Creative Order of Worship to Teach Personal Praise
This order is different than anything I’ve seen before. (In fact, in my 30+ years of planning and leading worship, I have never seen or heard of this approach.) But I can testify that this simple but deliberately planned time of spontenaity helped teach our people a valuable lesson about personal worship and praise. Our pastor, Randy Norris, and the worship planning team at our church were brain-storming about how to flow the service with his message theme about the importance of having a...
read moreShould Praise Team Members Be Paid?
From time to time I am asked if church musicians should be paid to play or sing in a church’s weekly services. In a sentence, I would say don’t pay them–especially not up front. And don’t make any promises for it to come in the future. (Please see the exceptions below.) The scriptural principle is 1 Chronicles 21:24 where David said, “I will not sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing.” Your praise team members will have the privilege to offer a sacrifice of praise to God as they use their gifts from week to week....
read moreHow To Lead Without the Title Worship Leader
Here’s the outline for one of the sessions I’m teaching at the AL Next Level Worship Conference on Saturday, August 15, 2009. Still need some ideas/stories/input about this topic. I hope to make this into a full article soon. – Dwayne To lead w/out the title worship leader, one must be: Satisfied (in second place) Submissive Servant-oriented Spirit-filled Smart a. Look in the mirror–Would you follow you? -Are you dependable? -Are you daring? -Are you...
read moreHow To Be a Maverick for God
One of the most stirring and important messages I have heard in many years is the one Michael Catt preached recently. Michael is pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, GA. He is also the executive producer of the movies, Fireproof, Facing the Giants, and Flywheel. Michael and I were working in a conference together when I had the privilege to hear this message, How to Be a Maverick for God. Michael shared the amazing story of how his small church took on the task of producing Hollywood-style movies that have now been seen by millions...
read moreDwayne’s Article in National Worship Leader Conference Magazine
We are honored to have one of Dwayne’s articles featured in this year’s conference magazine for the National Worship Leader’s Conference in Leawood, Kansas. The article is called Glow Business: The Worship Leader’s Ultimate Mission. It is excerpted from Dwayne’s new book, Pure Praise: A Heart-focused Bible Study on Worship. This excerpt is perhaps the most unique and provocative lesson in Dwayne’s entire book. The truths are fresh and vitally important for anyone who helps facilitate corporate worship....
read morePart 2 of Worship Article in Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox
Part 2 of Dwayne’s article called Developing Your Worship Team to Be Ministers through Music has just been released in this week’s edition of Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox. This is becoming one of the most popular articles Dwayne has written. This latest article is the 15th article on worship that Dwayne has written for the Toolbox (which goes to some 180,000 church leaders around the world). Please go to http://www.pastors.com/blogs/ministrytoolbox/pages/issue-383.aspx and scroll down to Ministry Library to read...
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