What kind of communication style best resonates in a TGiF world (Twitter, Google, iPads/Phones, Facebook)? Is it deductive, inductive, abductive, or something else? Len will introduce that something else in this session.
We live and minister in an increasingly complex world. How can the church promote a life of simplicity without resorting to a simplistic message?
Sermon by Preacher Kyle Reese during Thursday’s Worship Service.
Len was the first to use a live internet feed and a vj as part of a sermon. Learn how to continue to pioneer uses of social media in worship.
There is a new standard of excellence: not the quality of the performance, but the quality of the participation. This session will help you make the shift from a ?performance artist? to what Len calls a ?participation artist.?
Every culture has an interface. This session explores the interface that best connects with a Google world, which is vastly different from the interface that worked with a Gutenberg world.
Improvisation is a useful tool for more effective service playing: creating your own hymn introductions, interludes, reharmonizations, hymn arrangements, postludes…
Interludes add an exciting dimension to hymn singing. They also serve a useful purpose as transitions from preludes to hymns, hymns to anthems, offertories to…
You don?t have enough . . . time? money? space? children? instruments? leaders? Bring questions about your preschool choir situation and we?ll talk through adapting preschool choir curriculum to the…
Experienced preschool choir leaders (and anyone who wants to discuss preschool music!) will trade tips, stories, and things-you-thought-you-knew. Includes strategies for…
Priorities will be discussed, especially singing skills. Songs and activities will be utilized to discover how specific objectives are taught and learned…
Not many easy answers…but there are workable solutions! Are you providing this life-long skill?
Sermon by Preacher Kyle Reese during Wednesday’s Worship Service.
Competing entities and organizations compete for our time and loyalty. What does it mean that the Kingdom of God is near us?
There are many ways to teach songs to children, and we will discuss different approaches and ways to keep rehearsals…
Experiences in youth choirs are important to the entire church music program. Voice change is an inherent issue when working with the youth choir as it affects literature…
Through the use of good technique, voice classification and placement of singers within the ensemble, different hues of sound can be created within the church choir which can enhance…
Interestingly, that the Word which John speaks is Christ Jesus, Himself. And when we sing, it is the in words of our songs that He chooses to not only touch…
This session will present an inter-disciplinary approach to crafting worship services which bring new life to the Psalms. Many congregations shy away from using the Psalms because…
Memory is a key ingredient in shaping the church’s music and its worship. As a window into…
Becoming a Pianist Your Director Will Love! Receive helpful tips and tools to become a more effective accompanist for church choirs and ensembles.
If I could, I’d find every member of my first couple of youth choirs and apologize to every one of them. I wasn’t much older than they were and I was scared to…
The average uninitiated young singer approaches an invitation to ‘choir retreat’ like a trip to the doctor – they don’t think it sounds like anything that
Do all choir tours have to look alike? Are we all out there seeking invitations to sing at the same time of year? In the same places? What if we threw the…
Sometimes we get down, we get upset and we have doubts. Does that mean if I don’t feel anything that the worship was bad?
Ideas on staging musicals will be presented with examples from some of the Pote-Long musicals for children.
Ideas will be presented on strategies to increase your choir enrollment and keeping your members active in…
For many of our church choir members, we are the ONLY voice teachers that they encounter. This session will focus on encouraging the development of the…
In this session, Brad will present concepts for healthy piano playing. These tips will lead to better playing technique and longevity.
Brad will discuss techiniques for managing piano pieces that become overwhelming.