prepare for rehearsal 2. Arrive early 3. Greet you team 4. Obvious beginning 5. Prayer 6. Let the sound team take control 7. Start the song rehearsal 8...

Great interview today with worship director, Blake Goss, from NewSpring Church in Anderson, SC! NewSpring has a new album out called Alters EP , featuring Blake, who's been in ministry for 20 years serving the church through teaching, leading worship, and personal discipleship. Find the album everywhere, including: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3LbMy9S2eix3r8agUkhYIJ?si=ob-mlQWoRemK-...

How does the habit of "scripture first" play into the life of a worship leader? 1. Scripture should be first in The Day 2. Scripture should be first in Planning 3. Scripture should be first in Response

Here are five aspects of the life of a worship leader on a day-to-day basis: 1. Discipleship – self, others, team, church, prayer, scripture 2. Communication – with pastors and staff, team, tech ministry, and volunteers 3. Music – planning, finding, charting, files, creativity 4. Organizing – rehearsals, staging, teams, flow, Sundays 5. Recruiting – praying for new people, raising up the next gene...

It's great to learn from other churches, to be inspired by bigger and better, but what about the smaller settings? What if you are leading in a smaller church? What if your stage area is more traditional, without grand lighting or state of the art tech? You may not have a huge budget, a large talent pool, incredible production, but Jesus is still the ultimate worship leader, the Holy Spirit is...

Now is a great time to start thinking about the summer. You can use it to your advantage to strengthen, boost and recharge your ministry worship ministry. Here are some ideas for your life and ministry this summer… 1. Create a social event 2. Plan with your pastor 3. Plan your own ministry 4. Keep the music simple 5. Include others in leadership 6. Music themed Sundays 7. Highlight team members 8....

This you can do it all? You can't, and you shouldn't. Here are some random thoughts to encourage you, the leader, to invite, ask, and otherwise pull people into serving in ministry with you: ASKING OTHERS TO SERVE Don’t say “no” for others before asking. Don’t rob people of the joy of using their gifts. Don’t think you’re supposed to do all the ministry. Work at getting over your perfectio...

Place your focus on edifying the church, helping the congregation connect with God, and pointing toward Jesus in all you do and sing. As we do this, we will be focused on leading the church in worship. And you know what? Great performance will follow. To lead is to be a servant. Here are some of the ways we serve from an angle of leading worship: 1. Invite and Involve Others To Develop Their Gifts...

The question is for a great worship flow is, "What's Next?" Today we talk about how to instill this question: 1. Write out the order with details 2. Teach them to ask the question 3. Remind them to ask the question

In this episode we want to help you teach why it’s important for your church to learn to worship. Adding some training to the worship flow will open the doors to your congregation responding in new ways.  We're using some wisdom from Psalm 66: 1. Shout Joyful Praises To God 2. Sing About The Glory Of His Name 3. Say To God... 4. Come And See, Come And Listen... 5. Praise Our God, Everyone! BL...

Part of the role of the worship leader is to help develop the church to grow in their ministry skills! Each of these ideas will help you as the leader equip others to grow in their own skill as leaders of worship: 1. Increase Expectation 2. Provide Resources 3. Plan In Advance 4. Instill Encouragement As A Culture 5. Generate Inspiration 6. Include Guests In Worship 7. Model Growth In Skill

In this episode we'll be discussing ten simple tools we use for worship leading each weekend: 1. Guitar 2. Capo and Tuner 3. Bible 4. Phone 5. Planning Center 6. "Slack" software 7. Pro-Presenter 8. Songselect (CCLI) 9. iPad 10. Ableton worshipleadertoolbox.com

Sharing dreams and visions with your worship team is important, and here are some benefits: 1. Builds A Culture Of Vision 2. Allows Other People To Add Their Gifts 3. Helps Uncover Passion In People 4. Helps Draw People To The Team 5. Gives Your Team And Leaders Hope 6. Helps You Stop Doing So Much Of The Ministry Yourself worshipleadertoolbox.com

Tim and Dave talk about five things great team members do!   worshipleadertoolbox.com/five-things-great-worship-team-members-do

Tim & Dave talk about the big three that every worship leader needs to be involved in:  -- Relationships  -- Communication -- Organization  Read The Post Thanks to our episode sponsor: Pro Alarm

Tim Price and Dave Jahn talk about four aspects of worship that require some work if we want them to consistently appear in our corporate worship times.  View Post

Tim Price and Dave Jahn (Welcome Dave to the show!) talk about six ways take your worship ministry leadership and planning off autopilot - for a more alive worship experience!  Read Post

Tim shares from Phil 1:6 and gives four thoughts to help stop playing the comparison game in worship ministry.  Blog Post