Leading in Prayer
Leading in Prayer
Kevin DeYoung | WorshipGod 2013 West: Called to Be Faithful
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Leaders can easily underestimate the effect their public prayers can have on the church, for good or ill. In this workshop you'll learn the importance of modeling Scriptural, engaging, gospel-aware, Spirit-empowered prayer, and be equipped in the practice of it.
Learning to Encourage: Seeing Grace in Surprising Places
Learning to Encourage: Seeing Grace in Surprising Places
Jon Payne | WorshipGod 2018: Extraordinary
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Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Leading (Part 1) [WG14W]
Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Leading (Part 1) [WG14W]
Bob Kauflin | WorshipGod 2014 West: Triune
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This workshop is geared specifically towards those who are responsible for leading or planning the music for the Sunday gathering in their local church. Drawing on over thirty years of experience, Bob will be covering a wide variety of topics including the role of a worship leader, a leader’s relationships, how to pastor your church through song, and a Q&A session.
Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Leading (Part 2) [WG14W]
Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Leading (Part 2) [WG14W]
Bob Kauflin | WorshipGod 2014 West: Triune
Audio
This workshop is geared specifically towards those who are responsible for leading or planning the music for the Sunday gathering in their local church. Drawing on over thirty years of experience, Bob will be covering a wide variety of topics including the role of a worship leader, a leader’s relationships, how to pastor your church through song, and a Q&A session.
Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Leading [WG15E]
Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Leading [WG15E]
Bob Kauflin | WorshipGod 2015 East: Triune
Audio, Video
This workshop is geared specifically towards those who are responsible for leading or planning the music for the Sunday gathering in their local church. Drawing on over thirty years of experience, Bob will be covering a wide variety of topics including the role of a worship leader, a leader’s relationships, how to pastor your church through song, dealing with discouragement, and a Q&A session.
Let All the People Be Glad: Corporate Worship and Expressiveness
Let All the People Be Glad: Corporate Worship and Expressiveness
Bob Kauflin | WorshipGod 2009: From Generation to Generation
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What is the role of physical expression in congregational worship? How do you discern between natural response and drawing attention to yourself? How are we to understand the biblical examples and commands of physical expression? How do you lead a lifeless congregation in heartfelt engagement with God? Bob will address these questions and more in this workshop, designed for anyone who wants to love God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength.
Making Room for the Spirit’s Leading
Making Room for the Spirit’s Leading
Bob Kauflin | WorshipGod 2013 East: Called to Be Faithful
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This seminar is designed to increase your eager expectation for the presence of God's Spirit in your meetings. We'll look at questions like how do you help your church learn to expect and appreciate the spontaneous activity of the Spirit in your meetings? And how do you guard against spontaneity becoming a faithless activity or a pursuit of experience?
Minding the Gaps: Making the Most of Transitions
Minding the Gaps: Making the Most of Transitions
Bob Kauflin | WorshipGod 2022: Unchanging
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Too often our Sunday gatherings feel like a playlist on shuffle. Elements are unconnected, changes are abrupt, and people are left confused. To address the situation, we often resort to a "musical glue" that makes things feel more connected but does little to help people understand any kind of progression. In this practical breakout, Bob will suggest questions to consider when thinking about transitions and help you serve your congregation with greater clarity and purpose, for the glory of Christ…
Nuestra adoración importa: Guiando a otros a encontrarse con Dios
Nuestra adoración importa: Guiando a otros a encontrarse con Dios
Bob Kauflin
Nada es más esencial que saber cómo adorar al Dios que nos creó. Este libro concentra al lector en los aspectos esenciales de una adoración que honra a Dios, combinando fundamentos bíblicos con la aplicación práctica de una manera que brinda resultados en la realidad diaria. El autor, que es pastor y un reconocido compositor de canciones, instruye hábilmente a pastores, músicos y líderes de la iglesia para que arraiguen su adoración congregacional en principios bíblicos inmutables, en lugar de…
Passing the Baton: Cultivating a Passion for Christ in the Next Generation
Passing the Baton: Cultivating a Passion for Christ in the Next Generation
Bob Kauflin, Jordan Kauflin, Devon Kauflin, Matt Boswell, Matt Mason | WorshipGod 2019: The Glorious Christ
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Listen in as five leaders in three seasons of parenting discuss what they've learned about instilling a passion for Christ in their children, both in the church and at home. There will be time for Q&A at the end.
Pastors and Artist Musicians Working Together
Pastors and Artist Musicians Working Together
Andy Farmer | WorshipGod 2008: Rediscovering the Psalms
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Not every Christian musician is called to serve exclusively on the worship team. What kind of relationship should there be between the local church and musicians who feel called to serve outside the bounds of the congregation? How does a pastor encourage and lead artist musicians to use their gifts without exalting them? What can artists do to express their music in a way that doesn’t negate their need for the church? Drawing on his own experience with musicians, Andy…
Planning for Participation: Rehearsing the Right Things for the Right Reasons
Planning for Participation: Rehearsing the Right Things for the Right Reasons
Bob Kauflin, Devon Kauflin | WorshipGod 2015 East: Triune
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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 worship service in a way that leads to people being engaged with God, encountering the glory of Christ, and experiencing the presence of his Spirit?…
Planning Sundays
Planning Sundays
Devon Kauflin, Matt Boswell, Jon Payne | WorshipGod 2014 West: Triune
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What should we sing this Sunday? Join the conversation as three leaders walk through how they specifically plan for leading in congregational song. Topics of discussion include choosing songs, the structure of our gatherings, introducing new songs, and the questions you (yes, you) bring.
Playing Big Songs with a Small Band
Playing Big Songs with a Small Band
Bob Kauflin, Devon Kauflin, David Zimmer, Ryan Foglesong | WorshipGod 2022: Unchanging
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How often have you set out to teach a song to your church, only to realize that the recording used a full band and you only have a guitar or a piano? In this practical breakout, you'll learn principles for making the most of your instrumentation and how to adapt any song for your musicians.
Preparing Your Heart
Preparing Your Heart
Devon Kauflin | WorshipGod 2017 Midwest: Human & Holy
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For many of us, Sunday morning preparation focuses on practical and musical aspects: arranging, scheduling, printing charts, sending emails, and a host of other details. But we often miss the crucial component of preparing our hearts to meet with God and his people. Christians throughout the centuries have valued the importance of spiritual preparation for Sundays, and in this breakout you’ll be equipped and encouraged in that vital practice.
Priorities in Planning Your Meeting
Priorities in Planning Your Meeting
Bob Kauflin, Jeff Purswell | WorshipGod 2015 East: Triune
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The weekly gathering is the most important event of a church’s life together. And yet often our planning for that meeting is rooted more in tradition, preference, and pragmatism than Scriptural priorities. What are the most important things to remember and do when the church gathers on Sunday morning? Bob & Jeff, who serve together as elders at Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville, will seek to provide answers to those questions from Scripture as well as years of experience.
Putting Songs Together
Putting Songs Together
Bob Kauflin | WorshipGod 2014 West: Triune
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Why do you choose the songs you do? What factors go into deciding whether one song is better to use than another? What’s the difference between lyrical flow and musical flow? How can we use songs to effectively care for people’s souls as they sing them? These questions and more will be addressed in this important but often overlooked aspect of leading congregational worship. Whether you’re choosing an individual song or a group of songs, this seminar will give you…
Redefining Burnout: Knowing When It’s Time for a Break
Redefining Burnout: Knowing When It’s Time for a Break
Jon Payne | WorshipGod 2011: The Gathering
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How do you know when it’s time to stop serving on your team and when God is calling you to persevere through challenges and even grow through them? How can you tell whether stepping down is wisdom or selfishness? In this seminar, Jon Payne will discuss the differences between character, gifting, and faith, and inspire you to live for God’s agenda rather than our own.
Rehearsals for the Real World: Maximizing Limited Resources
Rehearsals for the Real World: Maximizing Limited Resources
Bob Kauflin | WorshipGod 2013 East: Called to Be Faithful
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As we strive for musical excellence in the church we often face ongoing challenges of limited rehearsal time, changing seasons, people moving away, and a shortage of musicians—not to mention our own limitations. In this practical workshop, you'll learn how to maximize the resources God has provided you and learn the difference between unbiblical expectations and effective stewardship.
Retelling the Gospel Every Week
Retelling the Gospel Every Week
Mike Cosper | WorshipGod 2013 East: Called to Be Faithful
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Gathering for worship is a life-shaping moment in a congregation’s week, and what we choose to do during that time can have eternal significance. Drawing from Scripture and his own journey, Mike Cosper will seek to persuade you that there is nothing more important to focus on each week than the gospel: the glorious story of God's redeeming a people for himself through Jesus Christ.
Reviving the Hymns
Reviving the Hymns
David Ward | WorshipGod 2009: From Generation to Generation
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Thousands of hymns have been written and forgotten. Some of them are filled with life-transforming truths that we should still be singing. Which hymns need reviving and where do you find them? How do you decide when to update a hymn’s music or lyrics and when to leave a hymn as it stands? David Ward, who has been writing new tunes for hymns for ten years through ReformedPraise.org, will share how he’s been learning about reviving hymns while still appreciating…