Jason Hatley here – Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and Founder of Worship Leader Insights. Yesterday, we started a 3-part series on Leadership Lessons that I think every Pastor and Worship Leader can learn from one of the world’s most unique leadership laboratories — Disney. After being invited to take part in a special “behind-the-scenes” tour of Walt Disney … Read More
3 Lessons Your Church Can Learn from Disney, Part 1
Jason Hatley here – Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and Founder of Worship Leader Insights. Recently, I was asked to speak to a group of pastors in Orlando and while I was there, I was invited to go on a “behind-the-scenes” tour of Walt Disney World. Needless to say… I was excited! Sure it was going to be … Read More
How to Plan Engaging Christmas Worship Services
Jason Hatley here . . . Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and Founder of Worship Leader Insights. Have you ever noticed how, when leading worship, you and your team can be totally immersed in the moment, but when you look around the congregation looks like they’re stuck in line at the grocery store? Arms crossed. Faces stiff. iPhone … Read More
How to Create Moments in Your Christmas Music
Jason Hatley here – Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and Founder of Worship Leader Insights. You’ve heard me say it before — our goal in worship on Sunday isn’t to sing songs, but to create life-transforming moments (thanks to Tom Jackson for introducing me to this principle). This is especially true as we’re preparing music for the Christmas … Read More
How to Prevent Problems on Your Worship Team
Jason Hatley here… Pastor of Worship Arts @ The Journey and Founder of www.WorshipLeaderInsights.com. Just a couple of Friday nights ago I had the great pleasure of hosting the New Season Kick-off for the Fall season of our Worship Arts Team. New Season Kick-off is twice-a-year event for everyone on our Worship Arts Team. We come together before the start … Read More
Avoid these Top 3 Worship Planning Mistakes
Jason Hatley here – Worship Arts Pastor at The Journey Church and Founder of Worship Leader Insights… I’ll shoot straight with you . . . I don’t like it when someone tells me that I’m making a mistake. Call it foolish pride I suppose. Can you relate? After all, no one’s perfect and I know I make mistakes (just ask … Read More
Why Thursday Deadlines Make for Better Sundays at Your Church
Christianity Today recently ran an excerpt from my worship planning book, Engage, on its website, and I wanted to share it with you today: Why Thursday Deadlines Make for Better Sundays at Church Deciding details early coordinates efforts and avoids last-minute problems. The first church I pastored was a small Baptist church in Charlotte, North Carolina. I was a 21-year-old kid. … Read More
Three Ways to Overcome the Hard Days of Ministry
Jason Hatley here . . . Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and Founder of www.WorshipLeaderInsights.com, with a reminder and some encouragement for you this morning. “On it’s best day, ministry is hard.” That is the advice my Lead Pastor, Nelson Searcy, shared with me when I was first starting in ministry. What God has called us to do is … Read More
Three Actions of a Growing Worship Leader, Part 2
Who’s in your circle? This is Jason Hatley, Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey Church, and I’m not really talking about your Google+ account. This question cuts a little deeper than that 🙂 I’m talking about the 5 or so people that are the most influential people in your life. They are the people that are currently speaking into your … Read More
What Does King David Have to do With Your Personal Growth Plan?
It’s Jason Hatley, Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey Church with a quick question for you? When is the last time you read the story of Samuel anointing David as the future King of Israel (see 1 Samuel 16)? It’s one of the great stories of the Old Testament, and as I was reading it this week it took … Read More