Going to hang with some Meeting House friends
My friend Craig asked me to come and speak to his worship volunteers this weekend at their Amplify Worship & Music Conference. I’m excited about doing it – I’ll be working with one of their musicians to do a main session on how to arrange a band effectively (when to play, when not to play, what you should play, etc) and then doing a breakout on my own related to songwriting and how to write well for congregational worship.
I’m not sure why but this week has been filled with three very different teaching/training opportunities – Tuesday night with World Vision speaking to artists who have itinerant ministries and helping them think about how to be more effective in booking events with churches. Then on Thursday night I visited some new friends at an “in-residence” ministry in our town that has students come for training from all over the world. There were students from the US, New Zealand, France, England and India. It was a real privilege to talk with them about what it means to live a life of worship and to look at the story of Abraham together. Today’s conference is much more practical and hopefully it will be helpful for the people who are there!
Needless to say, I’m excited to get through the weekend to have my day off with my wife and kids!
