The Church Collective Worship Leader Podcast

In this episode I chat with Jeremy McKee, an awesome musician and technical director. We talk about the roll of the keyboard in worship as well as how discipleship is at the core of recruiting volunteers to your tech ministry.

I had a fantastic conversation with Joe Vidot a worship leader serving at Bethel Church in Richland, WA. In this episode we talk about:

The importance of humility for the worship leader and musician.

How to foster a culture of discipleship in your worship ministry.

What the week to week work looks like for a church with multiple campuses.

The value of letting a church campus choose the songs that are resonating with the people in attendance.

Joe's ministry The Tribe of Judah.

In this episode I had the chance to talk with Chris Burke, an awesome worship leader from Canada who had to make the tough choice to pass up a job opportunity because of theological differences. We talk about:

The importance of the worship leader and pastor being on the same page theologically.

Praying through taking a job as a worship leader. Being patient in the process.

The danger of compromising your beliefs for the sake of taking a job.

The process of finding a job

How cool of a guy Chris Vacher is.

Asking yourself the question, do I want my kids to sit under the teaching of the church I'm looking at?

I then interview Rick Matthews from the pedal company Matthews Effects. We talk about:

Where he's serving in worship ministry.

How he got in to making guitar pedals.

The importance of a tuner!

In this episode we had the chance to talk with the co-founders for Guitars for Glory.

We're so excited to be partnering with them! As they're sending guitars, we'll be helping train up and deploy worship leaders as the needs arise.

Be sure to head over to their site and see what they're up to! God's doing awesome things through their faithfulness in getting instruments in to the hand of those who need them!

In this episode I had the chance to talk with Deanna Joven from Worth Dying For and their new church in Los Angeles called Fearless. We talk about:

How she came to know the Lord.

What the Lord did in her life to prepare her for worship ministry.

The importance of serving in whatever situation you're given.

What's going on with their new church in LA

I also talk with Seth about how his trip went to the BC Mission Boat Society. We talk about:

Traveling with a guitar on your back.

How to lead a service full of people from various church backgrounds.

How can we pray for the ministry.

In this episode we chat with Zach Senn, a missionary heading to Cambodia to help Steps of Justice. We were able to send a baby Taylor with him that he will use to train up worship leaders and then leave with them so they can continue to praise God for years to come. We also talk with the leaders of "Love Shines Missions" in Honduras about how they can be blessed through getting a couple guitars.

Thanks for helping us spread worship around the world!

In this episode we talk about what you need to do to become a worship leader and also give an update on our Kenya campaign.

How to find a mentor

What the Bible says about being a worship leader

What worship is like in Kenya

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In this episode I talk with Seth Gehrke about his mission trip to help BC Mission Boat. We were able to quickly pull together enough money to send a baby Taylor with him to gift to the ministry there. Be sure to keep connected on our site as we roll out updates

In this episode we talk about the importance of having multiple leaders for your worship ministry.