The Church Collective Worship Leader Podcast

In this episode I talk with Dave Helmuth of adlib music about:

How Dave got involved in worship ministry.

The value of being faithful daily to God.

How he started coaching other worship leaders.

The identity of the worship leader.

We then talk with Josh White about how his upcoming conference at his church in Las Vegas. We talk about:

The heart behind offering this conference.

A couple contributors on The Church Collective will be presenting! Fox and Matt!

Josh talks about the sessions being planned.

In this episode I had the chance to chat with Kari Jobe about:

The process of bringing together so many worship leaders and musicians.

The story behind the song "Forever" on her new album.

Her definition of worship.

How she prepares spiritually before leading worship.

The value of having your team members lead devotionals

The latest book that's she's reading: Hosting the Presence: Unveiling Heaven's Agenda

Her warm up routine, she mentions using exercises from vocalcoach.com

How she cools down and rests her voice. She mentions using: Traditional Medicinals Organic Throat

How she knows when it's time to rest her voice.

A question she often gets is how to foster spontaneous worship. She gives us a great way to work with our congregations in this area.

The value of spontaneous worship and leaving margin in the service for people to worship.

The influence Charlie Hall had on her in her growth as leading with margin.

The value of Matt Redman's book: The Unquenchable Worshipper: Coming Back to the Heart of Worship (Worship Series)

Here are some great quotes from the interview:

[Tweet "Our resurrected King has rendered you defeated @karijobe"]

[Tweet "People are hungry for an encounter of God more now than I've ever seen @karijobe"]

[Tweet "I think it's dangerous to lead worship by only the response of the people. @karijobe"]

[Tweet "It's a precious thing to lead people in worship @karijobe"]

I then had a great convo with my friend Brian Campbell who has recently launched a kickstarter to fund 3 EP's this year. We talk about:

Counting the cost of doing ministry (parable reference here).

The heart behind writing three EP's this year.

The process behind one of the EP's that will be in French.

We're also partnering with one of our contributors, Rob Carona, of Songsmith Creative to offer a free songwriting webinar this week. Be sure to sign up and join us for a great conversation!

Wow, what an honor it was to be able to chat with Wisdom from the All About Worship Podcast! If you haven't subscribed to his podcast, you really need to! In this episode we talk about:

How Wisdom got involved in worship ministry.

The balance of doing a full time job while working on All About Worship.

How All About Worship started.

His role as a social media strategist.

How to structure life to have time for ministry and family.

The All About Worship Conference.

A discount on the conference! Use promo code: collectivepodcast

This episode has your whole worship ministry covered. We start with an interview with Jeff McIntosh of Church Motion Graphics. We talk about:

How Jeff got involved in creating graphics for worship.

The power of someone believing in you and pushing you forward in ministry.

The value of technology in the worship service.

His great new e-book The Worship Media Handbook.

Great practical tips for the techs in ministry.

We then finish up our interview with Cam Huxford of Mars Hill's Ghost Ship. We talk about:

How he brought his musical style to Seattle and found people who resonated with him.

The balance between serving at a local church and at larger conferences.

The process of recording their latest album.

The value of Sabbath in our lives.

How you can record a great album with simple equipment.

In this episode we talk about:

The launch of the downtown campus for Mars Hill.

Their new campus that launched just over a year ago.

How their new building was the first church in Seattle.

How the new space was involved in the recording of their latest album.

How Cam works as the worship leader at his campus and his relationship with the other worship leaders.

The story behind the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Dealing with anxiety Biblically.

How it can be easy to fake it as a worship leader.

Mars Hill's commitment to writing theologically rich songs.

The power of music to bring people to salvation.

How Ghost Ship's style came about.

This week's episode is awesome! Miles interviews Cam Huxford from Ghost Ship. We talk about:

How he got involved in worship leading.

How he came to be a worship leader for Mars Hill and how Ghost Ship started.

The value of serving in ministry rather than looking for a position.

His calling to urban ministry.

The rundown of who's involved in Ghost Ship.

I talk with Brian Campbell about how he got involved in worship ministry and just had a wonderful conversation. Some highlights:

The value of pouring in to young people.

Being faithful with small things leads to big things in Christ.

Focusing on putting others above yourself.

How Brian got involved in touring ministry.

How going to other churches is more about equipping the teams.

The balance between discipleship and excellence.

What's ahead for Brian and his band.

I had a great time talking with Shalon Palmer about his Padloops and ministry in general. We chat about:

How he started making padloops.

How worship leaders are using the padloops to enhance worship.

How he's recently started going to school at Gateway.

The value of getting an education as a worship leader.