Episode 50: Interview with Matt Papa

We’ve reached 50 episodes!!! This week we hear an interview Wisdom did with songwriter/worship leader – Matt Papa.  During the recent National Worship Leader Conference here in Kansas, Matt was gracious enough to sit down and talk over dinner.  And, Matt’s most embarrassing moment leading worship…it’s a doozy. We’ll also get to your calls and another giveaway! Oh…and accents…

Listener Messages

• We received a voicemail from a longtime listener, Matt Neff. His question is for all of you “How do you start your worship services? Do you use a countdown clock? Prayer? Announcement?” We’d love to hear your answer. Just drop a comment below or give us a call at 913.735.4229.

Quick Links

• WorshipPlanning.com – Once again, be sure to check out this fantastic tool for worship leaders. Awesome for assigning volunteers, planning music, planning services and communicating with worship ministry volunteers.
• Podbean.com – This week’s toolbox item. Check out the podcasting tool we use to make this podcast available.
• Factor7Agency.com – If you need help with podcasting, social media and other web tools, check out how Wisdom can help your local church.
• MattPapa.com – Visit Matt’s website.
• Your Kingdom Come – Get Matt’s latest album on iTunes. One of Ben’s faves of the year.
• Matt on Twitter – Follow Matt @Matt_Papa
• Open Hands – Get the song we shared on iTunes.
• Matt’s Facebook Page – Check out Matt’s Facebook page.
• WorshipRetreat.org – Check out our next retreat in May.

Giveaway

• Free Music – Don’t forget to watch the AAW blog for our CD giveaways during the months of August and September! Lots of music goodies you won’t want to miss out on. So…subscribe to the blog and leave comments on posts with giveaways for your chance to win! You can enter once a week!
• Episode 50 giveaway! –  FREE registration to our retreat coming up in May 19 – 21. Learn more about the retreat at www.WorshipRetreat.org. All you have to do is head over to the website and leave a comment on the giveaway post.

Contact Us

• Twitter – Follow AAW on Twitter. You can also follow Wisdom and Ben.
• Facebook – Join us on Facebook.
• 913.735.4229 – Leave us your own voice message.

Listen

Check us out on iTunes. Feedburner. Or stop by our Archive page and listen in.

Thanks

A special thanks to Matt for stopping by the show! Big thanks WorshipPlanning.com for loving the worship leader by sponsoring the show. Give ‘em love friends!

And of course…THANK YOU for listening!!!!

And as promised….Matt Papa is….Napoleon Dynamite:

Episode 49: Interview with John Mark McMillan

This week on the All About Worship Podcast, Ben and Wisdom talk about their recent experience at the National Worship Leader Conference, hear your feedback and talk with our field reporter, Mandy Thompson. You also hear Wisdom’s retaliation for Ben’s “ID10T” comment on the previous show. It’s true…one of Ben’s many dreams was to one day become a rapper. And on this episode, we quickly find out why that dream never came true.

Quick Links
WorshipPlanning.com – Please check out our AMAZING sponsors who make this little podcast possible. Tom Metz and crew have a fantastic resource available for all you worship leaders. Stop by and check try out WorshipPlanning.com today! Check out their new Twitter handle: @worshipsense

MandyThompson.com – Visit Mandy’s website.

Mandy on Twitter – Follow Mandy.

TheJohnMark.com – John Mark’s official website.

The Medicine – Get the John Mark’s new album on iTunes.

How He Loves Us – Link to the single on iTunes.

John Mark on Twitter – Follow John and keep up with what’s happening in his world.

All About Worship on iTunes – Visit us on iTunes and PLEASE leave some feedback! The smart folks at iTunes deleted our page by mistake recently along with all the listener reviews we had. We would greatly appreciate your leaving a review!

WorshipRetreat.org – The next All About Worship Retreat is on the calendar and space is limited to just 65 attendees! Early Bird Registration ends soon.

Giveaways

We are doing two big giveaways!

1. A FREE Registration to the Forge Conference. Sept 30 – Oct 2, 2010 in Ocean Grove, NJ.

2. A FREE Registration to National Worship Leader Conference East. Oct 5 – 7, 2010 in Lancaster, PA.

Just leave a comment on the shownotes for “Episode 48: Darrell Evans Q&A” to be entered to win. Deadline is Aug 18th.

3. Free music! Don’t forget, during the month of August, visit our blog once a week you’ll have a chance to win free CD’s!

Contact Us

Follow AAW – Follow our tweets for regular updates and news.

Like AAW – Join our growing number of friends on Facebook.

913.735.4229 – Leave us your own voice message.

Thanks

We want to say a BIG thanks to WorshipPlanning.com for sponsoring this episode. Start your 30 day free trial today. Be sure and follow them on Twitter at @worshipsense right here or find them on Facebook.

Thank you to Integrity Music for letting us play a clip of “How He Loves”! And HUGE thanks to John Mark for sharing his heart and time with us on the show!

And as always….THANK YOU for listening!!!!

Listen

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Episode 48: Darrell Evans Q&A

On this edition of the show, Wisdom and Ben catch up with Darrell Evans.  We hear your questions submitted to us before the recording and live over Talkshoe.

Quick Links

WorshipPlanning.com – Stop by our kind sponsors and try them out.  There are some fantastic features that Tom and crew continue to roll out for worship teams. Check out their new iPhone App! It’s free and it will make your life much easier!

DarrellEvans.com – This is Darrell’s site. You can also “Like” his Facebook page.

Darrell on Twitter – Follow Darrell on Twitter to see what’s going on in his life.

Nothing Less Than Everything on iTunes – Check out Darrell’s latest album on iTunes and leave him a review!

All About Worship on iTunes – Visit us on iTunes and PLEASE leave some feedback! The smart folks at iTunes deleted our page by mistake recently along with all the listener reviews we had. We would greatly appreciate your leaving a review!

AAWPrayers – Follow and request prayer on this new Twitter feed.

AllAboutWorship Retreat – Log on to take advantage of the Early Bird Registration and find out who’s coming! (You can also follow the retreat updates on Twitter)

Click Here to listen to all of our episodes (Click Here if you’re on a mobile device).

Giveaway

We are doing three big giveaways!

1. A FREE Registration to the Forge Conference. Sept 30 – Oct 2, 2010 in Ocean Grove, NJ.

2. A FREE Registration to National Worship Leader Conference East. Oct 5 – 7, 2010 in Lancaster, PA.

Just leave a comment on this post to be entered to win. Deadline is Aug 18th. We’ll announce the winner here!

3. Free music! Beginning August, visit the AllAboutWorship blog once a week you’ll have a chance to win free CD’s!

Contact Us

Follow AAW – follow our tweets for regular updates and news.

Like AAW – join our growing number of friends on Facebook.

913.735.4229 – leave us your own voice message.

Thanks

We want to say a BIG thanks to WorshipPlanning.com for sponsoring this episode. Start your 30 day free trial today. Be sure and follow them on Twitter at @worshipsense right here or find them on Facebook.

Thanks to Darrell for spending time with us on the show. And as always….THANK YOU for listening!!!!

Check out this new song “You Could Never Be Praised Enough” from Darrell that we discussed on the show:

Choosing Worship Songs: Horizontal or Vertical?

A friend of mine asked me to consider blogging on how I go about selecting worship music. So I’ve assembled some thoughts on the topic and will be sharing them periodically.

Well, let me start off by saying I am NO expert on this subject by any means.  But I love to read experts and use their ideas enhancing them for the use of the Grace Church worship services.

Often I have folks suggest songs for our worship services here at Grace.  Sometimes they make the list and other times they don’t.  My hestiation in sharing this info is that people might make the assumption that the worship song idea they have won’t make the cut based on the criteria.  I LOVE having people recommend songs!  I like to hear when people get excited about a song that caused them to take pause in their busy life and reflect on God. So don’t judge your recommendations, don’t hold them back…please!

Horizontal or Vertical?

Does the song cause the singer to sing about God or to God?  There are many inspiring songs that speak of the wonderful works, nature or truth of God, however they aren’t being directly sung to God.  These songs are horizontal in nature.

Some great worship song examples that I consider horizontal are: Amazing Grace, Standing on the Promises, In Christ Alone and How Great is Our God. If you read the lyrics of these songs you will find that there are no phrases that indicate it’s being sung to God but about God.  They all tell great truths that teach us aspects about the nature of our great God.

Some great worship song examples that I consider vertical are: Here I am to Worship, You Are My King, How Great Thou Art and Heart of Worship. Even in the titles you can see the direction these songs might take a singer.

When you listen to worship music, see if you can classify it as vertical or horizontal.  Think of it in terms of “in Spirit and in Truth”.  Is the song proclaiming truth?  Or is the song directly sung to the Lord in Spirit?

Now that these two types of songs have been identified, the next step is figuring out what to use on Sunday!  And that depends greatly upon the needs of the church, the direction of the pastor/teacher and the particular message that Sunday.  I’ll get into that on another post.

What would you add to this topic?

Originally posted on July 20, 2005 on Ben’s blog at BabuLife.blogs.com

All About Worship LIVE: Q&A With Darrell Evans

Join us on Monday ninght, 6/28, at 8:30 p.m. CST for a live 30 minute Q&A with Darrell Evans on the All  About Worship hotline. We’ll be taking your calls live with your questions.  Darrell is an influential songwriter of songs like “Let the River Flow”, “Trading My Sorrows”, “Your love is Extravagant” , and “Fields of Grace”. You can be a part of one of our July podcast episodes while we record this session.

Join us over Talkshoe live by clicking below at 8:30 CST on Monday, June 28.

Episode 46: Interview with Miriam Webster

On this edition of the podcast, Mandy catches up with Miriam Webster who is an influential songwriter and worship leader.  You’ll hear her heart for worship and her new song “Made Me Glad” on the show. We also hear from you in our “Listener Feedback” and we talk to Tom Metz from WorshipPlanning.com about some new features coming down the pike.  Don’t forget to take part in our giveaway!!!

Quick Links

WorshipPlanning.com – Stop by our kind sponsors and try them out.  There are some fantastic features that Tom and crew continue to roll out for worship teams. One of our favorite features mentioned on the show is the “Songbook” feature. Creating online books with sheet music that you can assign team members to.  Check them out and be sure to thank them on Twitter for being a part of the show by tweeting “Hey @wpupdates Thx for sponsoring the @allaboutworship podcast!”

Livestream.com/GraceVideo – Wisdom said it, here’s the link. You can watch Ben lead worship at his local church.

MandyThompson.com – Visit Mandy’s website and learn more about our AWESOME correspondent.

MiriamWebster.com.au – Visit Miriam’s website.

Miriam on iTunes – Check out Miriam’s latest recording “Made Me Glad”.

All About Worship on iTunes – Visit us on iTunes and PLEASE leave some feedback! We’re always looking for ways to improve the show and we’d love to hear from you. (Plus we need some good ego stroking)

AAWPrayers – Follow and request prayer on this new Twitter feed.

Giveaway

We want to hear from you. Call us at 913.735.4229 by July 1 with your answer to this question: What are the top 5 songs your church is currently connecting with this year. If you leave an answer, we will enter your name into a drawing for Paul Baloche’s latest CD “Glorious” along with the worship tools set with instructional DVD and song charts. Make sure you leave your name, the name of your church, the songs and the authors of the songs. Call us at 913.735.4229  (please note, Darth Tater and Spud Trooper are NOT a part of the giveaway)

Contact Us

Follow AAW – follow our tweets for regular updates and news.

Like AAW – join our growing number of friends on Facebook.

913.735.4229 – leave us your own voice message.

Thanks

We want to say a BIG thanks to WorshipPlanning.com for sponsoring this episode. Start your 30 day free trial today. Check out their new uploading feature allowing you to upload multiple files simultaneously! Be sure and follow them on Twitter at @wpupdates right here.

Thanks to Miriam for stopping by the show! And special thanks to Kingsway for permission to share “Made Me Glad”.

Listen

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Episode 45: Interview with Hillsong United

Recently Hillsong United came through Kansas City on their tour through the states. Wisdom was able to meet up with Joel Houston and J.D. from Hillsong United for an interview before the worship began. Of course, stay tuned for their most embarrassing moment leading worship. We also catch up with two attenders of our recent retreat back in May. Listen in as they share what the Lord did in their lives during the retreat.

Quick Links
WorshipPlanning.com – More new features available! If you’re looking for a way to support the admin part of your ministry, you NEED Worship Planning. Check them out and be sure to thank them on Twitter for being a part of the show by tweeting “Hey @wpupdates Thx for sponsoring the @allaboutworship podcast!”

All About Worship Retreat – HUGE thanks to our friends Joe Brookhouse and Todd Barton for stopping by the show! Click Joe and Todd on Twitter.

HillsongUnited.com – Visit the official website.

Joel Houston on Twitter – Follow Joel’s tweets.

Hillsong United on Twitter – Follow the official tweets of Hillsong United.

Hillsong United on iTunes – Check out their music catalog online.

All About Worship on iTunes – Visit us on iTunes and PLEASE leave some feedback! YES…WE ARE DESPERATE! We lost all our feedback and comments due to a “ahem” technical problem with iTunes deleting our feed.

AAWPrayers – Follow and request prayer on this new Twitter feed.

Giveaway

We want to hear from you. Call us at 913.735.4229 by July 1 with your answer to this question: What are the top 5 songs your church is currently connecting with this year. If you leave an answer, we will enter your name into a drawing for Paul Baloche’s latest CD “Glorious” along with the worship tools set with instructional DVD and song charts. Make sure you leave your name, the name of your church, the songs and the authors of the songs. Call us at 913.735.4229  (please note, Darth Tater and Spud Trooper are NOT a part of the giveaway)

Contact Us

Follow AAW – follow our tweets for regular updates and news.
Like AAW – join our growing number of friends on Facebook.
913.735.4229 – leave us your own voice message.

Thanks

We want to say a BIG thanks to WorshipPlanning.com for sponsoring this episode. Start your 30 day free trial today. Check out their new uploading feature allowing you to upload multiple files simultaneously! Be sure and follow them on Twitter at @wpupdates right here.

Thanks to Joel and JD for stopping by the show!  Stay tuned for our next episode with Miriam Webster.

Listen

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Shownotes for Episode #41: Interview with Chris McClarney

On this episode, Wisdom talks to worship leader Chris McClarney. We feature Chris’ song “Your Love Never Fails”. We also share more updates on the All About Worship Retreat along with the BIGGEST giveaway we’ve EVER had….seriously….ever.

Sponsor Announcement

We are excited to introduce you to our brand new, long term sponsor, WorshipPlanning.com.  Tom Metz and his crew have been a huge blessing to us.  If you’re looking for a fantastic resource to help with the administration and organization side of planning worship services and worship teams, you HAVE to check out WorshipPlanning.com.  This resource was created by people steeped in worship ministry and understand the limitations, the needs and the requirements necessary to craft worship services that honor Christ and minister to local churches around the world.

Visit their website and check out this nifty tool at www.WorshipPlanning.com.  You can also follow them on Twitter here. Be sure and thank them for being a friend to the podcast by tweeting “Hey @wpupdates, thanks for sponsoring the @allaboutworship podcast!” We’d appreciate it!

Listener Feedback

Last episode we encouraged you to call in and let us know what worship leader has influenced you most on your worship leading journey.  We heard from you and have some great calls to share. Thanks for phoning in! Give us a call and let us know you’re listening! 913-735-4229

Featured Interview

Wisdom had a chance to sit and talk with worship leader, Chris McClarney. Chris has a fresh, unique sound that stands apart from much of what is heard in the worship music world today.   You’ll hear about some of his musical influences, his journey to worship leading and how his  song “Your Love Never Fails” came about….and of course….his MOST embarrassing moment….yeah…it’s a GOOD one.  We also feature his song “Your Love Never Fails” on the show.

Visit Chris’ website here. Follow Chris on Twitter here. Join Chris’ Facebook page here.  Check out his music on iTunes.

HUGE thanks to Chris for stopping by the show!

All About Worship Retreat Update

The amazing folks at YAMAHA have generously offered to donate audio equipment and their time to the retreat. Seriously….how amazing is it that companies like Yamaha are interested in helping bring a positive experience to you! Have we mentioned how grateful we are to our sponsors and friends? THANK YOU YAMAHA, INTEGRITY MUSIC, THEWORSHIPCOMMUNITY, WORD RECORDS, WORSHIP THE ROCK, AND GROUP PUBLISHING!!!

Check out the line up for the retreat and register now…seriously…before it’s too late.

Giveaway

We are giving away over $1,000 worth of gear and registrations.

3rd place – 13 CD’s

2nd place – 13 CD’s plus 6 months of Gold level service at WorshipPlanning.com

1st place – 13 CD’s plus a free registration to the National Worship Leader Conference 2010 in Kansas City.

All you have to do is sign up for the All About Worship Premium membership or write a 3-4 minute song or 1-2 minute video to promote the podcast. If you do either of these, email us at giveaway@allaboutworship.com and your name will be entered into the drawing.

You can watch the video and learn more about the giveaway here.

Contact Us

Visit Wisdom’s site here. Visit Ben’s site here.  Email us at podcast@allaboutworship.com or call us and leave a voicemail at 913-735-4229.  You can also follow @AllAboutWorship on Twitter.  Follow Ben on Twitter. Follow Wisdom on Twitter. Don’t forget to join us on Facebook.

Listen

Visit our Podcast Feed Burner page for links to subscribing OR subscribe with iTunes. You can also stream the episodes. Be sure and join the AllAboutWorship Premium membership for discounts and exclusive content.

Shownotes for 3/10/10: Interview with Jared Anderson

This week we catch up with Jared Anderson who will be joining us for the upcoming All About Worship Retreat in May. Wisdom and our great friend Mandy Thompson talk to Jared about what’s happening in his ministry along with some great insights into worship leading and we play a track from his latest release. Check out this great song “Inside”.  We also announce the winner of our National Worship Leader Conference giveaway and give some worship retreat updates. Wisdom gets a new computer…and Ben confesses his accent frustrations. We also hear from you in our listener feedback.

All About Worship Retreat

Another big guest announcement! While Wisdom said previously we were all booked up with special guests….we couldn’t pass up on the opportunity to add Michael Farren to the retreat! That’s right, Pocket Full of Rocks lead singer and songwriter will be joining us in May. It’s not too late to register!  Visit www.WorshipRetreat.org and be a part of the “UNconference”. You can also follow retreat updates on Twitter here.  We also announce the winner of the National Worship Leader conference registration during this segment. Listen to see if YOU won!

All About Worship Premium

Hey! It’s coming! We’ve got an AMAZING opportunity for every listener to take advantage of.  Wisdom has been working hard at working out some amazing discounts and giveaways with some of our friends like WorshipPlanning.com and Integrity Music.  Check out the update on this episode.

Let’s Hear From You

We’re tired of just talking about us and want to learn more about you.  So we want you to call us and leave a message at 913-735-4229 with your answer to this question…”Who has been the most influential worship leader in your life and why?” That’s it. Just call us and leave a message and we’d love to play back some of your answers on an upcoming episode.

Show Links

• Watch D.O.G.S. Ben talked about what he did recently at his daughters school. Go check out this great program.
• MandyThompson.com. Visit Mandy’s site and learn more about our latest AAW team member!
• JaredAnderson.com Visit Jared’s site for the latest news and updates.
• Live From My Church. Check out the latest CD from Jared.
• Song Panelists. We’re looking for people like you.
• WorshipRetreat.org. It’s coming…go register!!!
• AAW on iTunes. Hey! Leave us some feedback. It makes us feel good…real good.
• Facebook Fan Page.  Once again…if you’re on Facebook and you haven’t joined the AAW page…why not?
• Contact us. Visit Wisdom’s site here. Visit Ben’s site here.  Email us at podcast@allaboutworship.com or call us and leave a voicemail at 913-735-4229.  You can also follow @AllAboutWorship on Twitter.  Follow Ben on Twitter. Follow Wisdom on Twitter.

HUGE thanks to Jared for stopping by the show. Once again…we are extremely grateful for the love and support of YOU the listener. We’re thrilled and honored that you’re a part of the show.  Thanks for listening and encouraging us to keep going! To our sponsors and friends….THANK YOU!!!

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Shownotes for 2/18/10: Interview with Phil Wickham

Packed show this week with updates and interviews.  Wisdom and Ben catch up with Mike Kim, Phil Wickham and Tom Metz from WorshipPlanning.com. Stay tuned at the end of the show for a special announcement. We also have some great listener feedback from around the globe and Star Wars.  Yes…see if you can count the number of Star Wars references in this episode. Check out the notes below:

All About Worship Retreat

Ben and Wisdom talk with our good friend and worship leader Mike Kim. You’ll hear about his breakout sessions that he’ll be teaching at the upcoming retreat.  Learn more about Mike at his website www.MikeKimMusic.com. Follow Mike on Twitter here.  If you haven’t registered yet for the retreat…GO NOW!!!! Visit www.WorshipRetreat.org Check out Mike’s latest release “In Our Day” on iTunes here. If you enjoyed the song “Greatly to be Praised”, you can pick it up on iTunes here.

Giveaway

Register for the upcoming retreat here by March 1 for your chance to be entered into a drawing for a free registration to the National Worship Leader Conference 2010.  HUGE thanks to our friends at WorshipLeader.com for the registration.

Worship Leader Toolbox

One of the greatest challenges worship leaders face is managing the administrative side of leading.  We talk with Tom Metz who created WorshipPlanning.com. A fantastic resource for team scheduling, song tracking, worship service planning and communicating.  Huge thanks to Tom for taking time to talk with us about this great tool. You can try it out for 3o days free!

Show Links

• MikeKimMusic.com. Learn more about Mike.
• WorshipPlanning.com. Check out this great tool.
• Phil Wickham.com. Visit Phil’s website.
• Phil Wickham on Twitter. Follow Phil.
• Heaven and Earth on iTunes. Get Phil’s new album (Wisdom’s fave of all time) on iTunes.
• AAW on iTunes. Hey! Leave us some feedback. It makes us feel good.
• Facebook Fan Page.  Once again…if you’re on Facebook and you haven’t joined the AAW page…you’re invited!
• Contact us. Visit Wisdom’s site here. Visit Ben’s site here.  Email us at podcast@allaboutworship.com or call us and leave a voicemail at 206.426.7119.  You can also follow @AllAboutWorship on Twitter.  Follow Ben on Twitter. Follow Wisdom on Twitter.

HUGE thanks to Phil for stopping by the show. Once again…we are extremely grateful for the love and support of YOU the listener. We’re thrilled and honored that you’re a part of the show.  Thanks for listening and encouraging us to keep going! To our sponsors and friends….THANK YOU!!!

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