Dan Cogan

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Dan Cogan is the worship pastor at Calvary Chapel Kansas City. From 2001-2003 he travelled with and was mentored by two-time Grammy nominated worship artist, Sarah Kelly. Dan and his wife Amy currently live Prairie Village, KS. Learn more about me

Leading Worship Project: Memorization – pt.2

Thumbnail image for Leading Worship Project: Memorization – pt.2 by Dan Cogan February 20, 2011 leading worship

WHEW!! I made it out alive. Actually it wasn’t as bad as I thought it might be. If you have clue what I’m talking about, read Project: Memorization – pt. 1. As I wrote last week, I set a date for myself to lead a worship set without the aide of lyrics and chord charts. [...]

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Leading Worship Project: Memorization – pt. 1

Thumbnail image for Leading Worship Project: Memorization – pt. 1 by Dan Cogan February 14, 2011 leading worship

I knew it would come. Eventually. Sure, I may have been in denial. But deep down I knew this day would come. The day when I would have to make an enormous sacrifice in order to keep moving forward as a worship leader. The day isn’t quite here yet, but it will be in just [...]

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The Fine Line Between Persuasiveness and Manipulation

Thumbnail image for The Fine Line Between Persuasiveness and Manipulation by Dan Cogan January 3, 2011 Ministry

The Fine Line Between Persuasiveness and Manipulation ~ or ~ Mean What You Say & Say What You Mean ~ or ~ Do You Want to Do What I Don’t Want to Do? It has been my observation over the past decade involved in ministry that many people serving in churches will often go blindly [...]

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Leading Worship: Cool Song…Flimsy Theology?

Thumbnail image for Leading Worship: Cool Song…Flimsy Theology? by Dan Cogan November 4, 2010 leading worship

Not long ago I was listening to a Christian radio station. I don’t often listen to the radio, let alone a CCM station. Mostly because the same 10 songs get played over and over again. But since I hadn’t listened for such a long time many of the tunes were pretty new to me. A [...]

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Worship Set List for October 13, 2010

by Dan Cogan October 16, 2010 Worship Set Report

Church Calvary Chapel Kansas City – Overland Park, KS Songs Adoration [G] / Brenton Brown Beautiful One [D] / Tim Hughes Center [D] / Charlie Hall Desire [D] / Phil Wickham Everything [C] / Tim Hughes I’m taking my cue here from the Psalmist that wrote the 119th Psalm. I’m sure many of you are [...]

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Defining Success in Worship Ministry

Thumbnail image for Defining Success in Worship Ministry by Dan Cogan September 30, 2010 leading worship

Have you ever finished a worship set and felt like a failure? I know I have. So often in fact that I had to do a fairly intensive inventory not that long ago to determine what my thought-process looked like in evaluating the success/failure of my ministry. One of THOSE Sundays As worship leaders, most [...]

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