Topic: Worship Planning

Worship Planning: Soar on Wings Like Egos, 5

Thumbnail image for Worship Planning: Soar on Wings Like Egos, 5 by Jon Nicol December 14, 2011 Worship Planning

5 Questions to Clip Our Ego Wings I sometimes look at the young, hip worship band members in the “famous” churches and wonder if they’d let me play guitar on their team if I attended their church. I think I’ve got the chops to hang with them. But I exceed both the age and weight [...]

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Soar on Wings Like Egos, 4

Thumbnail image for Soar on Wings Like Egos, 4 by Jon Nicol December 7, 2011 Worship Planning

Read Part 1 Read Part 2 Read Part 3 5 Questions to Clip Our Ego Wings I remember my brief stint as a trumpet player in the junior high band. Whenever multi-measure rests occurred we had to just sit there while the saxophones played something cool. (Those sax players were soooo smug…). We pretty much [...]

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Worship Planning: Soar On Wings Like Egos, 3

Thumbnail image for Worship Planning: Soar On Wings Like Egos, 3 by Jon Nicol November 30, 2011 Worship Planning

Read Part 1 Read Part 2 5 Questions to Clip Our Ego Wings “I just worship so much better when I’m on stage.” In the not too distant past when I’d hear something like this from one of my worship team members, I immediately saw warning lights and thought, “This person has some heart issues…” [...]

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Worship Planning: Soar On Wings Like Egos, 2

Thumbnail image for Worship Planning: Soar On Wings Like Egos, 2 by Jon Nicol November 16, 2011 Worship Planning

5 Questions to Clip Our Ego Wings Read Part 1 Every team has a griper. You know, that person who’d complain if his ice cream was cold. It’s like someone’s been spitting in his Cheerios every morning since he was nine. It’s easy to get frustrated and vent to others about him. But then–crud…now I’m [...]

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Worship Planning: Soar On Wings Like Egos, 1

Thumbnail image for Worship Planning: Soar On Wings Like Egos, 1 by Jon Nicol November 9, 2011 Worship Planning

5 Questions to Clip Our Ego Wings Let’s call her Lydia. If Lydia’s voice was an Uno card, it’d be a Wild Draw 4. Great when you’ve got it; bummer when someone else does. When Lydia’s voice is on, it’s fantastic to listen to. When it’s off, it’s like shoving a Q-tip a little too [...]

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Worship Planning: Six Lousy Methods to Get More Musicians, the Exciting Conclusion…

Thumbnail image for Worship Planning: Six Lousy Methods to Get More Musicians, the Exciting Conclusion… by Jon Nicol November 2, 2011 Worship Planning

Lousy Method #6. Hired Guns. Let’s grow our team by hiring outside musicians. Here’s why: It’s a great way to invest our church’s money. While we’re at it, let’s talk to the treasurer about investing in Powerball Lottery tickets. We could hit the winner and take care of all this silly tithing and stewardship talk [...]

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Worship Planning: Six Lousy Methods to Get More Musicians, Part 4

Thumbnail image for Worship Planning: Six Lousy Methods to Get More Musicians, Part 4 by Jon Nicol October 26, 2011 Worship Planning

Lousy Method #5: Implement the typical qualification process for new musicians: 1. Modicum of musical ability? Check. 2. Available this Sunday? Check 3. Pulse? Check. Welcome to the team! And then at some point subsequent to giving him a spot on the team for life, we wonder if we should’ve asked him if he loves [...]

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Worship Planning: Six Lousy Methods to Get More Musicians, Part 3

Thumbnail image for Worship Planning: Six Lousy Methods to Get More Musicians, Part 3 by Jon Nicol September 28, 2011 Worship Planning

#4: Keep the same people on stage week after week. There are two reasons to have the same musicians up every week: It’s your A-Team and you want to bring the best every Sunday, or… They’re the only ones you have. Here are a few problems regardless of the reasons: Non-stop involvement is like feeding [...]

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