Dave Helmuth 3/19/25 Dave Helmuth 3/19/25

Does Your Church Prioritize Worship?

Worship MUST be your priority because it SETS your priority.

Dave Helmuth 3/12/25 Dave Helmuth 3/12/25

Don’t Be Nitpicky

How do you know when you’re going from being detail-oriented, exacting, meticulous, and nuanced to... nitpicking? Where’s the line?

Every Fader must answer this critical question.

Dave Helmuth 2/26/25 Dave Helmuth 2/26/25

How I Help My Team Be More Musical

A worship leader sent me this question: “Our team has been growing in building musical dynamics that really create openings for people to enter in.”

Stop right there! I’ve never heard it said quite like that: “Musical dynamics create openings for people to enter in.”

Dave Helmuth 2/19/25 Dave Helmuth 2/19/25

How I Disciple My Team

One of the most biblically mandated yet commonly neglected roles in worship ministry is discipling those on our teams. Why? We over-focus on the weekly grind and under-focus on the long-term spiritual formation of our team.

Dave Helmuth 2/12/25 Dave Helmuth 2/12/25

How I Debrief After Leading

Experience is NOT the best teacher. Experience can be cruel. It can flatter you. It can lie to you. But evaluated experience is a fantastic teacher. Debriefing after leading is a must.

Dave Helmuth 2/5/25 Dave Helmuth 2/5/25

How I Lead Worship

As we continue the series on how each Fader approaches the main tasks of worship ministry leading, today, we explore that moment of leading worship.

Dave Helmuth 1/29/25 Dave Helmuth 1/29/25

How I Prepare To Lead Worship

Every professional athlete has a pregame ritual.

Here are five unique and famous pregame rituals that athletes are known for:

Dave Helmuth 1/15/25 Dave Helmuth 1/15/25

Is There More?

Three short stories. (they include your goals for 2025)

Dave Helmuth 1/1/25 Dave Helmuth 1/1/25

Hack: Learning New Songs

Do you struggle to learn new songs? Before you say you don’t, let me clarify what I mean.

Dave Helmuth 12/4/24 Dave Helmuth 12/4/24

Minister To The Lord

But what if no one is ministering to the Lord?

Dave Helmuth 6/13/24 Dave Helmuth 6/13/24

Rehearsal Notes

Next week, I fly to Columbus, Ohio, to encourage a worship and creative team. I’ll be rehearsing them and leading the Sunday services as part of the training weekend. In preparation, I’m sending them notes on one of the songs we’ll lead.

Dave Helmuth 5/29/24 Dave Helmuth 5/29/24

The Launch 61

Imagine this: the students who bravely stepped into high school amidst the whirlwind of the pandemic are now on the verge of graduating. Wow!

Dave Helmuth 5/1/24 Dave Helmuth 5/1/24

Drifting Into Ruts

I was speaking with a church that has been without a staff worship leader for nearly a year.

Dave Helmuth 1/31/24 Dave Helmuth 1/31/24

The Five Faders: An Overview

The Five Faders is the single concept that will likely create the most dramatic, positive change in your leadership and your team’s health.

Dave Helmuth 12/20/23 Dave Helmuth 12/20/23

Pick A Key, Any Key

One of the best things we can do today is sit down with our instrument to play and sing to the LORD.

Dave Helmuth 11/29/23 Dave Helmuth 11/29/23

Seeds Of Nearness

One of my life scriptures is Psalm 73. The last verse is a favorite.

Dave Helmuth 10/25/23 Dave Helmuth 10/25/23

What’s Wrong With Getting Lost In Worship?

My three teenage children went to a youth camp recently.

Dave Helmuth 9/27/23 Dave Helmuth 9/27/23

Beyond The Chart

I’m working with a worship team that has been trained well.

Dave Helmuth 6/14/23 Dave Helmuth 6/14/23

The DS-11 Is Your Passport

I sat around the table with my worship leader friends and asked them this question. “What’s it like when you schedule training for your team?”

Dave Helmuth 6/7/23 Dave Helmuth 6/7/23

How To Unstick Your Lowest Fader: PRODUCER

The Producer is an Architect that designs excellence and transcendence. They plan to exceed the usual limits and love to have a well-planned service executed with excellence.