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Core Competencies
Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Musicians, Decision-Making, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Five Faders, Artist (Faders), Educator (Faders), Priest (Faders), Producer (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Leadership Dave Helmuth 1/4/23 Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Musicians, Decision-Making, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Five Faders, Artist (Faders), Educator (Faders), Priest (Faders), Producer (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Leadership 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.

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A Blank Canvas Demands Resolution
Spiritual Life, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Relationships, Scripture Dave Helmuth 12/21/22 Spiritual Life, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Relationships, Scripture Dave Helmuth 12/21/22

A Blank Canvas Demands Resolution

This is not us!

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How To Improve The Quality of Your Services
Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Engagement, Leadership, Feedback Dave Helmuth 12/7/22 Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Engagement, Leadership, Feedback 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.

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Fingernail
Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Leadership Dave Helmuth 11/23/22 Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Leadership Dave Helmuth 11/23/22

Fingernail

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

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Highways
Spiritual Life, Worship, Scripture Dave Helmuth 11/16/22 Spiritual Life, Worship, Scripture Dave Helmuth 11/16/22

Highways

It’s time to deepen your life with God.

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Stop Being A Superstitious Worship Leader
Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Planning, Worship Leading Dave Helmuth 11/2/22 Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Planning, Worship Leading Dave Helmuth 11/2/22

Stop Being A Superstitious Worship Leader

What makes someone a superstitious worship leader? Might you be one?

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Loving Your Team (Even When You Don’t Particularly Like Them)
Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Five Faders, Shepherd (Faders) Dave Helmuth 10/26/22 Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Five Faders, Shepherd (Faders) 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…

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Let It REFINE You, Not DEFINE You
Spiritual Life, Faith, Freedom Dave Helmuth 10/11/22 Spiritual Life, Faith, Freedom Dave Helmuth 10/11/22

Let It REFINE You, Not DEFINE You

All my adult life, I’ve carried extra weight.

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It’s Time
Spiritual Life, Leadership Dave Helmuth 10/5/22 Spiritual Life, Leadership Dave Helmuth 10/5/22

It’s Time

How do you know when it’s time?

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What You Need To Hear
Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Faith, Relationships, Encouragement Dave Helmuth 9/21/22 Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Faith, Relationships, Encouragement 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.

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The Good Worshiper
Spiritual Life, Worship, Scripture Dave Helmuth 9/7/22 Spiritual Life, Worship, Scripture Dave Helmuth 9/7/22

The Good Worshiper

I was reading the parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:25-37 and was stuck by something Jesus did.

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What Your Worship Leader Isn’t Telling You
Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Staffing, Pastors Dave Helmuth 8/31/22 Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Staffing, Pastors Dave Helmuth 8/31/22

What Your Worship Leader Isn’t Telling You

Some worship leader - senior pastor relationships are fantastic!

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Don’t Let Sunday Morning Bite You On The Behind
Spiritual Life, Freedom, Worship Leading Dave Helmuth 8/17/22 Spiritual Life, Freedom, Worship Leading Dave Helmuth 8/17/22

Don’t Let Sunday Morning Bite You On The Behind

I’m not always aware of it when it happens. But something happens when the service officially starts: Something sneaks up on you and bites you on the behind.

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Follow Christ Together
Spiritual Life, Relationships, Leadership Dave Helmuth 6/29/22 Spiritual Life, Relationships, Leadership Dave Helmuth 6/29/22

Follow Christ Together

“We must follow Christ together!”

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Can I Tag Along?
Spiritual Life, Faith, Scripture Dave Helmuth 4/27/22 Spiritual Life, Faith, Scripture Dave Helmuth 4/27/22

Can I Tag Along?

My nephew David made the ideal, last-minute case for our family picture the night before we moved to Costa Rica two and a half years ago.

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Watching Isn't Playing
Spiritual Life, Decision-Making, Relationships, Engagement Dave Helmuth 4/20/22 Spiritual Life, Decision-Making, Relationships, Engagement 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.

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Your Homework Assignment
Planning, Songs, Spiritual Life, Worship Leading Dave Helmuth 3/9/22 Planning, Songs, Spiritual Life, Worship Leading Dave Helmuth 3/9/22

Your Homework Assignment

Lead worship solo for a group of complete strangers. Don’t give them lyrics.

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Hard is not Bad
Spiritual Life Dave Helmuth 11/3/21 Spiritual Life Dave Helmuth 11/3/21

Hard is not Bad

One of the core values of our world system is the avoidance of anything hard.

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Golf Club Faith
Spiritual Life, Faith, Worship Leading Dave Helmuth 9/29/21 Spiritual Life, Faith, Worship Leading Dave Helmuth 9/29/21

Golf Club Faith

There was a famous golfer who was visiting the king of a country. The king wanted to give him a gift, so he asked him what he liked.

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God Loves a Cheerful Worshiper
Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Leading Dave Helmuth 9/22/21 Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Leading Dave Helmuth 9/22/21

God Loves a Cheerful Worshiper

Plastered on most tithe envelopes (if such things still exist) lives a little hint: “God loves a cheerful giver.” Have you seen it?

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