It’s Jason Hatley here again – Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and Founder of www.WorshipLeaderInsights.com – and today I’m concluding a series of posts about how you can help your Worship Leader succeed. In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series we discussed how to set clear expectations and provide constant feedback for to your worship leader. … Read More
One Month Later Follow-Up Letter to Newcomers (Free Download)
If you’re a regular reader, you know I believe that First Time Guests who attend your church are gifts from God. As such, I’m a stickler for following up with these “gifts” as thoroughly as possible to invite them to come back, get plugged in and ultimately become fully committed members of your church. One of the pieces of the … Read More
Changes to the Blog – What do you think?
If you’ve been paying close attention to the blog in recent days, you may have noticed a couple of small changes that I want to bring to your attention today: 1) Comments have been turned on – This means that you can contribute your thoughts and/or experiences about each post as we move forward. Please note that these comments are … Read More
Misfortunes – A Saturday Quote
“If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.” — Socrates
Free Podcast – Leading Your Worship Team through Change
We’re in the middle of a great series of posts from Jason Hatley – Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and Founder of Worship Leader Insights – about how Pastors can help their Worship Leaders to be successful (click here and here for those posts), and I wanted to take an opportunity today to share his latest podcast – … Read More
Church Staffing Revisited – Hire Fast – Fire Fast?
In staffing – as in most areas of church leadership – it’s healthy to revisit the widely accepted “proverbs” from time to time to see if they hold true. That’s one of the reasons why my new Staffing Workshop resource has enjoyed such an overwhelmingly positive response. I recently read an article by Barry Shamis that questions the validity of … Read More
3 Ways to Help your Worship Leader Succeed (Part 2)
Jason Hatley here again – Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and Founder of www.WorshipLeaderInsights.com – continuing a series of posts on how you can help your Worship Leader succeed. In last week’s post we started with this important thought: “As goes your worship team, so goes your worship service.” Effective worship services and worship teams are lead by … Read More
What are the “Secret Duties” of a Member at Your Church?
Have you ever sat down and thought through what you expect of your church members? For the sake of today’s post, I don’t necessarily mean the “biggies” (like attending, serving, giving, etc.), although those are vital. Hopefully you are presenting those expectations clearly during Membership Class and reminding members of their responsibilities regularly. Today, I mean the “little things” that … Read More
Happy Labor Day!
This is the weekend when we celebrate the end of summer and head into the exciting “home stretch” of Fall 2010. I hope you’ll enjoy some time with friends and family… Happy Labor Day! I’m praying that this fall will be the most fruitful season of ministry you’ve ever experienced! Enjoy the holiday weekend and we’ll be back again on … Read More
NEW Sermon Series – Teach Your People How to Face Life’s Storms!
One of the most helpful and well-received sermon series we’ve done at The Journey this year was called “Unshakeable Faith.” And now I’m excited to let you know that the full, six-part series (and everything you need to teach it at your church) is available in the Church Leader Insights Store. Here are the details: Teach your people how to … Read More