We are excited to announce an amazing companion resource for the Pure Praise worship study. We have just finished and released brief, daily devotions to compliment all 45 lessons from the Pure Praise book! These are all read by author Dwayne Moore.
These audio devotions are only 5 to 7 minutes each. When you purchase them you can listen to them on your computer or you can download them right to your harddrive to play in iTunes and on your MP3 player! You can even purchase a CD version of these devotions!
Listen to a sample of Week 1, Day 4:
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Our founder, Dwayne Moore, had an amazing God-given opportunity to appear on 100 Huntley Street! 100 Huntley Street is the most popular Christian TV talk show in Canada! It literally reaches millions of viewers across Canada and the United States. You might think of it as the “700 Club” of Canada.
Dwayne was invited to sing and to talk about our resources here at Next Level Worship, including the Praise More Powerful worship study and 30 Days of Praise. Below is the link to the video recording of today’s broadcast. Dwayne’s portion begins at the time of 5:15 and goes until 23:30. So after you click on it, you might want to move the play bar over to around 5:15. (You will need Real Player to view this video.)
For Broadband: http://204.187.63.130/huntley/2008feb/100hs080219c.ram
For 56K: http://204.187.63.130/huntley/2008feb/100hs080219.ram
If you have logged on to our site anytime in December, you may have wondered why we haven’t posted anything since November 29th. Our normal output is two – three articles per week! Well, that is because on November 30th some sort of trojan somehow attacked our site and disabled our ability to post any articles or updates! In fact, no one could even register for our blog and registered members couldn’t get in their admin section!
A huge debt of thanks to Chris Viola, our resident tech guru and the video/web guy at our church, who poured many late night hours into searching down and repairing this annoying and crippling problem!
As for now, all our plugins have been deactivated. So for the time being, you won’t be able to do things like listen to audio sermons or watch videos. Apparently, at least two of the plugins had become infected and were fouling up everything else. We are going to update and reload the plugins ASAP which should get everything back to running condition.
Thanks for your patience!
The NLW Team
Last night my praise team and I visited a church of several thousand in Birmingham, AL. We opted not to have our own rehearsal in order to go and observe what this larger, more developed ministry is doing. Their music style (praise band based) fits our approach, so we felt it would be a good choice to get ideas from. It is always a healthy practice to expose our people to other effective ministries. We were not there to critique, but rather to learn and to be led in worship (which we were!).
Below are some of the things we observed from that service. Because we are a new church plant, we do not have the financial resources, facilities or manpower to do everything the people at this much larger church do. Nonetheless, we were encouraged to find that we are doing several things similarly – despite our size and newness. I have place astericks beside *some things below that we are not yet doing but can/should apply or that we can improve on now. – Dwayne
Observations:
- They used a video countdown and *started 3 seconds before it was done! The band and singers were in place well before countdown finished.
- Their set was exactly 25 minutes long with very little talking and *smooth continuous music segues between songs. They played one upbeat and different tune to close the service.
- They did not appear to use any screens or stands (except for the bass player) for music. *The singers had the lyrics memorized and everyone knew the arrangements well. That allowed for greater freedom, expression and connection with the congregation. Read more…
I am very honored to be included in the summer line-up of instructors for Worship Leader Magazine’s online courses. These are incredible, completely interactive and live courses that you can take in the comfort of your own home! All you need is a computer with an internet connection to “logon and learn” as Worship Leader puts it! - Dwayne
Below is this summer’s lineup thus far. (They plan to add a few more so you will want to check back with them soon.) Read more…
I asked my friend, Terry Hadaway, to share his insights about podcasting. Along with his amazing writing and church education ministry, Terry and his son, Daniel, have a powerful internet ministry, called Audio Interactions. They help several churches and well-known Christian leaders produce their podcasts. (You may know Terry as the author who wrote the study guide for Max Lucado’s latest book, Facing Your Giants.) Thanks, Terry, for lending us some much needed info and encouragement! – Dwayne
Guest Post by Dr. Terry Hadaway
Podcasting has become so popular that the term recently was added to the dictionary. Yet many people have yet to capitalize on this incredible technology. How can podcasting extend the reach of your ministry? Let’s look at a few ways.
1. Support for members who are away. Ours is a mobile society and there is a good possibility that people will miss one or more weeks of a four-part worship series. Podcasting makes it easy for those people who are traveling to catch up on this week’s services while they drive, fly, or jog. Read more…
We are excited to announce an amazing companion resource for the Pure Praise worship study. We have just finished and released brief, daily devotions to compliment all 45 lessons from the Pure Praise book! These are all read by author Dwayne Moore.
