Clear the Stage. Worship is more than a song.

By Marie@Musicademy | September 12, 2013

“Clear The Stage” Clear the stage and set the sound and lights ablaze If that’s the measure you must take to crush the idols Jerk the pews & all the decorations, too Until the congregations few, then have revival Tell your friends that this is where the party ends Until you’re broken for your sins, […]

Transitioning – Part 9 – Educate, Inform, Do It Constantly

By Kenny Lamm | September 10, 2013

As East City Church transitions its worship service to a unified style of worship (see links below for the previous parts in this “documentary”), they will need to help their congregation understand why the church is going through a change in its time of corporate worship. Conflict results most times in an absence of understanding why […]

A letter to the worship music patriarchs

By Guest Blogger | August 27, 2013

  Do note that we don’t think Jamie (the writer of this article) remotely had Graham Kendrick in mind when writing it. Graham has simply been cited by many of the commenters here as an inspiring example of a patriarch still writing and serving. (And in the bottom right image you might just glimpse our […]

The Sister Act Syndrome – how churches cope with change

By Guest Blogger | August 1, 2013

In 1992, the movie Sister Act was released and became an instant hit. Whoopee Goldberg plays a lounge singer in Reno, Nevada who one evening witnesses her mobster boyfriend murder a Limo driver. She agrees to testify against him, but is placed in protective custody in a convent with a really lousy choir and attached […]

Leading Worship or Prostituting Worship?

By Guest Blogger | July 16, 2013

The One Year Bible had me reading 2 Kings and the story of King Josiah’s cleansing of the Temple. Before he came into power his predecessor, Manasseh, began using the temple for Baal worship and cult prostitution as sacrifice to the fertility goddess Asherah. The temple had been desecrated by the sacrifice of infants and prostitution. […]

Musicademy Band Skills seminar – live footage.

By Marie@Musicademy | July 15, 2013

Fundamentals for arranging / Practical Musicianship Footage from a live Musicademy worship training day. In their funny, inimitable style, Andy Chamberlain and Tim Martin talk band skills including instrument fundamentals for arranging and practical musicianship tips. This seminar includes some really useful ideas on optimal positions for worship team musicians for maximum visibility and communication. […]

Eleanor Mumford on worship songs

By admin | July 10, 2013

Eleanor Mumford (yes, the mother of Mumford & Sons’ Marcus), an experienced leader in the Vineyard church reflects on what the Vineyard movement brought to worship songs – simplicity, purity, sweetness, accessibility and intimacy. She encourages song writers to return to simplicity. Two soundbites: “My plea to our wonderful worship leaders is that we would […]

The art of song selection for worship

By Guest Blogger | June 24, 2013

Over the course of my worship-leader life so far, I have probably compiled a million set lists for events, gatherings and conferences! At times I have hungered for a ‘random song generator’ gadget that would effortlessly and instantaneously choose the right songs for the right moment for the right people!  (Possibly a future feature for […]

Disturb us, Lord – a prayer by Francis Drake

By Marie@Musicademy | June 14, 2013

Disturb us, Lord, when We are too pleased with ourselves, When our dreams have come true Because we dreamed too little, When we arrived safely Because we sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us, Lord, when With the abundance of things we possess We have lost our thirst For the waters of life; Having […]

A salute to the average worship leader

By Guest Blogger | May 31, 2013

Today I want to salute the average worship leader. Why? If YouTube videos and conference worship bands are any indicator, we’re unintentionally (I trust) cultivating an understanding of musical worship and its leaders that draws more from rock concerts and Entertainment Tonight than biblical principles. We can start thinking that the “best” corporate worship context […]