The Church Collective Worship Leader Podcast

In this episode I talked with Fox and Scott about what their churches did this past Christmas and what they're doing going in to the new year. We talk about:

How to ramp in to Christmas throughout December.

Service times for Christmas Eve special services.

What our churches are doing to help plug in new visitors.

New songs for the new year.

I talked with Nick Kaskel who plays with Brian Campbell about how God moved through their most recent tour. We also talk about:

Nick's journey to becoming a touring musician.

Practical tips to become a better worship guitarist.

The value of taking guitar lessons.

Nick's personal Testimony.

What's coming up for Brian Campbell and his team.

Beard tips!

Also, Nick has a fantastic two year old who really wanted to be on the podcast too just in case you were wondering!

Here's part two of our interview with Zach and Adam of Citizens. In this episode we talk about:

How the band came together.

Balancing weekly worship leading with being a successful band.

The band model of worship ministry at Mars Hill.

Taking the time to write theologically sound songs.

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We had such an awesome conversation with Zach and Adam from Mars Hill Music's Citizens. This will be the first part, look for the second half in next week's episode. In this episode Miles, Ben, and I talk with them about:

Their heart for creating music for the local church.

How they are using their new Christmas EP as an evangelistic tool.

How to get out of the way and let God move.

How to maintain a gorgeous beard. :)

Be sure to read our review and interview about the Christmas EP.

In this Episode I had the chance to talk in person with Ben and Scott!

We talk about:

Scott's church in Santa Rosa.

The transition to a drum cage.

Integrating a dobrough in a worship set.

The art of crafting your worship set using the musicians you have.

Using youtube to find stripped down versions of worship songs.

I had the chance to talk with Ben and Carly about some of the cool stuff going on with the site and about Carly's posts about encouraging your worship team.

This is our first roundtable worship leader discussion! Eric, Carly, Jeremy, and myself talk about the nuances of an acoustic or unplugged worship set in each of our churches. We go in to specific details and recommendations if you're hoping to do the same at your church.

I talk with Caleb Ramey about how he manages to lead a high energy youth service during the week and a more conservative hymns based service on the weekend.