Bring Praise & Harmony to your church in 2013 – We’re now booking congregational singing workshops for 2013 and beyond. Would you like to mobilize your entire church to participate in worship? How about training non-musicians how to sing harmony for the first time? Are your song leaders in need of inspiration and training? Contact [...]
Martinez is definitely serious about worship. We enjoyed a wonderful Praise & Harmony weekend, hosted by this vibrant congregation. Normally, during the course of my workshops, I am lamenting the fact that most churches fail to invest in their song leaders (worship leaders) and place worship renewal as a very low priority. The Martinez Church [...]
I’m blessed to lead worship before Jim McGuiggan preaches again this morning at Sunset in Lubbock. This afternoon, I lead worship for the “Velocity” student rally. A busy day!
Photo by Spike O’Dell – One of the joys of my ministry comes from having the opportunity to network with worship leaders from across the nation. Pictured with me is Colby Swann, who serves the Station Camp Church in middle Tennessee. Throughout the Praise & Harmony weekend, we were able to explore various ways of [...]
Would you like to seriously improve the quality of worship with your congregation? Do you desire to invest in the future by helping your song leader? I often wonder why so many churches reward, encourage and invest in preachers and youth ministers, while neglecting the gifted servants who plan and lead worship? Compare the emphasis, [...]
Happy New Year! How about joining us for a Praise & Harmony Workshop this month? in middle Tennessee, west Texas or central California? January 14, 15 Station Camp, Tennessee January 18 – 22 Lubbock, Texas January 28, 29 Martinez, California
Photo by A’lana Cutshall – Can we sing and smile at the same time? The short answer? If we are happy about what we are singing, we surely can! If this is true, then why do I have such a difficult time in motivating song leaders to smile? As song leaders “set the tone” in [...]
Photo by Elaine Green – A plethora of new songs become regularly available for the church to learn, surpassed only by the number of arrangements (multiple arrangements for the exact same songs.) In a day when musical literacy is waning, what are effective strategies to encourage four-part harmony and musical literacy? I suggest that projecting [...]
Photo by Elaine Green – The house was literally packed in Tolar, Texas for the Praise and Harmony Workshop. Christians attended from many different congregations. Everyone sat in sections by voice part to make learning the parts much easier. Notice in the picture the signs posted for the alto and bass sections on the right [...]
Photo by Karla Hamel – This past weekend, we enjoyed a very enthusiastic response to the Praise & Harmony Workshop with the Sunset Church in Carlsbad, New Mexico. In addition to the Saturday Workshop, a combined Sunday School dealt with the topic of worship and the morning assembly focused on singing and praise. We look [...]
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