HOW TO AVOID BURNOUT // NEW SERIES
Are you feeling: Stressed? Overworked? Under appreciated? Disconnected? Overwhelmed? Uncared for? Unloved? These are some of the signs of burnout. Burnout can occur when we regularly exceed our physical, mental,…
How to Receive Fair Pay as a Worship Pastor
Pay is rarely an easy topic to bring up in any work setting, but in the church additional fears and bias can surface. You don’t want to seem stingy, but you still have bills to pay. You want to serve God with reckless abandon, but also put food on your table.
Why Bother? When Just Showing Up Is A Challenge
This is why we gather. We come, because He came. It’s why I don’t tell my children to close their eyes when they sing. I tell them, “Look around! Look at all these people who love Jesus.” It’s why I look around as our church begins to line the aisles to take communion.
THE IMPORTANCE OF ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTION
I believe with all my being that even given the encouraging growth we have experienced and are seeing now in our Gathered Life, there is a much-needed insight to be gained in seriously and more deeply considering the “Why” of it all.
CULTIVATING A CULTURE OF WORSHIP FOR EVERY GENERATION
What kind of adult worshippers do you want to have? And then begin to work backward to define and develop what the goal needs to be for each age group and classroom within your church. You have 936 Sundays in the life of a young person. That’s over 900 opportunities, as you gather, to help kids fall in love with Jesus through worship.
SINGING AS DISCIPLESHIP GLUE: THE SURPRISING BENEFIT OF GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS
There are few other systems on earth that happen 52 times a year and then repeat, over and over again. As worship leaders, we fashion and lead a beautiful rhythm enacted by Christ which continually calls us together. Whatever the style of worship your tradition engages in, be encouraged that the habit of meeting together forms and shapes us.