January 3rd, 2006 by Jeff | Posted in Ministry Philosophy, Theology | 1 Comment »
Lately the song “Breathing the Breath” by Matt Redman has been kicking my butt, and yesterday I found some scripture that tied in this idea even a little more, so I thought I would share it with you all.
Matthew 10:39 “He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his [...]
December 27th, 2005 by Jeff | Posted in Ministry Philosophy | 1 Comment »
I know many churches do multiple services each week, and for simplicity’s sake we keep the music, message, etc the same. One thing I’ve noticed though is that when the same band, worship leader, & pastor do each service, there is an obvious amount of similarity between what each person shares. One thing [...]
December 22nd, 2005 by Travis Swan | Posted in Ministry Philosophy, Theology | 3 Comments »
Why do I spend so much time practicing, creating, and listening to music? There are many factors involved, but ultimately there is a powerful connection between music and worship expression. Music has the incredible power to reach through the intellect and go straight to the heart. It is something to experience, and a form of communication, rather than just “understanding” intellectually.
I don’t think I need to get into theory and philosophy to explain that music moves us. I believe it is self-evident. But why do we use music in worship?
November 18th, 2005 by Jeff | Posted in Ministry Philosophy | 4 Comments »
Ok, here’s the deal. I grew up through highschool etc leading the worship team, I’ve been doing Ministry for about 10 years and Leading worship for about 6. As of this year I have completely stepped down from leading worship for the high school and college age ministries to make room for the [...]
November 9th, 2005 by Travis Swan | Posted in Ministry Philosophy, Song Selection, Theology | 6 Comments »
Throughout the years I’ve lead worship, I’ve experimented with the style of what our church calls “worship” – we’ve tried a bunch of things, but lately it seems like we’re getting back to the basics. This year I let the band take the summer off and our church (used to drums, two electric guitars, [...]
November 2nd, 2005 by Travis Swan | Posted in Ministry Philosophy | 3 Comments »
I was sitting in a hotel room in Utah, watching Ed Sullivan reruns on Vh1, 17 years old at the time, on a trip with my family. We had been driving around Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Utah for a couple of weeks, visiting homeschool groups in small towns. This was the final destination, a larger [...]
October 25th, 2005 by Travis Swan | Posted in Ministry Philosophy, Song Selection | 2 Comments »
Today I’m listening to a bunch of worship cds and also browsing iTunes, listening to 30 second snippets of worship songs. There are so many things I look for to find a “good” song for the Rock to worship with. Music in general is a topic that is plagued with baggage – styles, volume [...]
October 20th, 2005 by Matt Heerema | Posted in Ministry Philosophy | 5 Comments »
A thought on the music at The Rock.
As most of you know, I spend most of my waking hours thinking about music in one way shape or form, and am constantly mulling over how music fits in with worship of God, it’s place in the Church (the church in general, Stonebrook on Sunday Mornings, and [...]
October 20th, 2005 by Travis Swan | Posted in Ministry Philosophy, Song Selection, Theology | 1 Comment »
I was at a worship workshop at another church here in Fort Collins, and the wife of the main speaker said this during a question and answer time: “Christians are the biggest liars in the world”
October 19th, 2005 by Travis Swan | Posted in Ministry Philosophy, Theology | No Comments »
Here in Fort Collins we have two bands that rotate three weeks on, three weeks off, leading worship on Sunday mornings. One of the band leaders moved to a different focus in ministry last winter, leaving the band without a leader, so the pastors asked me to step in and lead the band. I already [...]
