The Church Collective Worship Leader Podcast

In this episode we talk about:

What getting vocal nodes did in Phil's life.

How it affected his songwriting.

The way God birthed songs through the experience.

How to seek and find peace in God through trails.

Why we need to understand who we are in Christ to really be able to do ministry for Him.

What songwriting was like without being able to sing.

How God healed Phil's voice.

Why we have to trust God in the midst of both the valley and the mountaintop experiences in our lives.

Tips for taking care of our vocal health.

How they started their band.

The importance of education as a worship leader and musician. Here's a great article about that!

Why we have to mentor other leaders.

How Ben started a program at Judson University that brings students out on the road with Citizen Way.

What's going on on the road now.

The value of music education in the songwriting process.

SATB harmony from the hymnal!

How the miscarriage of their son affected his music and songwriting for their latest project.

In this myself and Patrick from Soul City Church talk about when everything at church goes wrong:

Patrick tells us about losing power to the entire building mid service.

How our reliance on technology doesn't need to hold back what we can do on the weekend.

The importance of having someone in the role of the technical director.

The use of a music director in our services.

How Jesus supersedes all of the technology involved in our services.

The balance of using everything at our disposal but not losing sight of God in it.

How to handle making mistakes when on stage and how to continue to lead.

Some practical advice toward bringing on a musical director role. Even if it's a volunteer.

In this episode Miles and Adam talk with Zach Bolen about:

How the bands from Mars Hill Music has come together now to make Gospel Song Union.

The heart behind coming together to provide music for the church.

The importance of fighting against the celebrity culture of the church.

The need to resource the smaller church worship leader and teams.

Why we need to be ok with doing music differently than the recording. Here's an ask tcc episode about that too!

What God has been doing through the ministry of the Mars Hill Music bands.

Citizens and Saints' reach and what God has been doing through their music.

The evolution of songwriting as we grow in our relationship with God.

The sovereignty of God in the midst of difficulty in our lives.

In this episode myself and Cliff talk about vocal health! Here's what we chat about:

The danger of singing too much.

Fear of having nodules or nodes.

What exactly a nodule is and how we can avoid getting them. Some encouragement for those that think they may have them.

The mechanics of singing.

Why it is so important for us to get proper training for singing.

How much of our vocal troubles could be the result of anxiety.

Why we should pass on the leadership on the platform for the sake of our own vocal health.

Some practical advice for taking care of our vocal chords.

Caffeine and Dairy and their effect on our voice.

Cliff's vocal training advice.

How to head off a cold.

In this episode I talk with Audrey Assad about:

Here latest project, Inheritance.

How she intentionally recorded this album of hymns without the addition of new choruses.

The roll of hymns in the formation of our theology.

How she worked with some charites for this project.

Some stories about the depth of the lyrics in some of the hymns she has on this album.

How modern worship can also be theologically deep as well as hymns.

How we can get up on the platform weekly and lead in light of the difficulty that our brothers and sisters in Christ are going through throughout the world.

Her healing from pornography addiction.

How it is so difficult for church leaders to admit to addictions.

Some encouragement for those that may have addictions that they are afraid to share with their church leadership.

What she does to keep her vocal chords healthy.

What she does to keep her spiritual life healthy.

Advice for aspiring songwriters. The need for a daily habit.

How to avoid burnout.

In this episode I talk with Jason Ingram about:

What's going on with One Sonic Society. Check out our interview with Stu G here!

The balance between songwriting and worship leading.

Moving from leading in a local church to writing for the global church.

How Jason got involved in worship music.

CCM vs church music. The evolution and balance of both.

The need to select music for our church that resonates with our people.

His involvement in Journey Church in Franklin.

Advice for keeping a healthy relationship with God in the midst of the work of ministry.

Advice for starting new in worship ministry.

The danger of being a worship leader if we don't have a right understanding of why we are doing it.

Some wisdom given from Paul Baloche about singing psalms and praying songs. Here's our episode with Paul.

How to grow musically and challenge ourselves.

What music Jason is listening to that's inspiring him.

In this episode we talk with Chris from Brothers McClurg about the heart of selecting music for our church. Some topics covered:

How every church will have it's own unique needs for worship.

The desire to sound just like the recordings of bigger worship ministries and the struggle that can cause.

The need for songs in our sets that cause thought for our congregation.

How it is ok to do stripped down sets and music.

Starting the service with something more contemplative than a big uptempo one.

The art and craft of set building. The importance of understanding who will be at the service and what they'll need to sing.

How to maintain our spiritual walk with God.

Writing for our congregation or writing in emulation of others.

The importance of relationship with your senior pastor.

Encouragement for new worship leaders.

The place of hymns in our sets.

The need to connect our congregations to the truth of what they're singing.

In this episode I talk with Chris Cleveland from Stars Go Dim about:

The heart behind their latest project.

How each member of the band are worship leaders.

The balance between touring and doing local church ministry.

Having feet in both local church worship ministry and the CCM world.

The need to understand who we are leading in worship at our church.

Serving our body by choosing the songs that they need to sing rather than copying other churches.

The importance of lyrical integrity in the songs we choose.

How to go about setting up volunteers in our ministries that we can trust to run without us there.

The need to establish trust with our teams.

Why we have to set our volunteers up for success in everything we do.

What God has been doing through their touring.

In this episode I talk with Meredith Andrews about:

The importance of trials in our life for the sake of our growth.

The songwriting process for her latest project.

How God uses seasons of difficulty to grow us.

The importance of focusing on God in the midst of difficulty in ministry.

Why we have to make margin in our lives so that we can grow.

How to take care of our voice.

Ways to find time to connect with God during the busyness of ministry.

Advice for new worship leaders.