Apr 24 2013
We’re now a few weeks into this “new” expression of worship at our Church, and I thought I’d share some of the things we’ve learnt over those weeks. Please Stand! It will take a long time for the Congregation to get to a point where they don’t need to be told to stand up …
Mar 27 2013
After years of gentle persuasion, frustration, and finally acceptance, months of praying and playing together occasionally, and weeks of regularly rehearsing together the new Worship Team has finally got off the ground. What was meant to start in February ended up starting on Palm Sunday, 24 March. And it wasn’t with the full team – …
Aug 30 2012
I follow a lot of blogs to keep up to date with trends in worship and also music technology. I thought I’d just briefly highlight some of the better blogs out there which really are worth a look. Worship Matters – Bob Kauflin Bob Kauflin has been on the scene for some time. Now working …
Jun 16 2012
I spend a lot of time writing about worship and analysing how to best ‘do’ worship to facilitate people in true worship. I probably don’t give enough time to Army style worship which, if done well and with the Holy Spirit at the centre, is incredibly effective and rousing. Please take time to watch the …
Nov 28 2011
This Sunday was the first Sunday in advent, and in the evening we joined together with two other local churches for a united advent service. As it was a united service with methodist, anglican and Salvation Army we had an interesting mix of styles and traditions to merge together for the service. The band accompanied …
Nov 15 2011
This weekend was a mix of two very different styles for me, and I felt I slotted into those quite well. On Friday evening and Saturday we had the Healing on the Streets (HOTS) training take place at the Army. I’d offered to play keys to assist in leading the short Worship times at the …
Nov 07 2011
This Sunday had the potential to be another challenging day. Our usual pianist is recovering at the moment and our other pianist called me on Saturday to let me know that he wouldn’t be around either. These are the times when our lack of a worship team ministry approach is really evident. In any case, …
