You're up in front of your church leading worship - you know how to play the songs. You know what you're going to say. But what are you supposed to do? Do you just stand there and go through the songs?…

Maybe it sounds crazy for you to take on MORE responsibility at church. But there are real benefits to serving as a small group leader in your church…

This chord works well in the key of D along with these chords…

It's important to create space in your worship sets. This is an often overlooked aspect of leading worship. When many worship leaders start out, their objective is to get from one song to the next as quickly and as smoothly as possible.

The things is: powerful moments can happen in the in-between. When nothing is said and your church is simply allowed to breathe and reflect, God can do amazing things…

Maybe you've noticed by now, not all churches are the same. What works in one church might not work in another. That doesn't mean the idea isn't valid, it just means it didn't work in that specific context. Hymns work well in some churches, contemporary songs work better in others. Leading with just an acoustic guitar in some church is amazing, a full band works better at another church…

I challenge you to turn spectators into participants when you lead worship tomorrow…

I recently watched a church's live-stream and, honestly, it felt more like a concert than a worship gathering. The band sounded amazing but they were just heading from one song to the next with no real direction. A transition sounded like "Hey! This next song is called _____!"…

This chord works well in the key of D along with these chords…

Believe it or not: you don't have to play worship songs exactly like they sound on the radio. You can adapt them to the specific context you're leading in. In fact, adapting them to your church's unique voice often helps your congregation connect more with them…

I'm sure you've realized by now that Sundays can be exhausting.

When I recently asked, "What's your Sunday routine?" Nearly every worship leader concluded their Sunday routine with a nap. And it's true! Leading worship well can be exhausting. Have you ever stopped to ask why?…

I challenge you to make yourself invisible when leading worship…

One of the most beneficial things a worship team can do to improve their musicality is listen to recordings of themselves.

Take 15 minutes during a rehearsal one night and record a song (you can take a line out from your sound board or just use someone's phone). Then, immediately sit down with your team and listen to the recording…

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As every good worship leader knows, it's not about you receiving the attention; it's about pointing people's attention to God. Ideally, you'd be virtually invisible. Our goal as worship leaders is to direct people's focus so much on God that we would fade into the background…

Think about the first time you led worship. Did you feel ready? Did you feel like "Yeah! I got this!"? Probably not. Most people feel like they aren't ready to lead worship the first time they do it.

That's not the problem. The problem is that most new leaders get stuck in the perpetual cycle of never feeling ready enough to lead. They keep making the excuse that they "just aren't ready yet" over and over again and they never take that step of leading for the first time…

I challenge you to lead into someone's story tomorrow…

It seems like most resources that are available online for worship leaders are from large church leaders for people leading in a large church context. This leaves you, the small church worship leader, having to translate the information and adapt it to your own context.

Enter: Churchfront and Leading Worship Well…

What if you invited people who weren't on your worship team to worship rehearsal simply for the sole purpose of worshiping?

Rehearsal allows musicians a chance to run through the songs and nail down their musical parts for Sunday morning. What if you could take rehearsals beyond simply running through music?…

What if you actually embraced one of the unique advantages you have when leading worship in a small church? That advantage is intimacy!

The fact that there are less people and you are in a smaller space means that the environment is instantly more intimate. In fact, this is one of the things that larger churches have to constantly be creative about - how do they create a more intimate environment with larger gatherings?…

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