Perhaps the most important relationship in many churches is the one that exists between the worship leader and the senior pastor. And yet, often times it's one of the most difficult. Today, myself and Joe are joined by Dan Thompson as we talk about some of the ways worship team members do their pastor and worship leaders a disservice. We also talk directly to senior pastors and some of the responsibilities they have in protecting and supporting their worship teams. And of course, as usual, other...
Jul 05, 2021•51 min•Season 13Ep. 24
Worship ministry has changed drastically over the last 25 years, and for pianists, that change hasn't always been easy. Today, we hear from Christi Stills who has been a pianist in a traditional, piano and organ worship ministry and has also spent the last 10 years playing with a worship band. Christi also shares with us about her journey as a composer, her success at getting her music out on Spotify, including one song, Lavender Fog, which has more than half a million plays. Christi can be foun...
Jun 21, 2021•43 min•Season 13Ep. 23
A lot of people are speculating about what summer 2021 is going to look like for the church. I think it's safe to say we should anticipate people taking a lot of time to rest and recuperate over the next few months. In fact, it might be what's needed. Still, we'll have services to plan and lead, when people may not be available, we might even be gone. How are we going to thoughtfully lead worship this summer?
Jun 07, 2021•25 min•Season 13Ep. 22
As worship leaders we tend to spend the vast amount of our time on musical preparation and leave the spiritual preparation for leading worship until the last minute. We hope that God will "show up" in our corporate worship without having spent time in with Him personally. Today, David & Joe talk about some of the practical things we need to be doing in our personal walk with God to be ready to lead our congregations every Sunday. We also talk about some new worship songs like "Promises" by M...
May 24, 2021•41 min•Season 13Ep. 21
Are you working to rebuild your team after the pandemic? Have you had to deal with someone on the team who is bringing everyone down? How do we build healthy teams? Also in this episode we talk about the importance of developing our leadership skills along with our musical skills. Today, we are joined by Alex Enfiedjian of Worship Ministry Training to share a little bit with us about building healthy teams in worship ministry. This is a conversation you don't want to miss as you're working to re...
May 04, 2021•34 min•Season 13Ep. 20
You know that time you really messed up the song in the service? Or the time you forgot to put on your capo, or you went to start a track and it was on the wrong song, or you weren't on the right Main Stage patch? Yeah, me neither. Okay. Maybe that happened this Sunday. But how do we handle the mistakes? We also talk about the catastrophic loss of mentorship in too many churches across the country and what we can do to change it in our church.
Apr 20, 2021•40 min•Season 13Ep. 19
Looking for some good training tools to train your worship team and worship leaders? We'd love to introduce you to Branon Dempsey or Worship Team Training and Worship Team Training University!
Apr 05, 2021•30 min•Season 13Ep. 18
In this episode we spend some time catching up with Joe and hearing about his experience in the ice storm, being without power for 10 days. We also talk about David's new album available on Spotify, iTunes and all digital platforms, "Peaceful Piano Hymns".
Mar 22, 2021•52 min•Season 13Ep. 17
Since we got distracted last time when we intended to talk about distractions, we're going to talk about distractions today.
Feb 01, 2021•37 min•Season 13Ep. 16
In todays' episode we talk about the idea of worship arts ministry, supporting arts of all kinds in the church and building the influence of the church in society at large.
Jan 18, 2021•45 min•Season 13Ep. 15
In today's episode we have the privilege of hearing from Composer Ian Evans Guthrie as he shares some selections from his Christmas Album "Good Tidings In Covid."
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 13Ep. 14
David & Joe talk about anything related to Christmas and planning Christmas services in the pandemic.
Dec 07, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 13Ep. 13
In this episode David & Joe talk about having the hard, but crucial conversations.
Nov 23, 2020•42 min•Season 13Ep. 12
If there are people who love Christmas more than the people on this episode, you probably don't want to meet those people! Join us as we talk about some 2020 ideas for your church's Christmas services.
Nov 02, 2020•55 min•Ep. 217
In this episode, Joe & David talk about worship flow, but we cover some info that is a little outside the normal discussion for flow that you might find interesting.
Oct 19, 2020•45 min•Ep. 216
Joe & David have the privilege of talking with Rich Kirkpatrick about his Pandemic journey and then his new venture into creativity.
Sep 28, 2020•53 min•Ep. 215
Joe & David catch up on all things Pandemic, and more in this episode of the Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast.
Aug 24, 2020•59 min•Ep. 214
In this episode David spends some time introducing Joe to the idea of using loops and multitracks with the worship team. Due to the tutorial nature of this episode, you may want to be sure to watch the video version on Facebook. This episode was recorded live on Facebook on Monday, August 10th at 10am Pacific Time. We would love to have you join and participate with the discussion mondays at 10am!
Aug 10, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Joe & David talk about some of the new tech they’ve been using recently as well as the apparently never-ending tech problems we are dealing with on a weekly basis. This episode was recorded live on Facebook on Monday, July27th at 10am Pacific Time. We would love to have you join and participate with the discussion mondays at 10am!
Jul 27, 2020•43 min
In this episode, Joe & David spend a little time talking about “self-management” in the midst of the pandemic. You’ll hear both David & Joe share some of the internal, emotional and mental struggles during this season. This episode was recorded live on Facebook on Monday, July 6th at 10am Pacific Time. We would love to have you join and participate with the discussion mondays at 10am!
Jul 06, 2020•40 min
In today’s episode of the Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, Joe & David talk about some of the process they use for choosing new songs for their churches. This episode was recorded live on Facebook on Monday, June 15th at 10am Pacific Time. We would love to have you join and participate with the discussion mondays at 10am!
Jun 15, 2020•41 min
Learn from our mistakes Everything is different at the moment, including the Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast. Joe & David decided to go live on Facebook and record it to share on the podcast. We will be doing Facebook Live every Monday morning at 10am Pacific Time if you’d like to be a part of the conversation! Today Joe & David talk about some of the mistakes they’ve made in their digital services, including dealing with computers that crash and draining car batteries. We’d love for y...
Jun 02, 2020•35 min
We would love for you to join us on Facebook live, every Monday at 10am Pacific time! How do we handle the discussion about when to reopen our churches after the Covid-19 Crisis? It’s proving to be a very polarizing discussion for some, so how do we retain unity in the body of Christ while making the best decision for the mission of the church? Leave your feedback in the comments section below! TWITTER: @wmcatalyst FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/worshipministrycatalyst VOICEMAIL: 360 818 – 43...
Jun 01, 2020•45 min
Worship During Covid-19 Everything is different at the moment, including the Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast. Joe & David decided to go live on Facebook and record it to share on the podcast. We will be doing Facebook Live every Monday morning at 10am Pacific Time if you’d like to be a part of the conversation! What issues do we need to be talking about right now when it comes to shepherding worship people in our churches? How do we shepherd the creatives in our churches? How do we lead in...
May 29, 2020•58 min
How do you hold each other accountable on your worship team? How do you gently encourage improvement and exploration of our individual "growing edges"?
Aug 27, 2019•52 min
Can you minister authentically as a worship leader when you neglect your own spiritual and mental health?
Jun 04, 2019•1 hr 2 min
We invited Sarah to join us to chat about Bloom, her faith journey, and her go-to self-case regimen. She was an absolute delight, and we have no doubt that you'll love the interview.
May 14, 2019•37 min
It's all about our fails and fears related to worship. Buckle in for the donkey ride!
Apr 16, 2019•42 min
Meet the new team, laugh, and get ready for a new season of the WMC podcast.
Apr 02, 2019•25 min
David Lindner & Kevin Kruse This is it! It’s not the end of the podcast, but it’s the end of David & Kevin’s time hosting the podcast. In the next episode, you’ll meet our new hosts, Joe & Gabriel. In this episode, David & Kevin will give their final encouragement to worship leaders and pastors as they approach worship ministry. Why don’t you chime in? Leave your feedback in the comments section below! TWITTER: @wmcatalyst FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/worshipministrycatalyst...
Feb 11, 2019•38 min
