Standing ovation for unlikely TV stars

By Marie@Musicademy | March 28, 2012

Looks like the TV show Britain’s Got Talent has had another Susan Boyle moment. US audiences will hugely enjoy this too. You’ll love this clip – guaranteed to bring a tear to the eye. The song is actually a prayer.

Colonising the Adult Church. Pete Ward on our part in the spread of youth culture, consumerism and commercialisation

By Marie@Musicademy | March 21, 2012

In the light of the video discussion on the idolatry of youth culture in worship that we published recently, we stumbled across this fascinating 2009 piece by Pete Ward at YouthSpecialties.com. Have a read. Do you think this holds truth and if so what has been the impact on our sung worship? So now we’re […]

The Worship Musician as Teacher – the last in our worship team Must-Haves devotional

By Guest Blogger | March 12, 2012

  The worship musician as teacher (bonus section for week 10) As worship musicians—vocalists and instrumentalists—part of our ministry is teaching. We teach the congregation what it is to participate in corporate worship: • If we clap or raise our hands, that encourages and gives permission to others to so the same. • If we […]

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 […]

The Must-Haves for the Worship Musician – Surrended (part 2)

By Guest Blogger | February 23, 2012

  Surrendered Part 2 – Submission & subordination: Things that suck (until you learn them)   Submission is one of those words that make people bristle. Cringe. Wince. Barf. Or otherwise react adversely. I’m not going to make a case for mutual submission and submission to authority because scripture already does that, a little too well […]

Pastoring a worship team (part 1)

By Guest Blogger | February 10, 2012

I am part of a lively, evangelical church and my husband and I are responsible for the worship team. We were complete novices at this when the church started, and, while I can’t claim to be an expert now, God has been very gracious to us and we have learned some helpful principles and ideas […]

What is worship? A Catholic perspective part 2

By Tom Lelyo | February 7, 2012

What is worship? In my last post, I described my journey as a music minister, to rediscover the heart of worship in the Catholic church.  For me, there wasn’t a clear understanding among pastoral musicians as to what worship is and how it ought to be done.  This lack of understanding was my own fault […]