http://expressiveworship.net Love the congregation Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:15:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://expressiveworship.net/2010/08/an-open-arrangement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-open-arrangement http://expressiveworship.net/2010/08/an-open-arrangement/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:15:00 +0000 Tom Jackson http://expressiveworship.net/?p=414 In a perfect world, worship events would have worship leaders who could implement every live music technique to draw the congregation in and help them worship. But that’s a perfect world…so where do we start? Two things are really important: the arrangement of the song, and leaving space for the Spirit to move. Not just [...]]]> http://expressiveworship.net/2010/08/an-open-arrangement/feed/ 2 http://expressiveworship.net/2010/07/transformational-moments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=transformational-moments http://expressiveworship.net/2010/07/transformational-moments/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:20:44 +0000 Jodi Marcum http://expressiveworship.net/?p=408 A big thank you to our friend, Jason Hatley, Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey Church of the City, New York, for the podcast he recently did with Tom Jackson! Jason visited with Tom about worship teams creating transformational moment opportunities for their congregation. Tom covers what the congregation is expecting from their worship [...]]]> http://expressiveworship.net/2010/07/transformational-moments/feed/ 0 http://expressiveworship.net/2010/06/the-audience-in-pictures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-audience-in-pictures http://expressiveworship.net/2010/06/the-audience-in-pictures/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:34:21 +0000 Tom Jackson http://expressiveworship.net/?p=402 Recently one of our Live Music Producers, Amy Wolter, worked with Christian artist Frances Drost. Amy gave Frances an idea for adding some visual excitement to one of her songs through the use of media. Frances gave it a try, and she was pleased to find that it gave her a real connection with people. [...]]]> http://expressiveworship.net/2010/06/the-audience-in-pictures/feed/ 0 http://expressiveworship.net/2010/05/have-we-won-the-right/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=have-we-won-the-right http://expressiveworship.net/2010/05/have-we-won-the-right/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 16:05:18 +0000 Lang Bliss http://expressiveworship.net/?p=366 Tom and I met while working in a band that toured around the country. We were “20-somethings” riding around in converted bread trucks doing around 500 shows a year! The company operated under Christian guidelines and principles. One of those principles was, “We have to win the right to be heard.” We were playing in [...]]]> http://expressiveworship.net/2010/05/have-we-won-the-right/feed/ 1 http://expressiveworship.net/2010/03/good-singer-or-good-worship-leader/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=good-singer-or-good-worship-leader http://expressiveworship.net/2010/03/good-singer-or-good-worship-leader/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:35:57 +0000 Amy Wolter http://expressiveworship.net/?p=226 Music Pastors and Worship Leaders. The titles are not always synonymous with effectively directing a group of players to form a good-sounding set of worship songs for a Sunday morning service! Couple that with thousands of churches everywhere that only have access to volunteers that may play just well enough to be called musicians, and [...]]]> http://expressiveworship.net/2010/03/good-singer-or-good-worship-leader/feed/ 2 http://expressiveworship.net/2010/03/do-you-actually-know-your-congregation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-you-actually-know-your-congregation http://expressiveworship.net/2010/03/do-you-actually-know-your-congregation/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:59:13 +0000 Kevin Pauls http://expressiveworship.net/?p=350 If you have led worship at the same church for a while, chances are you have a firm belief that you know your congregation. You should know them by now. But do you really? I would like us to seriously consider this question: do we know our congregation? Or do we assume we know them? [...]]]> http://expressiveworship.net/2010/03/do-you-actually-know-your-congregation/feed/ 3 http://expressiveworship.net/2010/03/preparation-vs-spontaneity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=preparation-vs-spontaneity http://expressiveworship.net/2010/03/preparation-vs-spontaneity/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:08:03 +0000 Kevin Pauls http://expressiveworship.net/?p=228 Preparing for a praise and worship service is a tough thing in today’s world. The band and the singers are busy. Working on Sunday’s music usually takes second place to almost anything else that comes up during the week. And let’s face it, the 30 minutes before the service works…we don’t need more than that…besides, [...]]]> http://expressiveworship.net/2010/03/preparation-vs-spontaneity/feed/ 0 http://expressiveworship.net/2010/02/rehearse-were-a-worship-band/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rehearse-were-a-worship-band http://expressiveworship.net/2010/02/rehearse-were-a-worship-band/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:01:52 +0000 Amy Wolter http://expressiveworship.net/?p=222 Worship bands! It’s time to rehearse for the upcoming service. You: A) Show up late and then make excuses for not learning the charts B) Show up late and then waste the 1st 30 minutes of rehearsal joking around with everyone C) Show up really late and take 20 minutes setting up your gigantic pedal [...]]]> http://expressiveworship.net/2010/02/rehearse-were-a-worship-band/feed/ 5 http://expressiveworship.net/2010/01/does-performance-have-a-place-in-worship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=does-performance-have-a-place-in-worship http://expressiveworship.net/2010/01/does-performance-have-a-place-in-worship/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:23:41 +0000 Kevin Pauls http://expressiveworship.net/?p=203 If I was smart enough, I would love to be able to coin a brand new phrase. In fact, that is my goal – to find another term that says performance without saying performance! Confused? Here is what I mean… In the church, we have been taught that performance is wrong. That it’s arrogant, it [...]]]> http://expressiveworship.net/2010/01/does-performance-have-a-place-in-worship/feed/ 9 http://expressiveworship.net/2009/10/its-not-about-the-song/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-not-about-the-song http://expressiveworship.net/2009/10/its-not-about-the-song/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:30:14 +0000 Tom Jackson http://expressiveworship.net/?p=83 It’s pretty common for soloists and musicians to think that their audience has come to hear these “great songs” that they’re going to play! Singer/songwriters especially feel that it’s all about the song. But it’s not. What it is about is an emotional connection with your audience. Audiences come to your concert for 3 reasons: [...]]]> http://expressiveworship.net/2009/10/its-not-about-the-song/feed/ 2