09 June 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Determining Focus – Self Evaluation

I just wrote about the fact that my life has become fractured and my focus was every which way but where it should be.  Today I want to spend some time on what I need to do to determine where my focus actually lies.  Next I’ll look at where it should be.  Hopefully this process [...]

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13 October 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Planning Center Online Is Amazing

After being a skeptic for a very long time, I finally decided to give Planning Center Online a go.  We were using 37 Signals’ writeboards for service planning, which worked for a time, but the fact that we had to make a new writeboard in a new place every week and keep track of a [...]

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21 July 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Sunday Recap – Church Plants Can Be Tricky plus Feedburner Subscriptions

Sunday Recap Yesterday was a great day – full of family times, which I really loved.  It was also a good, albeit, slightly stressful day at Living Word. Our service starts at 9:20.  I had the day off from leading worship yesterday but of course, like most of you out there, I was still keeping [...]

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01 July 2008 ~ 6 Comments

What Do You Do When…The Wrong Song is on the Screen and the Projection Volunteer can’t Find the Right One?

This past Sunday at Living Word we had a bit of a minor technical difficulty where the wrong song was put into the schedule for the day and we didn’t have a backup of the correct one.  Although it was humorous and everything else went well, there was a bit of an awkward moment and [...]

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21 September 2007 ~ 2 Comments

Sharpen Your Strengths, Delegate Your Weaknesses

Today’s worship leader faces several challenges.  Often we are responsible for so many things, including but not limited to: Arranging and producing music every week. Spiritually leading our volunteers. Scheduling volunteers. Planning services. Cultivating relationships. Practicing our voice or instrument. Preparing for services. Leading worship in services. Finding new music. The list goes on. We [...]

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