Live Roundtable Discussion: Catering Weekend Services?

We are so excited to announce an online roundtable event that we’ll be hosting next Monday, November 14th, at 8:00pm CST.

We’ve invited the following worship pastors/leaders to be part of the panel for this event:

Fred McKinnon (Worship Director/Founder of TheWorshipCommunity.com)
Rich Kirkpatrick (Blogger/Worship Pastor)
Joshua Seller (Director of Worship)
Chris Vacher (Director of Worship)
Rob Rash (Blogger/Worship & Creative Arts Pastor)
Troy Kennedy (Worship Pastor)

We’ll be discussing topics like:

-Doing secular songs during service (is it okay or is it not okay)

-Convergence worship vs. separating the styles out into different services

-Designing the service for Christians vs non-Christians

-and more

We’ve intentionally invited leaders with different perspectives in order to help church leaders understand others’ perspectives and also learn from our differences. This live event will be limited to a small group of attendees that RSVP.

This event will also be recorded and available to watch on our site for free.

CLICK HERE to reserve your spot for this FREE ONLINE EVENT!
(Instructions on how to join the video/audio call will be emailed to you.)

We would appreciate any donation you can give to help offset our costs of this event:

Songwriting Q&A Webinar w/ Daniel Bashta

Monday, October 17th, 8:30pm CST (on the web)

During this one hour webinar, participants will have the opportunity to video chat with Daniel Bashta as he shares about his songwriting process and answers questions from participants.

Daniel Bashta is one of the key modern day songwriters/worship leaders who is spearheading a new worship movement.

Daniel’s debut album, The Sounds of Daniel Bashta, was co-produced by Bashta and longtime friend and fellow New Orleans native Jason Morant. The project includes “Like A Lion,” which was recorded by the David Crowder Band and also by the Newsboys for their upcoming album set to release in November. Sounds also features a duet of Bashta and Morant on the stand-out track “Potter’s Wheel” and features guest vocals by Mac Powell on the song “Heaven” and Kim Walker-Smith on “Pursuit.”

The son of missionary parents, Bashta grew up traveling the world and ministering in a variety of environments and cultures. As an adult, he attended the Bible Institute of London and has served as a worship leader for New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and for Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama. He currently serves as worship pastor at RiverStone Church in Kennesaw, Georgia, just outside Atlanta.

In addition to his role at Riverstone, Bashta continues to minister abroad through his non-profit GoMotion Worldwide. Thefather of an adopted son, Bashta is also a passionate advocate for adoption, working with Bethany Christian Services to raise awareness for adoption-related issues and to raise funds to assistother adopting families through Project Gift.

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Space is limited. Proceeds of this webinar will go to support the ministry of All About Worship and enable us to continue to provide resources for worship leaders and songwriters, like this one.

All About Worship Plus members may attend for free.

Scholarships are available for this webinar. Email allaboutworship@gmail.com if you can’t afford to make a donation.

Free Access to Training Webinar with Matt Boswell

Last Thursday night we held a training webinar called, “Mentoring Your Worship Team”. We were privileged to have worship pastor/modern hymn writer, Matt Boswell, present on this topic. It was such a great webinar that we feel compelled to share it with all of you at no charge!

Usually, in order to view past webinars, you need to be a Plus Member, but we are making an exception on this one for a LIMITED time. We will make this webinar free for anyone to view ONLY THIS WEEK. After this week, it will only be available on our Plus Members site.

To watch the webinar, just CLICK ON THIS LINK (link expired).

If you would like to make a donation to help us cover our expenses of these webinars and other resources we provide, you can do so by using Paypal or any major credit card or debit card.

Upcoming Training Webinars!

We are working hard, here at All About Worship, to share resources and encouragement with worship leaders and songwriters worldwide. One of those resources that we are really excited about these days are training webinars! These are 1hr training workshops that you can attend from the comfort of your own home, just using the Internet and a webcam.

Consider joining us for one or both of these coming up:

Worship Songwriting – Webinar w/ Dave Fitzgerald
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 from 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM (CT)

Webinar w/ Matthew Reed: Effective Worship Team Auditions & Rehearsals
Thursday, August 04, 2011 from 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM (CT)

Both of these are donation-based. Registration for webinars like these are typically around $30-$50, but we’ve intentionally made our webinars donation-based, so that the cost will not be a hinderance to anyone.

Hope to see you there!

-Wisdom Moon

Free Webinar Tonight w/ Dave Fitzgerald & Sarah Lavigne

We are excited to announce a free webinar presented by Sounds of Redemption (and hosted by Wisdom Moon) tonight, featuring TWO amazing worship leaders/songwriters: Dave Fitzgerald and Sarah Lavigne!

Be sure to join us at 8:00 – 8:45pm CST tonight online for a live video webinar with Dave and Sarah. You’ll be able to join the webinar with your webcam, computer mic, or phone. You’ll get a chance to hear from both Dave and Sarah about what’s been on their heart lately. They will also share about Sarah’s upcoming album. You will also get a chance to ask them any question you’d like.

Space is limited, so be sure to register by filling out the simple form HERE.

You can check out our recent interview with Sarah here. You can also listen to our interview with Dave here.

The Possibilities, Practicals & Pitfalls of Co-Writing! (Upcoming Webinar)

Ever had the dream of walking in to a room with your guitar, a notebook and a Starbucks, shaking hands with a total stranger and then spending the next three hours composing the most beautiful piece of worshipful art you’ve ever come across?Inspired by people who can sit down beside you with a blank piece of paper and find rhymes for words like essence, Bethlehem and hermeneutic that actually seem to work in a song? Too afraid to actually begin to explore the idea of co-writing because you just have no idea what’s supposed to happen?

Have we got a webinar for you!

Chris Vacher & Joshua Seller are no co-writing experts but they have written songs together and with others. These songs have come out of old friendships, new introductions and life experiences in general. Some of these songs are now being sung in churches all over – but that’s not the point.

In this webinar, we’ll talk through some of the things we’ve learned through writing songs with other people. We’ll talk about some of the great possibilities, some of the real practical things that can help you as well as some of the pitfalls that may come along the way.

Chris Vacher’s Bio

Chris began his role as the Director of Worship at Orangeville Baptist Church near Toronto in 2005. In2009 he began spearheading WorshipRises, a movement of Canadian worship leaders committed to developing worship resources for & from the Canadian church. He is married to Sonya and the abundantly proud dad of four kids.

Joshua Seller’s Bio

In a time when the lines between church music and mainstream music have been hazed and blurred, Christian artists rooted in humility and focused on exalting Christ are hard to find.

That’s where Joshua Seller comes in.

Based out of Harvest Bible Chapel in Oakville, ON, Songwriter / Worship leader Joshua Seller represents a breath of fresh air in both Canadian church-culture and the larger Christian music industry too.  Seller is passionate about his art but also determined and mindful to eliminate ego from the equation.  No rock star attitudes here.

But don’t let his modesty fool you. Having opened for Casting Crowns on their 2009 Canadian tour, garnered mega-exposure for his song “Song of the Angels” through CCLI, won “Scriptural Song of the Year” at the 2009 Covenant Awards and, last but definitely not least, finished in the Top 10 in the 2002 season of Canadian Idol, Seller has definitely been a busy man.

“Through the Canadian Idol experience, God showed me a brief season of fame,” Seller explains. “The whole time I thought I could serve both God and the World. But I was wrong.”  It was through releasing and touring a secular album that God revealed that no fame could buy happiness for Seller. “I remember getting to the point where I had to choose between Christ and the world. I chose Christ because He revealed His love and grace to me in such a way I could do nothing but choose Him.”

Following these life changes, Seller found himself at Harvest Bible Chapel, a church where he would soon put down roots with his family. Serving there now as a full-time vocational worship leader, Seller’s number one focus is writing songs for the church and leading services there.

His progressive sound is built around songs that move and build – from soft and intimate to big and exciting. Drawing inspiration from worship leaders such as Chris Tomlin, Bob Kauflin, and Kristian Stanfill, Joshua Seller is excited about being used as a Psalmist for our generation: Writing songs that God would allow the world to sing to Him.

Seller is passionate about the church, plain and simple. “The heart of why I write & sing is to make Jesus known and lead people into His presence.” Whether with local congregations in Ontario or on larger stages through out North America, Joshua Seller’s passionate songs and servant-heart will continue to inspire and draw people in closer and closer to where God is leading.

Songwriting Webinar w/ Dave Fitzgerald – Registration Giveaway

We our excited about our very first webinar we’ll be hosting this year! It takes place Tuesday, February 22nd, 8-9pm Central. This webinar is geared towards those interested in worship songwriting. The instructor will be our good friend and Kingsway artist, Dave Fitzgerald. We’re thrilled to be able to offer this webinar in video & audio using today’s top technology.

Early Bird price is just $20. You’ll need to register by Feb 16th. Then, the price goes up to $25. Space is limited! You can REGISTER ONLINE TODAY.

We want to give YOU a chance to win a FREE registration! Just leave a comment here letting us know why you’d like to attend this webinar. Deadline is Monday, February 14th, 9pm CST. We’ll pick TWO random winners!

(You can help spread the word about this giveaway via Twitter.)

Songwriting Webinar w/ Dave Fitzgerald

Tuesday, February 22nd @ 8pm CST, All About Worship and The Songwriter’s Cafe are hosting our very first webinar of 2011! It will be a 1 hour webinar on songwriting – with Kingsway Music worship leader/songwriter, Dave Fitzgerald. Dave will be sharing his insights on songwriting and also answer questions from participants.

Registration is just $20/person. First 10 people to register will receive a free copy of Dave’s CD, Hope of Heaven.

All About Worship Plus members may attend this webinar free of charge as a part of the benefits of being a Plus Member. If you’ re a Plus Member and would like to attend, email wisdom(at)factor7agency.com.  (AAW Plus members are excluded from the CD giveaway.)

About Dave:

Dave Fitzgerald has been writing, playing and singing since the age of 16. Dave’s highly anticipated debut worship album was released in November 2010 through Kingsway Music. Dave married the love of his life, Christy, over 7 years ago and reside in Tampa Bay, FL. Dave has been humbly used by God in many capacities of leading worship including revivals, special events, conferences and has served on staff as the worship leader in various churches. Dave currently travels doing conferences and worship events worldwide.

His debut album, Hope of Heaven, is a live worship project (recorded at Bethel Church in Redding, CA) featuring some of his friends: Brian & Jenn Johnson, Chris McClarney, Rita Springer, Christa Black, and Kristene Mueller.

CLICK HERE for more details and to register.

(You will receive instructions on how to access the webinar within 24 hours of registration and payment.)

Online Worship Leadership Training – Registration Giveaway!

Dwayne Moore, author of Pure Praise, is at it again! He will be teaching a 10 week long online course for those involved in worship ministry. We are hereby announcing a registration giveaway to this training course!

Here are the topics Dwayne is planning on covering:

Session 1: Developing Your Team to Be Ministers Through Music
Session 2: Preparing for and Leading Weekly Rehearsals
Session 3: Dealing with Conflicts, Negativity and Immorality in Your Group
Session 4: Developing Your Personal Leadership and People Skills
Session 5: Understanding the Five Goals When Leading Worship
Session 6: Planning Effective Worship Sets that Flow
Session 7: Teaching Your Team Proper Stage Presence and Presentation
Session 8: Communicating Well With Your Pastor and Your Worship Teams
Session 9: Teaching Your Congregation about Worship and Worship Styles
Session 10: Understanding the Keys to a Long and Successful Ministry

This course will be held on Tuesday evenings, September 7th thru November 9th, 2010. Find out all the details here.

If you would like to have a chance at winning a free registration (a $199 value), leave a comment on this post by Wednesday, July 14th. We’ll pick a random winner. It’s that simple.

Listen to The Tommy Walker Webinar

First of all, we want to say a special “THANK YOU!” to all of you that participated in the webinar with Tommy Walker. It was great having all of you with us!

If you were not able to make it, here are the details of the webinar and a link to download the audio:

Topic: 10 Things That Happen When We Worship

Details: “In this webinar, I want to passionately remind worship leaders, pastors and worshipers in general why we gather on a Sunday and what happens when we express worship to God. Every week we come together and sing songs, but if we don’t understand the importance of it and the power of God that is in it, the worship in our churches will only tend to shrink. I believe if we will take a step back and let God’s word show us what we are to do, we will all be able to lead with a kind of passion and boldness that we never had before!” -Tommy Walker

Length: 57 minutes

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

This is very valuable training that every church leader should listen to!

A HUGE thanks to our friend, Tommy Walker, for taking the time to share his insights and wisdom with us regarding worship.

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