Why Your Church Doesn’t Sing… and What You Can Do To Fix It (Part 3)

Today’s guest post comes from Jason Hatley, Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey Church in Boca Raton, Florida. Jason is the Founder of WorshipLeaderInsights.com and author of two books as well as over a dozen worship leader personal and ministry growth resources. Want to know a sure-fire way to keep your church from singing this Sunday? I didn’t think … Read More


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How is your worship team “really” doing?

When is the last time you got on the balcony? No – not the balcony at your church building or even the hotel from your last vacation. It’s Jason Hatley here (Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey Church) with a quick (but important) leadership principle that every pastor and worship leader needs to practice… Getting on the Balcony. Getting on … Read More


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3 Ways to Help your Worship Leader Succeed (Part 1)

“I want my worship leader to succeed!” This is Jason Hatley, Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and and Founder of www.WorshipLeaderInsights.com, and I can’t name a single pastor that I’ve met anywhere that would disagree with that statement. After all, as goes your worship team, so goes your worship service. Having personally coached over 125 worship leaders, I … Read More


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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


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Successful Church Planters Must Be Able to Recruit a Worship Leader

Yesterday, I said that there are two abilities that predetermine the success of a church planter. The first one is: The ability to recruit a worship leader. I honestly don’t know why this is true, but I’ve seen it play out hundreds of times. (I’ve personally trained over 3000 church planters and we have coached over 100 church planters in … Read More


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Attention Pastors and Worship Leaders – FREE Webinar

Tomorrow Jason is leading a FREE Webinar for Pastors and Worship Leaders called The Top 3 Worship Leader Challenges (its specifically for Worship Leaders but I suggest Pastors and Worship Leaders attend it together for maximum impact).  Here’s all the details: The Top 3 Worship Leader Challenges WEBINAR Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Noon-2:00pm (EST) “Every Worship Leader faces the challenges … Read More


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Worship Leader Intensive – May 14 -15 (and a Freebie)

On May 14 and 15 Jason Hatley, The Journey’s Worship Arts Pastor, is leading is premier event, a two day Worship Leader Intensive (Hint: Pastor,  you may want to make sure your Worship Leader is at this event). During this event he teaches you how to overcome the top “7 Challenges Every Worship Leader Will Face.”  Here’s how Jason’s describes … Read More


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Worship Leader Insights Event in Tampa

On Friday (April 18) we had our first Worship Leader Insights event outside of NYC.  It was a full house of almost 100 hundred worship leaders to hear Jason teach on “The Top 3 Challenges Every Worship Leader Faces.”  It was a great free event that we offerred at no charge to Worship Leaders. One of the “Top 3 Challenges” was “the … Read More


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