“When people aren’t internalizing what they experience in your services, their lives won’t change. The question then becomes, how do you preach in a way that truly engages people and leads to radically transformed lives? The first step is to figure out how well you are doing right now. Are you preaching to share information or to foster transformation? … Read More
Keys to Worship Planning: Connecting God’s Truth
“You stand in front of your people on Sunday mornings for one reason and one reason only: to connect God’s truth to real life in a way that leads to radical transformation.” – Nelson Searcy and Jason Hatley The above quote is from p. 53 of Engage: A Guide to Creating Life-Transforming Worship … Read More
ALMOST GONE! $1 Book – Your Guide to Creative Worship Services
Today through tomorrow only, I’d like to offer you my proven book, Engage: A Guide to Creating Life-Transforming Worship Services, for just $1.00. This book will show you how to increase the effectiveness of EVERY aspect of your Sunday worship services. Along with Journey Worship Arts Pastor Jason Hatley, and Jennifer Dykes Henson, I wrote Engage to be your step-by-step, stress-free guide to planning creative worship services that … Read More
$1 Book – Your Guide to Creative Worship Services!
No matter how great Sunday’s worship service was, there’s always another Sunday service just around the corner, waiting to be planned — a reality that forces most pastors and church leaders into a continual state of stress. Can you relate? Along with Journey Worship Arts Pastor Jason Hatley, and Jennifer Dykes Henson, I wrote Engage to be your step-by-step, stress-free guide to planning … Read More
Keys to Worship Planning: A Preaching Calendar
“Planning in advance is the only way you and I will be able to create life-changing worship services that reflect God’s excellence and allow him to work to the fullest degree. And here’s the key, teaching pastor: your preaching calendar sets the stage for your entire church’s planning system. Your preaching calendar is the foundation; it’s the backbone that … Read More
Keys to Worship Planning: The Ultimate Goal
“Repentance is the ultimate goal of worship, which makes it the number one priority of our worship planning system. Everything we do is designed to call people to repentance.” – Nelson Searcy and Jason Hatley The above quote is from p. 35 of Engage: A Guide to Creating Life-Transforming … Read More
Keys to Worship Planning: Seven Principles
“At The Journey, we have established seven principles of life-changing worship, built around the acrostic WORSHIP. These seven principles works together to define our philosophy of worship; they are the core values for how we do worship planning. Not to mention, they are also constant, action-oriented reminders that protect us from settling into a status quo. Work as a … Read More
Keys to Worship Planning: Asking “Why?”
“While tradition is generally a good thing, sometimes it can get us into trouble. If we aren’t careful, we end up doing things a certain way simply because it’s the way things have always been done. We never stop to question the mind-set behind the method. This is especially true when it comes to the way we plan and … Read More
Did the Worship Leader Really Say That? – Tuesday Morning Insight
Today’s guest post comes from Jason Hatley. Jason helped launch The Journey Church in New York City, directing the programming of our worship services. He invests in Worship Pastors around the country through interactive coaching networks and worship planning resources. He is also my co-author on Engage: A Guide to Creating Life-Transforming Worship Services and Revolve: A New Way to See Worship as well as … Read More
Martin Luther on the Treasure of Music
“Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.” -Martin Luther