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Leading Worship During & After COVID

Leading Worship During & After COVID

These last two years have presented many challenges for churches and worship leaders. Andi Rozier from Vertical Worship joined Matt McCoy to talk about common problems worship leaders are facing and how we can move forward. Don’t rely on production When the COVID19 pandemic first hit, the whole world and every church was affected by… View Article
3 Tips for Leading Worship from Keys

3 Tips for Leading Worship from Keys

We usually think of the person leading worship as a guitar player. However, many churches have a keys player or piano player lead worship. David Pfaltzgraff from Sunday Sounds sat down with Matt McCoy to talk about his top three tips for leading worship from keys. 1. Practice Transition Moments When you are transitioning between… View Article
How to Grow as a Worship Musician

How to Grow as a Worship Musician

Whether you’re a new worship leader or have been leading every Sunday for 20 years, it can be challenging to know how to improve as a worship musician. Jason Houtsma from Worship Artistry joined Matt McCoy to talk about why we should want to continue to grow and his tips for how we can. Why… View Article
Avoiding Comparison as a Worship Leader

Avoiding Comparison as a Worship Leader

As worship leaders it can be easy to look at other churches, worship leaders and worship artists, and compare ourselves to them. It can be a struggle to avoid comparison and not turn worship leading into an idol in our lives. Matt McCoy sat down with worship leader and songwriter Jon Egan to discuss how… View Article
Implementing Administrative Systems in Your Worship Team

Implementing Administrative Systems in Your Worship Team

If you are a Worship Pastor, you know that playing an instrument and singing is only about 10% of the job. Usually worship leaders begin leading worship because they’re musical, but then find they need to be a leader, theologians, pastors, shepherds, etc. Alex Enfiedjian from Worship Ministry Training sat down with Matt McCoy to… View Article
Tips for Worship Leaders, From a Pastor’s Perspective

Tips for Worship Leaders, From a Pastor’s Perspective

As a worship leader or worship pastor, having a good relationship with your senior pastor is very important for your worship ministry. We often hear about the relationship between a worship pastor and senior pastor becoming strained and negatively impacting both leaders, and sometimes even their church. Pastor Dave Davis sat down with Matt McCoy… View Article
Navigating Seasons of Change as a Worship Leader

Navigating Seasons of Change as a Worship Leader

Are you in a season of change or considering a transition? Whether it’s a move to another city, changing your role at your church, or changing churches, these seasons can present a lot of challenges as a worship leader. We can doubt ourselves and think we may be doing the wrong thing. We may be… View Article
How to Implement Transformative Worship Services

How to Implement Transformative Worship Services

Do you ever stop and think about why you do what you do every week in your worship services? It’s important that we examine our services and don’t continue to do what we are doing because that is the way we have always done it. Author Rory Noland sits down with Matt McCoy to discuss… View Article
Writing and Producing Music for the Church

Writing and Producing Music for the Church

Does your church want to start writing its own music? Do you already write your own music, but now you want to release it? Matt McCoy sat down with producer Andy Walker to hear his tips for writing and producing music for the church. Whether your church is ready to release your own album, or… View Article
How to Lead Worship Authentically

How to Lead Worship Authentically

When we lead worship it’s important to be authentic. Leading worship is not a performance, and if you aren’t genuine it can cause a disconnect with your worship and with your congregation. Matt McCoy sat down with PraiseCharts Founder Ryan Dahl to discuss what he wished he knew when he started leading worship and tips… View Article