Dave Helmuth 12/21/16 Dave Helmuth 12/21/16

How Healthy Is Your Team?

As we approach the end of the year, I encourage you to take a moment between sips of 'nog (stay tuned for a killer recipe) to reflect on the state of your team's relationships.

Dave Helmuth 10/28/15 Dave Helmuth 10/28/15

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.

Dave Helmuth 11/20/14 Dave Helmuth 11/20/14

7 Words That Could Change The Way You Worship!

Praising by only singing is like golfing with only a putter, baking using only a ¼ cup measuring cup, drawing a rainbow with only a blue crayon, or fixing a car with only a ½” wrench.

Dave Helmuth 7/22/14 Dave Helmuth 7/22/14

Praise Vacation

In the middle of your day. When you’re too busy to stop. When the pressure of the moment is all you can feel. When your dryness defines you. When you lack in zeal in serving the Lord.

Dave Helmuth 5/22/14 Dave Helmuth 5/22/14

12 Ways To Say “Welcome” In Worship

“I guess we’ll go ahead and get started.”
“Please rise to your feet.”
“Good morning…um, good MORNing! ...That’s better.”

Dave Helmuth 1/28/14 Dave Helmuth 1/28/14

Worship Ministry: What It Is And What It Isn’t

It took me quite a while to figure that out.

Dave Helmuth 7/30/13 Dave Helmuth 7/30/13

Why Raising Your Hands Makes You A Charismatic

“So let me see by a show of hands,” I once asked when leading worship, “how many of you have never raised your hands in worship before?”

(now that wasn’t so bad, was it?)

Dave Helmuth 6/26/13 Dave Helmuth 6/26/13

Worship Values: What I Care About When I Lead Worship

I was preparing for a coaching session with a new worship leader and reading a chapter in the book we’re working through called “How To Lead Worship Without Being A Rock Star.”

Dave Helmuth 5/29/13 Dave Helmuth 5/29/13

Singers Prophesy

What if our singers’ primary role is to prophesy, to declare the emotion and heart of God?

Dave Helmuth 3/27/13 Dave Helmuth 3/27/13

Drip Irrigation

I know the need for watering, fertilizing, and generally tending to the gardens (metaphorical as mine may be) are upon us every spring and summer.

Dave Helmuth 6/5/12 Dave Helmuth 6/5/12

Why Do We Gather?

Why do we gather each week as a church?

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

Worship Is Display

What if worship is display? Are you comfortable with that?

Dave Helmuth 1/25/12 Dave Helmuth 1/25/12

How I Learn Melody

What’s the most important musical part of a song? Melody. It’s the DNA, the unique fingerprint. Which brings up the next question…how do I learn melody, especially if I don’t read music or don’t have the musical notation available?

Dave Helmuth 12/21/11 Dave Helmuth 12/21/11

How Songs Are Built

Why do I need to know how to build a song?

Because knowing how to build songs enables…so many things.

Dave Helmuth 7/27/11 Dave Helmuth 7/27/11

Worship Ministry Devotions

Do you wish that rehearsal would go deeper than just pulling the music together?

Dave Helmuth 5/4/11 Dave Helmuth 5/4/11

Filter Bubbles and “my” Church

When was the last time you worshiped with other believers? Wait, but I mean not at “your” church. I mean, when was the last time you joined believers outside of your congregation and fully engaged in worship in their Sunday morning worship gathering?”