“Worship Influencers Retreat” at Saddleback Church
Hey everyone, I’m excited to be going next week to the first ever "Worship Influencers Retreat" at Saddleback Church in California. Rick Muchow, Saddleback’s long-time worship pastor, told me it’s a small gathering of 12-15 worship mentors and trainers from around the world. Rick Warren’s Chief of Staff, David Chrzan, is organizing the event. It’s an honor to have been invited to this exclusive 2-day retreat, which will be held at Saddleback’s Rancho...
read moreNext Level Worship Invited to Lead in AL State Conference
Our good friend, Keith Hibbs, has invited us to help lead a worship leader state-wide conference in May. Part of Alabama Southern Baptists’ Leader Connect emphasis, this conference at Shocco Springs Conference Center near Talledega, AL is for all the associational music directors across the state. I will be leading worship conferences in Botswana, Africa during this time. Thus, John Martin, our VP of Development for Next Level Worship, will be speaking at the AL conference, which is May 8-9, 2008. He will be teaching from our...
read more“Worship Leader” Is Still a Good Title
Of late, the term worship leader has come upon hard times. ‘Seems that titles like “lead worshiper” or “worship facilitator” or even “song leader” are more in vogue. I appreciate the careful thought and articulation of my colleagues who want to better define what we do each week when we stand in front of other believers — as well as non-believers — and sing to/with them. While I like and often use many of these newer titles myself, I still most often use the simple name, “worship...
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