Jason Hatley, founder of Worship Leader Insights, continues his guest blogging series today: Now that you’ve identified where you are from yesterday’s post, let’s dive into how to get to the place you want to be in the Pastor/Worship Pastor planning relationship. There are 4 Steps to Active Engagement. We will cover the first two today. Step #1 – Commitment: … Read More
Pastor & Worship Pastor Working Together – Part 3
Jason Hatley, Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey Church in NYC with Nelson Searcy is our guest blogger this week: So, how did your homework go from yesterday? Hopefully you have some clarity on the important relationship between the Pastor and Worship Pastor. Since you did so well on yesterday’s homework, today I have a quiz for you. Of … Read More
Pastor & Worship Pastor Working Together – Part 2
Jason Hatley, Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey Church in NYC with Nelson Searcy is our guest blogger this week: Yesterday I began this guest-blogging series by talking the importance of the relationship between the Pastor and the Worship Pastor in planning life-transforming worship services. In fact, I believe that it is the most important relationship in the church. … Read More
Pastor & Worship Pastor Working Together – Part 1
It is a pleasure to serve as this week’s guest blogger! My name is Jason Hatley and I serve as the Pastor of Worship Arts @ The Journey, which my wife Karen and I helped start in 2002, and as founder of Worship Leader Insights. As the Pastor of Worship Arts, I invest a tremendous amount of my time in … Read More
Debt Free Day @ The Journey
Today I’m teaching live at all four Journey services in Manhattan. The topic: How Do I Become Debt Free? In all four services we are going to help someone become debt free. Through the generosity of members in our church we are going to select one person and help pay down their debt. I love it when the church acts … Read More
A Word to Media Pastors
My primary audience for this blog is Senior Pastors, but I know other pastors and church staff sneak a peek from time to time. Today, I want to say a brief word to Media Pastors. (You might want to forward this post to your staff member in charge of media.) Over the last 10 months, I’ve had the opportunity to … Read More
Material World – Sunday @ The Journey
Today Kerrick is teaching live at The Journey as we continue our Financial Peace series. The topic: How Do I Overcome the Desire for More? Have you fallen into the trap of materialism? Do you find yourself constantly wanting more or coveting the latest gadget or filling up more and more storage spaces? If so, maybe you need to ask … Read More
Finacial Peace @ The Journey Today
Today we are kicking off an 8-week “Financial Peace” series. We planned this series in November 2007! We had no idea when we did the preaching calendar that we would launch this series in the middle of one of the greatest financial downturns ever. Only God! Today I’m teaching live in Manhattan for all four services and our location pastors … Read More
Salsa Service on Sunday
On Sunday we are doing a Salsa service at The Journey. No, I’m not talking about the style of dance or the refreshment selections, I’m talking about the style of worship order. If you’ve listed to my Worship Planning Seminar, then you know that we have three different types of worship orders that we use regularly to give variety to … Read More
It’s Baptism Day!
In addition to the 6 services we conduct on a Sunday (four in Manhattan, one in Jersey City and one in Brooklyn), we are holding a special baptism service this afternoon. Pastor Taylor Field of Graffiti Community Ministries and East 7th Street Baptist Church graciously allows us to use his church (check out his books about Lower East Side Life … Read More