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All About Worship Awards 2011 – Voting Open! Plus, Enter to Win the New Jesus Culture CD!

It’s time to cast your votes for the All About Worship Awards 2011!

For your chance to win the new Jesus Culture CD, Awakening (releasing 11/29/11), cast your votes by 5pm CST, Monday, November 28th. To increase your chances of winning, encourage your friends to vote by sharing this page on your Facebook wall and tagging AllAboutWorship.com (Hint: You must first “Like” the page and then tag by using the @ symbol and typing in AllAboutWorship.com.) We’ll pick two random winners. You must be a U.S. or Canada resident and at least 18 years old.

Special thanks to Kingsway for the CD giveaway and to WorshipPlanning.com for sponsoring the AAW Awards 2011 and making it possible for us to send trophies to the winners. Be sure give them a try for 30 days for FREE! It will make your life easier!

Categories for votes include:

-Male Artist of the Year

-Female Artist of the Year

-Band of the Year

-Song of the Year

-Album of the Year

-Blogger of the Year

You can vote for as many nominees as you’d like in each category. A big congrats to our nominees!

CLICK HERE to VOTE NOW!!

Voting will close on Friday, December 16th @ 7pm PST.

Episode 64: Exclusive Interview w/ Michael & Alisa Farren

On this episode, we record with a live audience via livestream.com and give a chance for listeners to watch us as we record the episode.

Also, Wisdom goes one-on-one with Michael & Alisa Farren of Pocket Full of Rocks. They talk about country music, songwriting, what it means to be a worship leader, and the upcoming All About Worship Retreat. Michael and Alisa also share a significant update about the band publicly for the first time!

Don’t forget to register for the All About Worship Retreat and hang out for a few days with Michael and Alisa.

Also, on this show we:

-share some of the comments on our recent post on What Worship Looks Like in 10 Years

-talk about our sponsor, WorshipPlanning.com, and their top-notch customer service. Use promo code “podcast” when you sign up and receive a 45 day free-trial.

-discuss our upcoming worship retreat taking place May 19-21. Plus Members of our site receive $50 off registration. We’ve also added a time during the retreat for a Song Feedback Panel.

-talk about our ever-growing All About Worship Leadership Team…we have 12 individuals helping make AAW happen every day!

QUICK LINKS

Connect with Us!

Facebook.com/allaboutworship

Twitter.com/allaboutworship

Comment Line: 913.735.4229

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Video version of the interview:

 

Episode 57: Interview with The City Harmonic

Yes, Wisdom and Ben are very dedicated! Despite the busy holiday season and Wisdom being sick, they were determined to bring you another fabulous edition of the All About Worship Podcast.

On this edition of the podcast we feature an interview with The City Harmonic, a Kingsway Music band, based out of Canada. Their music is described as brit-pop meets campfire singalong. They share their story, thoughts on songwriting, and their most embarrassing moment. Stay tuned at the end of the interview for the featured song “Manifesto” by The City Harmonic. Check out their EP on iTunes:

Introducing The City Harmonic - EP - The City Harmonic

We also feature a special toolbox segment with Christian Copyright Solutions discussing copyright issues regarding creating rehearsal CD’s and more.

QUICK LINKS

Hosts: Wisdom Moon & Ben Abu Saada – check out their blogs

Grace Church of Overland Park – check out Wisdom & Ben’s home church

OwnIt365.com – join us in 2011 as we read through the entire Bible

Christian Copyright Solutions – check out our Worship Leader Toolbox segment sponsor’s site! They are a great resource for the local church.

Copyright Community – a great place to find tons of helpful information

CCLI – Chris from CCS mentioned CCLI during the toolbox segment

The City Harmonic – find out more about the Canada-based band we interviewed

WorshipPlanning.com – this episode was sponsored by our great partner! Listen to the show for a special promo code available to our listeners.

All About Worship Retreat – join us May 19-21, 2011 in Overland Park, KS for a special time of connecting with other worship leaders in a small setting. Listen to the show for a special promo code available to the first 5 people to register!

Dave Fitzgerald – our newest addition to the lineup for the upcoming retreat

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Special thanks to The City Harmonic, WorshipPlanning.com, Christian Copyright Solutions, and Kingsway Music for making this episode possible.

We’d love to hear from you! Don’t forget to call our comment line: 913.735.4229 OR email us at podcast@allaboutworship.com

Stream or download this episode:

Episode 57: The City Harmonic

As promised, here’s The City Harmonic’s music video of their single, “Manifesto”:

Episode 42: Interview with Bob Kauflin – Show Notes

Ben and Wisdom start off the show with a discussion on worship leader hair. We announce an improvement on our podcast episode titles to help you, our friends, find the episodes you want more quickly.



Listener Feedback

-A voice message from Eddy Mann talking about Tommy Walker’s influence on his ministry.

-A voice message from Joe Brookhouse about how Paul Baloche has helped him obtain the training that he needed as a worship leader.

-An email from Keith Yoder in the Middle East about Wisdom’s pronunciation of the word “podcast” vs. Ben’s pronunciation of the word “worship”.

Quick Links
WorshipPlanning.com – the sponsor of this episode.
All About Worship Retreat – coming up May 20-22.
Bob Kauflin – our guest on the show.
Follow Bob – follow Bob on Twitter.
Worship Matters – Bob Kauflin’s book.
Mandy Thompson – our correspondent.
Follow Mandy – follow Mandy on Twitter.
Tommy Walker – Eddy’s most influential worship leader.
Paul Baloche – Joe’s most influential worship leader.
Once An Arafat Man – A biographical book by Ben’s father.
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.

Night of Worship
Join us on Friday, May 21st @ 7:30pm CST in person or online for a special Acoustic Night of Worship with Jared Anderson, Michael Farren of Pocket Full of Rocks, Tommy Walker, and Darrell Evans. Click here for more details.

We want to say a BIG thanks to WorshipPlanning.com for sponsoring this episode. Start your 30 day free trial today. Check out their feature, 360wp, that allows you to get feedback from your congregation about your worship services. It’s pretty awesome!

Special thanks to Bob Kauflin for taking the time to share his wisdom and insight on our podcast.

Thank you for listening from all over the world. We couldn’t do this without YOU, our friends!

Coming Up this Summer…interviews with Tommy Walker, Rick Muchow, Hillsong United, Miriam Webster, and more!