Regular readers of my blog here have no doubt read at least one article where I talk about the importance of not scolding or “reprimanding” your audience for not participating in the praise and worship; and by “participating” I mean doing what you want them to do or being as … Continue reading
Last year on this day I was single and not in a relationship. I had reached a point where I was pretty ok with that, actually. But it just so happened that last year Valentine’s day fell on a day I normally post a new blog. So I was thinking … Continue reading
Let’s face it, dealing with a young choir can be very challenging. Sometimes it seems like they’d rather be anywhere, doing anything but this. Helping them past this stage often means stepping back from your own frustration with it and seeking to understand them where they are a little better. … Continue reading
I saw this topic being discussed among some of my peers on Twitter and thought it would be a good one to discuss here. What is good singing? Or, what makes a good singer? First of all I should start out by saying I understand quite well that what’s considered … Continue reading
Well, here we are gang. At the beginning of another year. Looking ahead with high hopes, optimism, goals defined for 2014. Sound familiar? It should, because many of us were in the same spot this time last year, looking at the same goals we find ourselves NOT having attained this … Continue reading
So every year about this time you start seeing people all over the place posting and writing and shouting and reciting about how we should not “take Christ out of Christmas”. And I agree, by the way. Whole-heartedly. But I ran across an article the other day that I thought … Continue reading
If your church is holding watch meeting on New Year’s Eve the music ministry is likely on deck. Wouldn’t it be great to have some really great New Year’s Eve-type songs for your choir and praise team? I thought so too, so I asked the community over on the Fan … Continue reading
There is a certain glamour or prestige associated with being on the praise team; at least in many people’s mind. Praise teams have become the it thing in churches, it seems. But with their popularity comes many challenges. While doing some research on the subject I came across a powerful article … Continue reading
If your choir, praise team or other group has never Christmas caroling you absolutely must. Our church choir has done this for several years now, and I can’t even begin to put into words here what a rewarding, absolutely wonderful feeling it is to go out and do this once … Continue reading
Someone sent me an e-mail recently asking me to give her some suggestions for Altar Call songs. Every music ministry needs altar call songs. Well, the Fan Page family loves making song lists, so I took it straight to them. And as usual, they delivered in a big way. There … Continue reading