Lead Pastor, We Need Your Voice
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Lead Pastor, We Need Your Voice

Imagine a world where the two people who share the vast majority of stage time at your church were best buds. I know that many lead pastors don’t have anything near that on their radar screens for how they work with their worship leaders, but John Maxwell’s leadership Law of Connection is still irrefutable:

“Leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand”

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Outlast
Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Five Faders, Educator (Faders), Coaching, Fear, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Five Faders, Educator (Faders), Coaching, Fear, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth

Outlast

It’s happening all over America. Worship leaders with twenty and thirty years of experience are “aging-out” of leading worship.

No, they’re not, but that’s what they call it.

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The Five Faders Book is HERE!
Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Musicians, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Planning, Relationships, Staffing, Sound Tech, Songs, Engagement, Freedom, Scripture, Rehearsal, Worship Leading, Five Faders, Artist (Faders), Educator (Faders), Priest (Faders), Producer (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Advent, Auditions, Coaching, Encouragement, Fear, Feedback, Lament, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Retreat, Projectionist, Scheduling, Women, Burnout Dave Helmuth Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Musicians, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Planning, Relationships, Staffing, Sound Tech, Songs, Engagement, Freedom, Scripture, Rehearsal, Worship Leading, Five Faders, Artist (Faders), Educator (Faders), Priest (Faders), Producer (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Advent, Auditions, Coaching, Encouragement, Fear, Feedback, Lament, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Retreat, Projectionist, Scheduling, Women, Burnout Dave Helmuth

The Five Faders Book is HERE!

Have you appreciated receiving the Worship Fertilizer or any of the many resources from Ad Lib Music?

Can I ask you a big favor?

The Five Faders book launches TODAY!

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Something’s Not Right
Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Decision-Making, Relationships, Fear, Lament, Leadership, Pastors, Projectionist, Women, Burnout Dave Helmuth Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Decision-Making, Relationships, Fear, Lament, Leadership, Pastors, Projectionist, Women, Burnout Dave Helmuth

Something’s Not Right

Did you ever feel like something was just not right in your sphere of ministry? Wade Mullen wrote an extremely helpful book called Something’s Not Right. It was invaluable to me during a very difficult time as a worship director on staff at my church.

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The Twenty-One Mile Challenge
Worship Ministry, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Planning, Coaching, Encouragement, Fear, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth Worship Ministry, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Planning, Coaching, Encouragement, Fear, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth

The Twenty-One Mile Challenge

Seeing where you’re going is more important than you think. Ask any of us who have meandered through a dark house on the way to a bathroom break in the middle of the night only to find out just how flexible our little toe is compared to the coffee table leg. Right?

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I Wish I Would’ve Known
Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Faith, Relationships, Coaching, Fear, Lament, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Faith, Relationships, Coaching, Fear, Lament, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth

I Wish I Would’ve Known

I was a little naughty.

My college roommate, Troy, was visiting me in Pennsylvania from his home in North Carolina. I had just started getting to know a cute girl (who I later married.)

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Vent
Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Relationships, Worship Leading, Coaching, Encouragement, Fear, Feedback, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Relationships, Worship Leading, Coaching, Encouragement, Fear, Feedback, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth

Vent

I recently learned a new word in Spanish. It’s “desahógate.”

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When Worship Leaders and Senior Pastors Clash
Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Five Faders, Shepherd (Faders), Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Five Faders, Shepherd (Faders), Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth

When Worship Leaders and Senior Pastors Clash

We were observing a Sunday morning rehearsal.

"Why didn't you tell me about this before?" said the flustered senior pastor to the worship leader. A couple of times.

We thought they might come to blows, and the worship leader was visibly livid.

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What Happens Next Is Up To You
Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Musicians, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Planning, Relationships, Staffing, Sound Tech, Songs, Engagement, Freedom, Scripture, Rehearsal, Worship Leading, Five Faders, Artist (Faders), Educator (Faders), Priest (Faders), Producer (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Advent, Auditions, Coaching, Encouragement, Fear, Feedback, Lament, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Retreat, Projectionist, Scheduling, Women, Burnout Dave Helmuth Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Musicians, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Planning, Relationships, Staffing, Sound Tech, Songs, Engagement, Freedom, Scripture, Rehearsal, Worship Leading, Five Faders, Artist (Faders), Educator (Faders), Priest (Faders), Producer (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Advent, Auditions, Coaching, Encouragement, Fear, Feedback, Lament, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Retreat, Projectionist, Scheduling, Women, Burnout Dave Helmuth

What Happens Next Is Up To You

Maybe you’re a worship leader who is caught in the unrelenting cycle of leading weekly worship gatherings while managing songs, arrangements, schedules, teams, relationships, and life.

You feel the need for... 

  • A deep walk with God (Intimate, Consecrated, Scripture-soaked)

  • A deep love for people (Shepherd, Launcher, Encourager, Leader)

  • A deep understanding of music (Listener, Craftsman, Fluent)

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A Family Of Worshipers
Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Musicians, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Relationships, Freedom, Scripture, Priest (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Auditions, Coaching, Encouragement, Fear, Feedback, Leadership, Pastors, Retreat, Burnout Dave Helmuth Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Musicians, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Relationships, Freedom, Scripture, Priest (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Auditions, Coaching, Encouragement, Fear, Feedback, Leadership, Pastors, Retreat, Burnout Dave Helmuth

A Family Of Worshipers

What’s your worship team like? And by “worship team,” I mean the musicians and techs together.

Are you like a Worship Family? A Worship Indie Band? A Worship Elevator? Let me describe each one.

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How To Increase Congregational Engagement
Worship Ministry, Musicians, Decision-Making, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Engagement, Worship Leading, Five Faders, Producer (Faders), Coaching, Encouragement, Feedback, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth Worship Ministry, Musicians, Decision-Making, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Engagement, Worship Leading, Five Faders, Producer (Faders), Coaching, Encouragement, Feedback, Leadership, Pastors, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth

How To Increase Congregational Engagement

Today, I’m giving you an outline rather than paragraphs. That’s obvious.

But what’s not obvious is how much what you do impacts congregational engagement. I want to challenge us, as leaders, to grow in BEING:

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