Healthy Tensions in Corporate Worship
Putting it Together: Drums and Bass
Praying the Bible
The Undervalued Art of Lyric Projection
Learning to Encourage: Seeing Grace in Surprising Places
Trusting God in Every Season
Arranging to Serve Your Congregation
When Waiting is Trusting
What do you do when you believe you are praying in the will of God, following godly counsel, and obeying the Lord the best you know how, but still your prayer isn’t answered? Is it because you don’t have faith, or enough faith? In this session you’ll see from Scripture that the proof of faith […]
To Sing Hymns or Not
The introduction of the singing of hymns into English Nonconformist churches (churches outside of the Anglican state church) in the 1690s was one of the most important worship innovations since the Reformation. Not surprisingly, it engendered “worship wars,” in which there was more heat than light at times. This workshop will examine the take-away lessons […]
Worship Leader Panel
Melodies that Sing
Great melodies often come in a moment of inspiration, but what makes them great? And how can you incorporate those characteristics into your own melodies? Steve and Vikki Cook will be answering those questions, plus looking at the impact that harmony, groove, tempo and hooks have on your melody.
Arranging to Serve
Leaders and musicians spend multiple hours, even days preparing for a Sunday morning or an event that is meant to lead people in worshiping God in song. But when the time comes, it often ends up being more a crowd watching a performance than a congregation participating in worship. How do we prepare for a […]
Acoustic Guitar Tips: Tips for Your Best Playing
While the best way to improve your skills are through hours of deliberate practice, sometimes the most effective changes you can make in your playing are simple ones. In this breakout, you’ll learn a variety of practices, patterns, and tools that will help you take your playing to the next level.
Advanced Piano Techniques (Part 2)
This class will be geared towards pianists who play by ear and are looking for ways to develop their skill. Topics to be covered include transitions, voicings, accompanying, and different styles.
Advanced Piano Techniques (Part 1)
This class will be geared towards pianists who play by ear and are looking for ways to develop their skill. Topics to be covered include transitions, voicings, accompanying, and different styles.
Advanced Bass Guitar: Craft and Creativity
A competent bassist understands how harmony, melody and rhythm can enrich even the simplest of arrangements. To that end, this seminar will cover techniques such as open and closed chord voicings, counterpoint, scales, modes, and inversions. Of course, the challenge every musician faces is how to take technical skill and apply it in a way […]
Worshiping God When Your World Is Shaking
How do we worship God when our lives are falling apart? What does it mean that God is sovereign? What’s the difference between trusting that God is in control and being fatalistic? Craig Cabaniss will address these questions and more as he seeks to help you cultivate a greater appreciation for the great and awesome […]
Worshiping a Big God in a Small Church
It can be discouraging to come to a worship conference where everyone seems to assume your church has a large staff, several music teams, and an unlimited budget. For most of us, that situation is far from reality. After serving on staff in large churches, Pat Sczebel has spent the last ten years helping to […]
Will the Real Worship Leader Please Stand Up?
What’s the Point? Planning Your Meetings on Purpose
Songs, sermons, announcements, prayers, greetings, communion—how do they all fit together? And why? In this seminar, Bob Kauflin will talk about biblical principles that should guide our thinking and planning for our Sunday gatherings. This seminar is especially helpful for pastors and worship leaders to attend together.
What Are You Talking About? What to Say When You’re Not Singing
Some worship leaders talk too much, some too little. Drawing from thirty years of experience, Bob will discuss how to determine when to say something that will serve those you’re leading, as well as what, how, and why to say it.
