Comments on: Worship Philosophy: Empower New Leaders

By: Worthy Reads « Be Thou My Vision

Worthy Reads « Be Thou My Vision — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:28:40 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:29:08 +0000

Cool - seems like there’s lots of thoughts in your head on this! Awesome.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:27:50 +0000

Thank you for sharing this. I often wish I had more time for the learning from others in this realm of things, especially now that our worship pastor is moving to another church & I’m taking on the leadership of worship in one of our two services! I’m wishful for more time to be mentored by him, but I’m so thankful for the experiences he provided me while he was there — God has truly used them to prepare me for the things soon to come!

Oh, also: I thought for some reason I had added your blog to my blogroll, but I hadn’t even though I’ve stopped by before! So now I’ve added you!

By: Jeremy Killian

Jeremy Killian — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:28:19 +0000

Have you heard my original worship song based upon the passage you’ve mentioned? It’s called “Till the End of the Age,” and I find it helpful to use in services that discuss discipleship and missions and the like. Check it out over at milestoneworship!

By: Billy Chia

Billy Chia — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:34:24 +0000

Alex,
That is spot on. It’s easy to think about the how important it is for the Lead Pastor and Worship Pastor to partner, but how about the importance of the Worship and Children’s pastors partnering? (or better yet the whole church being aligned and having a common direction?)

I’m also huge on, “You are not the church of tomorrow - they are the church of today.”

Daniel,
You are always an encouragement bro. Thanks!

Greg,
I feel ya. Having a solid philosophy is helpful as a starting point for setting goals and determining direction. We all fall short on living it out, and that’s part of the challenge and excitement - that God is constantly growing us.

By: Greg Allen

Greg Allen — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:49:59 +0000

Man, do I struggle with this. Thanks for the encouragement.

I totally agree, but I’ve really fallen short here…

By: Daniel Tomlinson

Daniel Tomlinson — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:16:34 +0000

Well written Billy. I whole-heartedly agree. (Humor)- You need to find a church in Nashville, so that I can sit at your feet to learn CCM (contemporary christian music) in guitar form. He, he

I love this blog! Billy Chia is walking in Christ! PRAISE GOD!

By: alex mclean

alex mclean — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:51:07 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. I just recently told our children’s director about the need for future worshippers and worship leaders. She finally “got it” that the future of worship is literally in her hands as the leader and shaper of their minds and hearts when it comes to music and worship…!

By: Billy Chia

Billy Chia — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:13:23 +0000

Peter,
It’s awesome that you are figuring thins out in your ministry. What I’ve written here is simply a general philosophy statement. It could take many forms when actually lived out depending on the context. I’d love to hear about what empowerment actually ends up looking like at your church on Raising Up Worship Leaders.

Russ,
Yeah, I’ve done the superstar thing and it doesn’t work. When I started working with an empowerment mentality everything became way more exciting, enjoyable and effective.

btw - sometimes comments from “Sarah” are actually from me when I just so happen to be sill logged in as Sarah.

By: Russ

Russ — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:42:03 +0000

Oops, haha, that last comment was me, logged into my dad’s churches WP account. Sorry.

~russ