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Preview: “Glorious” by Paul Baloche
Hearing the new Paul Baloche LIVE album wasn’t my first time experiencing those songs. I was actually able to be part of the choir that sang with Paul on the night he recorded those songs. It was a...
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Two Venue Launch at C4 Church
Since starting on staff at C4 Church as the Worship Pastor a couple of months ago I haven’t really taken the time to fill you in on why I’m so excited about God is doing here, what is happening in and...
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Easter Weekend at C4 Church
I love Easter. That’s no secret. Every Sunday is awesome and every big Sunday is awesome but there are so many things about Easter that get me so fired up. Why do I love Easter? Here’s a short list:...
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Passion Take It All Deluxe Edition CD/DVD Giveaway
Passion Conferences are a highlight for college students from around the world and the new live CD from Passion releases today. Passion Take It All was recorded live at the 2014 Passion conferences in...
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Celebrating Death in Worship
What song will you sing on your deathbed? Now there’s a snappy intro. Imagine that God, in His goodness, gives you almost a full century of life here. You have family. You have friends. You have...
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Dealing with Prima Donnas
Q: What’s the difference between a diva and a prima donna? A: I don’t know but where’s my water?! If you are involved with leading people in any capacity for any length of time, you will undoubtedly...
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The Worship Bully
Lift it up! Sing it out! Raise your hands! Get your praise on! Sometime worship leading can sound less like encouragement and more like jazzercise. Worship leaders, I get it. I completely understand....
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When You’re Out of the Picture
I’m sure mine is not the only church with a running joke about staff only having to work one day a week. Worship pastors get to take this to the next level when we say, “And all I have to do is play...
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3 Dangerous Assumptions for Worship Leaders
Worship leaders, in general, are artists. Artists, in general, tend to be emotionally invested in their own situation. Emotional investment, in general, results in assumptions which have varying...
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Hum – Songwriting App Review
Every photographer will tell you the best camera is the one you have. Every songwriter will tell you the best way to capture songs is the device you have. For most songwriters that’s an iPhone and that...
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2014 Worship Leader Magazine Editor’s Pick
Very honoured to have been featured as a 2014 Editor’s Pick by Worship Leader Magazine. Make sure you check out these other great blogs for some incredible resources and encouragement. The post...
View ArticleTutorial: WordSwag and Instagram to Share Songs from Your Church
I’ve been sharing songs we are singing at C4 Church on social media (twitter|instagram|facebook) for a while and people were asking me how I was putting these graphics together. I thought I’d record...
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Elevation Worship “Wake Up The Wonder” Giveaway
Wake Up The Wonder is the new worship album from Elevation Church based in Charlotte, NC. This collection of new songs recorded live at Time Warner Cable Arena by Elevation Worship is one more step...
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Excellence and Perfection
Excellence has moved from lofty goal to buzzword to expected performance level when it comes to our times of gathered worship in the church. Of course we want quality and we want focus and we want cool...
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Vertical Church Band –“Church Songs” Giveaway
Vertical Church Band (web|facebook|twitter) from Harvest Bible Chapel in Chicago is releasing their new album, Church Songs, this week. I’ve been listening for a couple of weeks and I’m excited for you...
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Practice vs Rehearsal
This weekend I had the real privilege of leading my church in worship today. Obviously part of the preparation is just learning the songs we’re going to play. There are other aspects to being prepared...
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Thoughts on New Songs, Popular Songs and Undiscovered Songs
“What new songs are you singing??” This question comes across my twitter feed multiple times a week. Not always directed at me but lots of worship leaders are looking for places to find new songs. I...
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Don’t Let Spontaneity Kill Your Creativity
It seems like creativity will always have this push and pull between spontaneous and planned. How many times have I heard an artist (including myself!) say, “We’ll just figure it out in the moment!”...
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Calling All Artists (from Seeds Conference 2015)
To be this good you’ve got to be brilliant. The guys from Seeds Conference at Church on the Move? They’re brilliant. The post Calling All Artists (from Seeds Conference 2015) appeared first on Chris...
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C4 – Easter graphics and video, part 1
We launched our Easter series this past Sunday at C4 with Palm Sunday. I wanted to share some of the pieces we put together leading up to and during the worship service. Our main Easter series branding...
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