The Worship Leader Podcast

I love an old song, and I love reworking it to make it super special. And Old Song can Sound New! So tune in for this podcast and learn how to take those old songs, be they hymns or worship songs, and how you can make them new and special again...

Song selection is possibly the most important part of worship leading.  Song Selection can make or break you! You can choose the wrong songs and struggle, even as an experienced worship leader, or you can choose the right songs and see people enter into worship in a way you have never experienced before.  The right songs make touching the hearts of your congregation so much easier. So in today's pod, learn how to make the most of your song selection, and impact people's hearts in a huge way...

Leading worship does not always go smoothly, so what can you do when it all goes wrong? Panic?  Stress out?  Walk away in disgust? Learn how to handle the ups and downs in this funny and useful podcast...

After COVID, depending on where you are at in the world, one of the big questions we face is how we get the band back together. So we thought we would do a pod on positive ways to get the team together and do it right

The journey of worship is our term for how you lead someone from where they are at when they walk into church, right through to the throne room of God.   When we see worship not as a series of songs but as a journey into the heart of God, then it changes how we see everything we do on a Sunday morning.  Listen to this podcast to discover one of the greatest worship secrets you will ever learn...

Transitioning songs is an important part of great worship leading. Transitioning Songs Makes the Journey of Worship Better! Rather than lining up one separate song after the other, transitions enable is to move seamlessly from one song to the next, without breaking the flow. Learn how to do this in this exciting 12 minute podcast

We all get older, but what does being older offer a worship leader? Experience, a close walk with God, the "Been there done that, got the T Shirt" attitude.   Older Worship Leaders a Wealth of Experience and Ability! If you are an older leader of worship, or perhaps a young one wondering where these old fogies fit in the modern worship team (I can say that, cause I IS ONE!), then this is a special podcast you need to listen to for 12 minutes...

Respect and honour should be part of the way we interact with everyone, especially those on our worship team.  However, this is sometimes not the case. Whether it is familiarity, or inability, or attitude, we need to check ourselves and make sure we are honouring those around us, especially if they are less experienced or less skilled.  Learn more about this in today's pod...

It is not easy to shine online, to produce worship that sounds great and is compelling in an online situation.  Yet here we are, all still dealing with the pandemic and lockdowns and restrictions and masks, around 18 months later. So let's do a podcast which looks at simple, easy to apply ideas that can make you shine online.

Tightening Worship Arrangements can be a tough thing to do. But if we are going to progress, we need to learn how to tighten the arrangements, and we can do this in a fun, exciting and unifying way. So learn how to tighten your worship arrangements in the nicest and best possible way here...

Live streaming worship is a fact of life for many of us in this modern, COVID ridden world. So here is a pod on how we can set up and be successful at live streaming, having a Facebook or YouTube presence and building a following far wider than you ever could have built at church. Check this important pod out now...

In any given church there are a number of people, from all different walks of life. Almost always there is a fair spread of ages, ranging from younger people, right through to the elderly. Given that music is such an emotional thing, and given the diversity of styles of music different people love at various stages of their development, how can you possibly lead worship that most ages and demographics will enjoy, warm to and be touched by? Find out in this exciting podcast...

Keeping perspective is getting harder every day.  In a world that has lost all perspective, we need to see things the right way in our lives, and our ministries. So we thought we would pod on perspective, and how you can keep yours firmly on Jesus, and serving Him...

COVID changed our lives, right across the world, and it also changed how we do church. So How's Like Look for You in COVID 12 Months On? Many of us are back to face to face church, but COVID 12 months on still leaves our society changed, and therefore the way we can reach our society changed also. Get Darin and Erick's take on how we are dealing with, and continuing on with the changes due to COVID 12 months on, and into the future in this special podcast... Check it out now...

Micromanaging is a curse for leadership.  If you are a control freak, then this can seriously affect your effectiveness as a leader. It makes your team feel unempowered, and causes them to believe you distrust them. It makes their life miserable, and stops their creativity.   So if you want a team that thrives, and that loves their ministries and you, then this is a podcast not to miss. Learn how NOT to micromanage and see your team and your ministry thrive, create and be a constant source of joy, for you and for them. Check it out now...

The age old question is how quickly can you appoint your worship team.  We all know the idea... someone with loads of talent comes into the church, you need the talent on stage, but you don't really know who they are, where they are from, what character they have, or anything else about them. Listen to this pod and save yourself a ton of heartache in the future by making the right choice now.

When you upgrade your sound system at church, it can be a confusing ordeal, with experts having a variety of opinions. In this pod, we talk about what you actually need to upgrade your sound system. We cut through the confusion and examine low cost, high quality additions that most churches can actually afford.  Check it out now...

What are the qualities of a worship leader who is successful and anointed?  Is it that they are great singers, or players, or maybe organisers? What Qualities of a Worship Leader Really Matter? In this pod we have a close look at the qualities that really carry weight in a worship leader, to allow you to discover what it is that can make you a great leader in your church. Check it out now, in just 12 minutes!

Arranging a song is where the art of being a worship leader is well seen. In church, we all sing many of the same songs, but it is in the arrangements where we as worship leaders get a license to be creative, and innovative. So this pod is all about arranging worship sings so they are new, fresh, innovative and most of all, yours and your churches. Don't just churn out what some other group has put on YouTube, learn to arrange songs to make them special, and individual for your people...

Recruiting your worship team is a task we all face.  It is the kind of thing that if we do it right all is well, but if we make mistakes, we open ourselves up for a ton of heartache in the future. Learn how to choose the right people every time, and build the dream team you've always wanted in this exciting podcast...