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Tune Your System
Worship Ministry, Sound Tech Dave Helmuth 1/11/23 Worship Ministry, Sound Tech Dave Helmuth 1/11/23

Tune Your System

I’m always curious. Pretty relentlessly so. Whenever I’m visiting a church, and I get the opportunity to see its soundboard, I look for patterns of overcompensation.

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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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Context
Worship, Worship Ministry, Planning, Songs, Engagement, Worship Leading, Advent Dave Helmuth 12/14/22 Worship, Worship Ministry, Planning, Songs, Engagement, Worship Leading, Advent Dave Helmuth 12/14/22

Context

My wife has taught me many things.

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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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The Top Five Songs
Worship Ministry, Decision-Making, Planning, Songs Dave Helmuth 11/30/22 Worship Ministry, Decision-Making, Planning, Songs Dave Helmuth 11/30/22

The Top Five Songs

Have you ever used Planning Center Online’s list of top songs to help you plan your set?

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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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Which Is More Important: Rehearsal or Service?
Worship Ministry, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Rehearsal Dave Helmuth 10/19/22 Worship Ministry, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Rehearsal 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…”?

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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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A Committed Team
Worship Ministry, Musicians, Team Building, Rehearsal Dave Helmuth 9/28/22 Worship Ministry, Musicians, Team Building, Rehearsal Dave Helmuth 9/28/22

A Committed Team

It’s always good to give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood. (groan)

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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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Basic Steps
Worship, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Planning Dave Helmuth 9/14/22 Worship, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Planning Dave Helmuth 9/14/22

Basic Steps

We’re a part of an eclectic small group made up of expats.

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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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Contemporary Worship
Worship, Worship Ministry Dave Helmuth 8/24/22 Worship, Worship Ministry Dave Helmuth 8/24/22

Contemporary Worship

Have you ever wondered where we got the worship style that many of our churches use?

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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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