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Sunday Setlists #187
Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, February 19, 2012 Welcome to the 187th consecutive week of "Sunday Setlists". The purpose of "Sunday Setlists" is to share a recap of your worship services. What songs did you use, what arrangements? What worked really well and what didn't work as well as you'd like? What issues did you have preparing? What is the sermon series? How about creative elements used in the service? You don't have to be the pastor or worship leader to participate. We would really love to get reviews from the perspective of those in our congregations each week. … Read this story...
Review: iSingWorship – The Backing Track for the 21st Century
Thanks to Mark Snyder for sharing this tech review with The Worship Community. I recently had the opportunity to take a look at some cool new technology on the IPod/IPad. I am not a ‘worship techie’ as much as some people, but I do like to look at technologies to arm the small church and small group gatherings, because this is where I do most of my worship leading time and where I like to target our worship resources. Backing tracks and technologies to play them are great. Loop programs such as Ableton, GarageBand, or even just a keyboard are great to allow the band to ‘virtually’ come alongside a vocalist or single guitarist for a fuller sound. The biggest issue with loops is allowing spontaneity - how can you repeat a part, loop a part, or even just jump to a quiet instrumental then back into a chorus? Well-trained live bands can do this and they know how to do the transition, but a looping program is lacking for this. … Read this story...
Sunday Setlists #187
Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, February 19, 2012 Welcome to the 187th consecutive week of "Sunday Setlists". The purpose of "Sunday Setlists" is to share a recap of your worship services. What songs did you use, what arrangements? What worked really well and what didn't work as well as you'd like? What issues did you have preparing? What is the sermon series? How about creative elements used in the service? You don't have to be the pastor or worship leader to participate. We would really love to get reviews from the perspective of those in our congregations each week. … Read this story...
Reminder: Heaven’s Praise Online Bible Study Begins Today!
It's not to late to join us here at The Worship Community as we host a worldwide group Bible study beginning today, Monday, February 6, 2012. Just order your book and jump in when you can, and make up the other days as you can! Heaven's Praise, a 6-week Bible Study by Dwayne Moore, is the follow up to the well-received and widely utilized Pure Praise study. TWC hosted the Pure Praise Study once in 2009 and once again in 2010 and we're excited to host this online group study as well. We'll have participants from all over the world joining us. … Read this story...
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Review + Giveaway: Brandon Gilliam’s A Love Better Than Life
Thanks to KC Clark for sharing this review with the worship community. Originally published at: http://musbkc.com/2012/01/a-love-better-than-life-brandon-gilliam-album-reviewGIVEAWAY AT BOTTOM OF INTERVIEWWith so much music coming out of both the … [Read More...]
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Review: iSingWorship – The Backing Track for the 21st Century
Thanks to Mark Snyder for sharing this tech review with The Worship Community. I recently had the opportunity to take a look at some cool new technology on the IPod/IPad. I am not a ‘worship techie’ as much as some people, but I do like to … [Read More...]
Review + Giveaway: Brandon Gilliam’s A Love Better Than Life
Thanks to KC Clark for sharing this review with the worship community. Originally published at: http://musbkc.com/2012/01/a-love-better-than-life-brandon-gilliam-album-reviewGIVEAWAY AT BOTTOM OF INTERVIEWWith so much music coming out of both the … [Read More...]
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Sunday Setlists
Sunday Setlists #187
Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, February 19, 2012 Welcome to the 187th consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists”. The purpose of “Sunday Setlists” is to share a recap of your worship services. What songs did you use, what arrangements? What worked really well and what didn’t work as well [...]
