Just a few more days and Easter Sunday will be here! Woo!!

That might be exciting for you or a little nerve-racking because you still have a lot to do. To make sure you're completely prepared to lead worship on Sunday, there are a few things you should do…

It's finally here - the week before Easter! And I'm sure you've got a lot on your plate. Let's keep it short and simple today and be reminded of these 3 truths…

If you want to be excellent with whatever you have, we must first ask why we pursue excellence?

This is a common question as I travel leading worship and training teams. We want to honor God as we are leading while doing our best. But the reason we pursue excellence isn’t so that people look at us. We do it so people aren’t distracted by us. This is key. Leaders, lay a healthy foundation for your teams. We all need to align in this vision from the beginning…

Think about the last time you led worship: what amount of time were your eyes closed and what amount of time were your eyes open?

For most worship leaders, that ratio is 75% closed to 25% open. But, what would happen if you flipped that ratio? What if you were able to keep your eyes open 75% of the time and closed only 25% of the time? This one small change can have a huge impact on how you lead worship…

Let's face it: next week is going to be crazy! You've got extra services. You've got special elements in those services. There's a lot going on. How could you ever take a day off leading up to Easter? There's too much to do!

But the thing is... you can. Really - you just have to do these 3 things…

If you're a worship leader, you are probably involved in the creative process at your church. Worship leaders love to create things - from songwriting to set list planning to creating special elements in your services. You might have noticed by now that CREATING things isn't always easy. There's a lot of struggle in the process. There's trial and error but in the end it's worth it. What if there were a few simple things you could do to make the process easier and less stressful?…

Yesterday I asked, "What's the most difficult part of leading worship for you?" There were a lot of good answers but the most common one was congregational engagement. Tons of worship leaders in the Leading Worship Well community are struggling with "getting their congregation to engage during worship." So, if that's something you struggle with as a worship leader, be assured: You are not alone!…

As a worship leader, you probably have a lot of thoughts bouncing around in your head. There are so many different things that you can do and these thoughts pop into your head without any advanced notice. Everything from speaking transitions to song lyrics to prayers to vision for your team - it's easy for those things to stay in your head…

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Speaking between worship songs is hands down one of the most nerve-racking responsibilities for worship leaders when they first start out. It's one thing to play your instrument and sing in front of people. It's a whole other thing to speak in front of people and have everyone's eyes on you…

Listening to a recording of yourself leading worship is one of the best ways to improve your leading. It's hard to critique yourself in the moment but listening to a recording afterwards gives you a chance to objectively critique how you led…

Allow me to introduce... drum roll please... 30 Days To Leading Worship Well: A Practical Devotional For Worship Leaders!…

Honestly, there are a lot of "tough situations" you will encounter if you serve in a church. Chances are most of the time you get stuck in situations that you can't completely control. You can't just flip a switch and make things better. Maybe things aren't up to you and you just have to follow along. Maybe the solution to your problem just takes a little time to implement. So, what can you do when you are stuck in a tough situation?…

Do you feel like you keep doing the same things over and over again in your worship leading and making very little improvement? We've all been there. We all go through stages of stagnation. So, how can you break out of that funk and actually improve?…

One of the things that new worship leaders often feel uncomfortable with is praying in front of people. They hear other leaders who pray elegant prayers and always seem to pray the right thing at the right time. Maybe you think, "I could never pray like that."

If you lead worship for any amount of time, chances are you'll have more than a few opportunities to pray. So what should you pray? How do you do it in front of the people you're leading?…

We're about a month out from Easter. On the one hand, that seems like a lot of time to prepare and it is. But that fact makes it easy to want to put off preparation until the last moment…

Easter will be here before you know it! It's time to start preparing if you haven't started already.

But, where do you start? You've got songs to pick out, volunteers to schedule, special elements to create, and a team to lead through the whole process. There's no doubt that Easter can be one of the busiest seasons of the church year. What if there was a way to prepare in advance that set you up to be stress free - not just on Easter morning - but during the entire week leading up to Easter?…

One musical element that has become increasingly popular over the years in modern worship music is the octave jump. That's when a song starts in a lower octave and then jumps up to the next octave halfway through the song.

Octave jumps can be great for musical arrangement. They help move the song forward by adding more energy. They create dynamic differences between parts that might otherwise sound similar. So, from an arranger's perspective, they're amazing. But, from a worship leader's perspective, they are often seen as a challenge…

You've spent all week preparing for Sunday. You've memorized lyrics. You've learned chord progressions. You've ironed out your transitions. You've rehearsed with your worship team. Musically, you're ready to lead on Sunday.

But, as worship leaders, we know that leading worship is about much more than simply being prepared musically. It's not just about learning chords and what notes to sing - it's about being prepared spiritually…

Do you ever lead worship with just an acoustic guitar or just a keyboard - a stripped down environment? On one hand, it can be intimidating because there's nothing to hide behind. On the other hand, these can be some of the most powerful moments in worship…