Jason Hatley here . . . Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and Founder of www.WorshipLeaderInsights.com with a word of CAUTION! Uttering these five words is certain to bring disaster to your services and your team. It will create unnecessary stress, and without a doubt lead to confusion and missed opportunities. It may even be bad for the environment and … Read More
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
Three Questions to Help You Wrap Up 2011
With the end of 2011 just days away, many pastors and worship leaders are already turning the calendar in their minds to 2012. Good idea, right? Wrong! Let me explain . . . There’s nothing wrong with looking ahead, but the problem is that many may be forgetting one of the most important year-end rituals — wrapping up this year … Read More
How to Thank Your Worship Team Volunteers this Christmas
Jason Hatley here – Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and founder of WorshipLeaderInsights.com – with some holiday thoughts for you today. Thanksgiving has come and gone (except for the leftover turkey of course), but “giving thanks” is always in season. Especially when it comes to thanking your worship arts team members. I don’t have to tell you how … Read More
What Your Church can Learn from a Broadway Show
Have you ever been to a Broadway show? It’s Jason Hatley here, Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey. Our Journey office in New York City is right in the heart of Times Square. Literally, whenever I walk down “the great white way” to go to our office I pass three of the big shows that are currently playing. If … Read More
Should You Make September 11 A “Big Day” at Your Church?
With the 10 year anniversary of 9/11, I’ve gotten quite a few questions about whether or not you should try to make it a “Big Day” and I wanted to address that today. I don’t like making it a Big Day for a few reasons: 1) It’s not the best time to kick off a new series for most people. … Read More
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
Your Preaching Calendar Questions – Summer Sermon Series?
Q: You mentioned doing a series during the summer that isn’t sequential. Can you elaborate on what that looks like? A: The basic concept is to do a number of messages that can be combined under the same title, but that don’t build on one another from week to week. Essentially, you should do a series that is made up … Read More
Your Preaching Calendar Questions – What to Promote
Q: How do you balance promoting a new sermon series with the current sermon series? A: I use the word “promotion” to refer primarily to external promotion, or promoting a message series to the people in your community. Most of this type of promotion is reserved for your Attraction series (or at least those with attractional titles). Think from the … Read More
Your Preaching Calendar Questions – “Splitting” a Series?
Q: Is there ever a need to split a series (maybe for a guest speaker)? A: In most cases I would say no. Rather than “split” a message series, see if the guest speaker’s message will fit into the series that is scheduled during that time (this may be as simple as changing the title of their message so that … Read More