During the last several weeks I’ve had the privilege of connecting with a bunch of new worship leaders through blogs and various twitter accounts. Through conversations I was introduced to The Worship Community, a grassroots community site for worship leaders. It had started out as just a forum a little over a year ago and has now grown into a one-stop resource with videos, the original forum and featured articles from worship leaders all over the country.
One of the coolest things about it is that it is featuring “every-day worship leaders,” those of us that are “in the trenches” in the local church. As great as it is to see writing and resources from “the big names” it’s so cool to see a bunch of local people featured.
Another cool thing is that I’ve been asked to write for the site! I’m very excited to be a part of it and so thankful that God has blessed the time spent on this blog to be able to expand and encourage others. So please, check it out and join the forums or leave a comment on any articles that are there. It will definitely encourage you!
I’m always on the lookout for new resources and I thought I’d pass this on.
Often we’d love ways to share cool things with people or perhaps we might like to email a file to someone but it’s too big for our inboxes. We could upload it to a personal website, but not everyone has one of those.
I recently discovered Second Brain. What it does is takes any services on the internet you might be using (del.ico.us, twitter, flickr, etc…) and feeds them all into one spot. It also lets you upload files and share them. You can comment on content, follow other people’s feeds and a whole lot more. Here’s mine. Check it out!
Many of you know that I consider Bob Kauflin (director of worship development for Covenant Life church) one of my distance mentors, although I’ve never met him. Well, he’s got a new book out, Worship Matters - Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God, and I’m excited to read it. The trouble is…I don’t have it yet! :-) When I do get a copy though, I will definitely be posting a review. In the meantime, I just wanted to make any other pastor and worship leader aware of this great new resource. You can order the book here. You can here a great interview with Bob Kauflin here.
