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365 Days of Worship Leadership Growth
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Your growth requires intentional investment. Instead of "Shady Mapling" your training by going to the next big conference in Texas, spread the training out over the whole year and grow like never before.
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A Must Read, now in e-book format!
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Tom always writes simply, practically, and profoundly. "Becoming a True Worshiper," which is required reading for many worship ministries, is one of his many books now available as an e-book!
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Coaching Moments
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A moment in time with a seasoned coach who will listen well, speak into your situation and life, and give you new energy to tackle your challenge can make all the difference.
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Worship Team Retreat
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"What Dave presented was practical, timely, and God-inspired - we are still talking about what an awesome time we had together!"
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Communicate!
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How does your church communicate? Use the same affordable tool we use and we both get 30 bucks!
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Feed my Sheep!
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Build up and strengthen the people in your worship ministry with these great weekly devotions
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Worship Fertilizer Podcast
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Sometimes reading takes too long. Listen.
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April 28 at 9 AM
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Every other month, worship leaders in Harrisburg and the surrounding areas gather to enrich, educate, and encourage each other.
Visit us on Facebook!
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Practical, common-sense answers to your worship leading questions. You'll love it!
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June 2nd from 10-10!
Come worship the Lord with the community at the New Holland Park!
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This is the next CD you need to get. Don't think about it, don't wonder if you're going to like it, just trust me. You really need this!
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In the spirit of RadioU, this is where music is going! Bethel has lots of originals and several remakes that are played in the vibe of the hour. Get it!
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 Greetings!
When was the last time you took a breath, ready to sing the next line, only to slowly exhale, mumble, or watermelon through the next line because the words weren't up in time?
Why isn't everybody singing out at the top of their lungs? [this is, after all, the Almighty we're praising!]
How often are the lyrics flipping through verse 1...chorus...no, verse 2! to finally land on the right one...only to catch the last 2 lines before the next search begins?
Why is it so hard for our congregation to learn new songs?
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Do You See What I Sing?
So does your church start singing the second verse of "How Great Is Our God" by singing "mmmmm...is in His hands"? As one who has sat behind the computer and experienced how easy it is to produce imperfection while projecting lyrics, I empathetically want to offer some helpful practices that will significantly improve your church's worship experience! Speaking of practices, do you need to come to rehearsals? Absolutely... unless it's okay for you to rehearse during the service. If you get your first look at the songs after the call to worship, stop worrying that some words might not be up in time for people to wholeheartedly engage...it's guaranteed you're going to miss some!  So what should you do at rehearsals? - KNOW the song. It is as important for you to know the song as it is for the keyboard player to know the song.
- Get familiar with how the songs will be sung for this particular event
- Make notes on your copy of the chord charts. What section are they planning to start on? If you use the keyboard shortcuts, write them on the sections of the songs for reference.
- Pick backgrounds that fit the feel and/or message of the song and that flow well from one song to the next.
- A good idea is to have a blank slide built into each song so that you can switch to it and the background stays the same [rather than going to a blank screen] during instrumental or improvisational times [or if you're looking for where they are in the song]
- Check for typos and spelling errors as you go through the songs
- Make sure the lyrics follow natural breaks in phrasing
- Recognize the introduction to a song so you can get the song up quickly, especially if the leader goes "off the list."
 What do I do during services? - The GOAL is to have the slide completely on the screen [animation completed] by the time people are taking a breath to sing the first line of that section. To do this, you may have to guess and sometimes you'll be wrong, but being occasionally wrong is better than consistently late.
- Be alert! Everyone is intently watching what you're doing, counting on your ability to make the words easily visible. If they feel you are not competently at ease, they will tend to be uncomfortable themselves. In a sense, you are their eyes, and, like eyes, if nobody notices you, you've probably done a great job.
- Pretend you're singing and can't sing until you see the words on the screen - see things from the congregation's perspective.
- Wait to put the next song up until just before the leader begins to sing it, the team plays the introduction, or the leader asks to see the words.
- Worship when you can, but remember it's a sacrifice you have to make since your first priority is to make the words as consistently quickly readable as possible.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. Interact on our blog! Incidentally, the timing of this Fertilizer is inspired by Jon Acuff's latest post on Stuff Christians Like where he discusses his angst with lyrics being missing on the screen during worship, so I hope I've given you some practical help to make sure it doesn't happen where you gather for worship. |
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Projection Resources!
None of these folks asked me to tell you about this,
I'm just doing it because I think they rock!
Proclaim
This is a new, affordable, innovative, cloud-based Presentation software that solves so many issues. Imagine EasyWorship that any of your team can update online, except everybody's copy gets updated too! This and many more features!
Planning Center Online: PROJECTOR
The leading online planning service has just released Projector, an iPad app that connects directly to planningcenteronline.com to turn your videos, lyrics & slides into presentations. It's revolutionary.
NLC Creative
These guys are awesome...they've creative tons of really nice looking motion backgrounds for their use and have shared them with us for free! I took it one step further and made them available in one single 10GB download, rather than 120 individual downloads (don't ya just love me?!) Get them here (hint: the password is fertilizer).
Echo Conference
This is a conference for artists, geeks, and storytellers coming this July 25-27 in Dallas, TX. The promo video alone is supercool. They get it.
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Upcoming Training Events in order of occurrence
(click each title for more info)
Inspire Worship Conference
When: IT'S THIS Friday and Saturday, April 27 & 28!
Where: Mechanicsburg Brethren In Christ Church
What: Leading times of gathered worship on a weekly basis requires intentional and focused effort. We are here to help you with that process, regardless of the size of your church, your style of expression or your available resources. Be encouraged and challenged by the main sessions with Dan Wilt. Join with others in times of gathered worship. Wait upon the Lord during a pre-event Personal Retreat on Friday afternoon.
Night of Worship
When: Friday, May 4, 7:00 PM
Where: Ephrata Church of the Brethren
What: A Praise & Worship Event led by the ECOB worship band. Childcare will be available for infants through 4th grade. Come join in praising God as we sing, pray, reflect on his word & pour out our heart's song to him! A free will offering will be taken which will go toward expenses for the band's trip to St. Louis in July where they will serve as the worship band for this year's COB Annual Conference.
Vocal Artistry Seminar with Tim Carson
When: Saturday, May 12, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Where: New Song Fellowship Church
What: The singing methods and vocal tools Tim presents will definitely help your worship team and choir members move to a higher level of excellence. Whether you and your team members are professional recording artists, worship team vocalists, or singers who just love to express their hearts in musical worship, this event will give you the tools you need to develop your full, God-given vocal potential. Endorsed by worship leaders such as Paul Baloche and Tim Davis, the Vocal Artistry training events have been featured at worship conferences and churches in cities around the world. Group and Early Bird discounts are available.
The Day of Worship
When: Saturday, June 2 from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM
Where: Community Memorial Park - New Holland
What: The Day is a free community praise and worship event held annually at the park in New Holland, PA. Nationally recognized bands along with local groups perform throughout the entire day! Dave Helmuth will be teaching a Worship Workshop called "Keys To Becoming An Ineffective Worship Leader" with his tongue in his cheek!
Clear Conference
When: Friday, September 28 - Saturday, September 29
Where: Manheim Brethren in Christ Church
What: Developing a collective toolbox for worship and tech! Come together with other worship leaders, pastors, designers and techs for hands-on training you can put directly to use in your own worship environment. Learn how to think, plan, process and dream together, improve your communication with and understanding of each other, hear from local and national instructors and make connections with others who share your passion! Because we are called to make the message CLEAR.
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I believe that we need each other. I believe leaders can't really make it on their own. I believe churches need to cross-pollinate. I believe leaders need peers they trust, that will stretch, encourage, and challenge them regularly.
I bet you want to develop into a more effective leader, but where do you start? Well, imagine if you could spend time one on one with an experienced worship coach who will pour into you, be a mirror for you, and help you know what to ask and what to do. And what if there were three or four other worship leaders also focused on growing in their leadership that you could have breakfast with where you would breathe strength into each other. And what if your worship coach would lead worship for you so you can have a break (and worship with your family "from the pew"). Or if you'd rather, he would tailor a training (or two) for your worship or tech team in place of leading worship. Plus, you'd get all the latest information on local training events, be privy to special opportunities and events, and have unlimited access to support from your coach via email.
Dive into "The Year of Worship Leadership Development!" Instead of "Shady Mapling" your training by going to the next big conference in Texas, spread the training out over the whole year and grow like never before. This Leadership Development package is limited to the first 10 participants.
Here's the specific breakout:
A "Coaching Moment" each month, typically 1-3 hours, in person (or via Skype if you're out of range)
A "Coaching Group" that meets every other month (or every month if the group prefers)
Two "Guest Worship Leading" dates or "Worship Training Events" at your church
Email info@adlibmusic.com or call (717) 468-6428 and we'll set up a time to either meet face to face or over Skype.
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Ánimo!
Dave Helmuth
Ad Lib Music...coaching and resourcing for the worship arts
962 East Orange Street, Lancaster, PA 17602
Phone - 717.468.6428
www.AdLibMusic.com
Ánimo: courage, refresh, transform, bring to life, encourage,
inspire, intentionally cheer up, come on, it's not far now, animate!
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