What 3 things do you wish worship leaders/guitarists etc would stop doing? Why are we posting such negative questions?

By Marie@Musicademy | May 15, 2012

We’ve kicked off a somewhat controversial series of questions on Facebook recently along the lines of: What 3 things do you wish worship leaders would stop doing? What 3 things do you wish worship guitarists etc would stop doing? In response we’ve had the usual wide spectrum of replies including: Knee jerk jokey response: “Sticking […]

Improving Your Projected Song Lyrics – Part 2

By Kenny Lamm | May 2, 2012

Displaying song lyrics in worship with excellence is an often overlooked area of preparation, yet one that can really enhance our worship times. Conversely, poor slide production and operation of the lyric display can greatly hamper worship. Today, I will continue the series (check out part one here) as we look at some additional considerations. One […]

Two new Worship Backing Band DVDs released. The cheapest way to buy Split Tracks.

By admin | April 11, 2012

70 new Split Track backing tracks released on two DVDs Making contemporary worship accessible, and affordable, in even the smallest church with the least technically adept people, we’ve been delighted to see these DVDs grow in popularity over the years into what are arguably our most successful product outselling even our instructional courses. Worship Backing Band DVDs […]

Preventing Burnout For Pastors’ Wives. 7 signs of stress and how to prevent it.

By Guest Blogger | March 27, 2012

“HELP WANTED: Pastor’s wife. Must sing, play music, lead youth groups, raise seraphic children, entertain church notables, minister to other wives, have ability to recite Bible backward and choreograph Christmas pageant. Must keep pastor sated, peaceful and out of trouble. Difficult colleagues, demanding customers, erratic hours. Pay: $0.” 6   Burnout is a very real […]

11 things you can do to reduce stress in ministry

By Marie@Musicademy | March 20, 2012

“Hoot a Few Hoots Voluntarily, Now and Then”: 11 Things You Can Do to Reduce Stress in Ministry “The man who doesn’t relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little […]

Six ideas for developing character in your worship team and encouraging their work

By Guest Blogger | March 9, 2012

Part 3 in Claire Musters’ series on leading and pastoring a worship team. Developing character and encouraging your team In the previous posts we’ve looked at pastoral responsibility and ideas on how to develop team building sessions with your worship team. This last entry looks at the qualities that are important to build in both […]