I came across this great resource from our friends in Sheffield – the 100 day Bible Challenge, to help people really engage with God’s word. It’s about 8 days in but you can catch up! http://100daybiblechallenge.com/ 100 Day Bible Challenge from St Thomas Crookes on Vimeo.

…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 ...

As part of the ‘Quick Tip’ series, this month’s post is all about punctuality. Lord Nelson once said… ‘I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.’ I really think there is something in this. I believe punctuality is not only good for the obvious reasons of politeness but pastorally. One thing a lot of people say to me ...

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...

One of the phrases I use a lot to speak about our worship ministry is that It’s about ‘people over programme’. I really believe we need to be building healthy teams of people who know they are valued and will be invested in – not just there to fill a slot/role. Here are a few practical ways we implement this at St G’s. (as always, forgive my writing/punctuation ...

Here are some notes from a talk I gave to our team on our vision, to ‘know God and make him known’. I thought some of it could be useful to others? So here it is! CLOSER TO THE VISION – To know Him and make Him known. WHY VISION? You ask any CEO, managing director what the heartbeat of their organisation / company is, more often than not you will get the reply ‘vision...

Ok this is a really quick, ‘quick tip’ For those involved in leading occasional worship with young kids, learn from my mistake! Always use lower case for the projection words! I was asked to lead worship in our church for a kids event and I designed a beautiful all singing all dancing powerpoint for the words and did it in caps because the font was awesome. Little did I think that with...