One of the questions I get asked a lot is ’how do you choose people for your team/s?’ At St G’s we have a musical worship team of over 65 people. This has taken a while to build, but I can honestly say it’s one of the most fun, healthy and rewarding teams I have been part of! Praise God. I have learnt a lot over the years of doing this, mainly by mistakes to be fair...

‘Your love reaches’ – a song by Sam Parker (that Jamie Rodwell, Graham Kendrick and I helped co-write) was used at this years Soul Survivor and it made it to the Live Album. I love it so much and it was great to see the song journey and grow in strength step by step. Enjoy! :) You can download the song/album from Itunes here Lyrics Verse 1: I searched the heavens, all of creatio...

If you follow this blog, you will probably be aware I’m part of the extended Worship Central Team. This year I’m involved speaking at the conference! I’m doing one of the ‘Big 10′s – a new addition to the conference (see below for more info) I really hope to see you there. You can book HERE. Do get in touch if you have any questions :) Worship Central is a sch...

        Just a quick heads up about a New Wine Worship Development programme I am helping lead. The first instalment is on 7-9 October, Stockport. ‘Hosted by Gareth Robinson, Ian Parkinson, Nicole Brown and the New Wine N&E Worship Team The idea is simple and proven: come together for a retreat, create a plan tailored to your context, return six months later to repo...

…This is a question I get asked a lot (in all innocence, not as a jibe)  Some people genuinely wonder what else worship pastors do other than lead worship on a Sunday. I thought it may be helpful for people to see some of the things I do as part of my job. One thing to note, like many other worship pastors, it’s not my only role. I head up a creative communications team too. So, In ...

I just received an email with a youtube link of some of the musical worship at NewWine 2011 N&E. Yes, it does feature some of my dulcet tones! I had the most amazing time. The team were incredible, it was so much fun doing ministry with what felt like life long friends and an incredible priviledge to help put praise on the lips over 3,000+ people! Enjoy.  

One of my passions is to see people who lead musical worship do so with integrity, understanding and faithfulness. I’ve just been reflecting on some of the ‘traps’ out there ready to lure/snatch/hold unguarded worship leaders. These are in no particular order (apart from first one) as they are all equally damaging. Forgetting that it’s all about Jesus, not you Thinking Ch...