Dave Helmuth 5/17/23 Dave Helmuth 5/17/23

The Church Pianist (How To Re-imagine Music For Your Context)

My dear friend, George Yellak, allowed me to eavesdrop on a conversation with one of his team members.

Dave Helmuth 3/29/23 Dave Helmuth 3/29/23

Altars

I found out about a recent conference called “ALTARS.”

Dave Helmuth 3/22/23 Dave Helmuth 3/22/23

Oblique Strategies

Have you ever wished you could “teach” your sound team to listen and mix more musically?

Dave Helmuth 3/8/23 Dave Helmuth 3/8/23

Is It Mandatory?

I remember asking my Dad, “Do I have to?” when asked to clean my room or do my homework.

Dave Helmuth 2/1/23 Dave Helmuth 2/1/23

Uncle Fred’s Coffee Soup

While I was growing up, on many Sunday mornings, my family would eat coffee soup.

Dave Helmuth 1/4/23 Dave Helmuth 1/4/23

Core Competencies

I read a job description for a Director of Music and was struck by the first “Core Competency” required.

Dave Helmuth 12/21/22 Dave Helmuth 12/21/22

A Blank Canvas Demands Resolution

This is not us!

Dave Helmuth 12/7/22 Dave Helmuth 12/7/22

How To Improve The Quality of Your Services

A worship leader recently asked me how to improve the quality of their services. That’s easy.

Dave Helmuth 11/23/22 Dave Helmuth 11/23/22

Fingernail

And the fingernail on the ring finger has never been the same.

Dave Helmuth 10/26/22 Dave Helmuth 10/26/22

Loving Your Team (Even When You Don’t Particularly Like Them)

You may be in one of those glorious seasons where you click with everyone on your team. Or…

Dave Helmuth 10/19/22 Dave Helmuth 10/19/22

Which Is More Important: Rehearsal or Service?

How many times have you heard, “It’s just rehearsal. They can miss or be late…”?

Dave Helmuth 9/21/22 Dave Helmuth 9/21/22

What You Need To Hear

I never know what messages you are hearing from others, from yourself, from the voice of the deceiver.

Dave Helmuth 8/31/22 Dave Helmuth 8/31/22

What Your Worship Leader Isn’t Telling You

Some worship leader - senior pastor relationships are fantastic!

Dave Helmuth 6/29/22 Dave Helmuth 6/29/22

Follow Christ Together

“We must follow Christ together!”

Dave Helmuth 4/20/22 Dave Helmuth 4/20/22

Watching Isn't Playing

I had made it to eighth grade. My basketball career grew in spite of my culture shock from our transition from Costa Rica to San Antonio, Texas, about two years earlier.

Dave Helmuth 10/27/21 Dave Helmuth 10/27/21

Meadow Tea

Meadow tea is summer in a drink. I can almost always count on a tall glass of it when visiting my sister’s farm during the summer months.

Dave Helmuth 7/21/21 Dave Helmuth 7/21/21

Do You Embrace Inclusion More Than Excellence?

Does your church have non-leaders leading, non-singers singing, non-musicians playing, non-communicators communicating, etc.? Many churches live in this uncomfortable reality.

Dave Helmuth 7/7/21 Dave Helmuth 7/7/21

Worshiping in Freedom

Any stage amplifies what’s already there. Any spotlight highlights what was hidden. If I want to be freer on stage, I need to know what freedom is offstage.

Dave Helmuth 6/10/20 Dave Helmuth 6/10/20

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.

Dave Helmuth 1/29/20 Dave Helmuth 1/29/20

Angels on the Road

In Costa Rica, I am pleasantly surprised at how kind drivers are. They let each other into traffic. They honk, wave, or flash their lights to give you the right of way.