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 it.
We would appreciate the prayers from you, our faithful readers, as we travel to Columbus, OH for our Next Level Worship Conference Saturday (July 11) at Jersey Baptist Church in Pataskala.
We have several churches from across Ohio and other states who will be atending. We will also have at least 5 different denominations represented at the conference. This will truly be a multi-denominational and multi-racial worship conference. We are going to have a blast learning what “next level worship” is and how we can be — and remain — next level worshipers for life!
Thanks so much for your prayers and encouragement! – Dwayne
Announcing our most exciting companion resource to Pure Praise yet!
Author Dwayne Moore has just released a DVD of weekly introduction videos designed to motivate and inspire you and your group to stay faithful to each week’s devotional study in Pure Praise! The DVD includes intro videos for all 9 weeks of the study, plus a bonus Promotional Video to help you promote Pure Praise within your church or small group!
5 Essentials for Planning Effective Worship Gatherings
taught by Dwayne Moore
Monday, April 13, 2009
11:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, 1:00 p.m. Central (duration 1 hour)
There are many elements that go into making a service. However, there are five that need to be present any time the body of Christ gathers to worship. This class will take the student through each of these five elements necessary for a corporate worship service to be the most effective.
These five elements are all drawn from the story of Jehoshaphat and the Children of Judah in 2 Chronicles 20 as they gathered to pray and worship. They are: 1) Prayer, 2) Planned Spontaneity, 3) Pliableness, 4) Power of the Spirit, and 5) Pastoral Direction. A practical and methodical approach to considering and including these five elements is given to help worship leaders and teams as they sit down to plan worship events. Read more…
From time to time, we are asked how to start a praise team to lead music during worship services in churches. Below are seven lessons Dwayne has learned from several years of leading praise teams in the churches where he has served. He has been involved with starting two successful praise teams from scratch as well as four choirs. He has also recruited and led several traveling praise bands that he has taken on the road with him to his many intinerant events across the country.
Please note that the methods and approaches Dwayne has used may or may not work for you — and certainly won’t work in every situation. However, we believe that the guiding principles highlighted below can be applied any where.
1. Is there really a need? The first question that must be answered is this one. If you already have a powerful and effective choir, why do you feel you need a praise team out front? Be careful not to think you need one just because it’s “the thing to do now.” Evaluate your present leadership style and effectiveness carefully. In most cases adding a small ensemble and band will greatly enhance your corporate worship. Nonetheless, don’t just assume that. Ask your pastor and other ministry leaders what they think. Ask yourself what you could do better or different with what you already have before you start something completely new. Know why a praise band approach is needed within your particular congregation. Read more…
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We would appreciate the prayers from you, our faithful readers, as we travel to Columbus, OH for our Next Level Worship Conference Saturday (July 11) at Jersey Baptist Church in Pataskala.
From time to time, we are asked how to start a praise team to lead music during worship services in churches. Below are seven lessons Dwayne has learned from several years of leading praise teams in the churches where he has served. He has been involved with starting two successful praise teams from scratch as well as four choirs. He has also recruited and led several traveling praise bands that he has taken on the road with him to his many intinerant events across the country.
