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All About Worship Podcast: Episode 50 Interview with Matt Papa

We've reached 50 episodes!!! This week we hear an interview Wisdom did with songwriter/worship leader - Matt Papa.  During the recent National Worship Leader Conference here in Kansas, Matt was gracious enough to sit down and talk over dinner.  And, Matt's most embarrassing moment leading worship...it's a doozy. We'll also get to your calls and another giveaway! Oh...and accents...

Listener Messages

• We received a voicemail from a longtime listener, Matt Neff. His question is for all of you "How do you start your worship services? Do you use a countdown clock? Prayer? Announcement?" We'd love to hear your answer. Just drop a comment here or give us a call at 913.735.4229.

Quick Links

• WorshipPlanning.com - Once again, be sure to check out this fantastic tool for worship leaders. Awesome for assigning volunteers, planning music, planning services and communicating with worship ministry volunteers.
• Podbean.com - This week's toolbox item. Check out the podcasting tool we use to make this podcast available.
• Factor7Agency.com - If you need help with podcasting, social media and other web tools, check out how Wisdom can help your local church.
• MattPapa.com - Visit Matt's website.
• Your Kingdom Come - Get Matt's latest album on iTunes. One of Ben's faves of the year.
• Matt on Twitter - Follow Matt @Matt_Papa
• Open Hands - Get the song we shared on iTunes.
• Matt's Facebook Page - Check out Matt's Facebook page.
• WorshipRetreat.org - Check out our next retreat in May.

Giveaway

• Free Music - Don't forget to watch the AAW blog for our CD giveaways during the months of August and September! Lots of music goodies you won't want to miss out on. So...subscribe to the blog and leave comments on posts with giveaways for your chance to win! You can enter once a week!
• Episode 50 giveaway! -  FREE registration to our retreat coming up in May 19 - 21. Learn more about the retreat atwww.WorshipRetreat.org. All you have to do is head over to the website and leave a comment on the giveaway post.

Contact Us

• Twitter - Follow AAW on Twitter. You can also follow Wisdom and Ben.
• Facebook - Join us on Facebook.
• 913.735.4229 - Leave us your own voice message.

Listen

Check us out on iTunes. Feedburner. Or stop by our Archive page and listen in.

Thanks

A special thanks to Matt for stopping by the show! Big thanks WorshipPlanning.com for loving the worship leader by sponsoring the show. Give 'em love friends!

And of course...THANK YOU for listening!!!!

And as promised....Matt Papa is....Napoleon Dynamite:

All About Worship Live: "Sr. Pastor & Worship Leader Relationship" Roundtable

 

On Monday, August 16, Ben and Wisdom will be recording a "Roundtable" session for an upcoming podcast episode.This is our second roundtable since our initial "Manly Worship" back in October, 2009. The topic this time around..."Sr. Pastor and Worship Leader Relationship".

How many of you worship leaders have struggled with your relationship with a "controlling" Sr. Pastor? How many Sr. Pastor's have struggled with your "free spirited" worship leader? The Sr. Pastor/Worship Pastor relationship is extremely important in leading a local church week in and week out.  Join us live on Talkshoe as we discuss this how we can work together as a team with some experienced leaders in the local church and worship leading community.  Meet our roundtable guests:

Tim Howey. Sr Pastor of Grace Church in Overland Park, KS. Tim and Ben have been working in ministry together for ten years. Visit www.TimHowey.com to learn more about Tim.  He will be joining us live from the palatial All About Worship studio.  If you're going to talk about a Sr. Pastor and Worship Leader relationship....why not ask a Sr. Pastor to join us? Tim also facilitated a breakout session at the All About Worship Retreat in 2009.

Troy Kennedy. Songwriter/Worship Pastor from Kansas City will be joining us.  Troy has taught classes on worship leading ministry in conferences around the nation including the recent National Worship Leader Conference 2009 & 2010 and also at the All About Worship Retreat 2009.  Log on to www.NewWorship.com or visit his blog to learn more about Troy.

Fred McKinnon. Songwriter/Worship Leader from St. Simmons Island, GA will be joining the roundtable discussion.  With the “Sunday Setlists” and TheWorshipCommunity, Fred has become an influential member of the online worship community.  Visit www.FredMcKinnon.com and www.TheWorshipCommunity.com to learn more about Fred.

If you have any thoughts or questions that you would like to see discussed regarding this topic, please drop a comment and we'll try and get to your questions.  You can also join us live on Monday on Talkshoe at the link below and discuss with other listeners in the Talkshoe chatroom. The fun begins Monday, August 16 at 10 p.m. EST/ 9p.m. CST. Hope you can join us!

All About Worship Podcast: Episode 48 Darrell Evans Q&A

On this edition of the show, Wisdom and Ben catch up with Darrell Evans. We hear your questions submitted to us before the recording and live over Talkshoe.

Quick Links

WorshipPlanning.comnew iPhone App! It’s free and it will make your life much easier!

DarrellEvans.com – This is Darrell's site. You can also "Like" his Facebook page.

Darrell on Twitter – Follow Darrell on Twitter to see what’s going on in his life.

Nothing Less Than Everything on iTunes – Check out Darrell's latest album on iTunes and leave him a review!

All About Worship on iTunes – Visit us on iTunes and PLEASE leave some feedback! The smart folks at iTunes deleted our page by mistake recently along with all the listener reviews we had. We would greatly appreciate your leaving a review!

AAWPrayers – Follow and request prayer on this new Twitter feed.

AllAboutWorship Retreat - Log on to take advantage of the Early Bird Registration and find out who's coming! (You can also follow the retreat updates on Twitter) Click Here to listen to all of our episodes (Click Here if you're on a mobile device).

Giveaway

We are doing three big giveaways!

1. A FREE Registration to the Forge Conference. Sept 30 – Oct 2, 2010 in Ocean Grove, NJ.

2. A FREE Registration to National Worship Leader Conference East. Oct 5 – 7, 2010 in Lancaster, PA. Just leave a comment on this post to be entered to win. Deadline is Aug 18th. We’ll announce the winner here!

3. Free music! Beginning August, visit the AllAboutWorship blog once a week you'll have a chance to win free CD's!

Contact Us

Follow AAW – follow our tweets for regular updates and news.

Like AAW – join our growing number of friends on Facebook. 913.735.4229 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 913.735.4229 end_of_the_skype_highlighting – leave us your own voice message.

Listen

Check us out on iTunes. Feedburner. You can also listen in below.

Thanks

We want to say a BIG thanks to WorshipPlanning.com for sponsoring this episode. Start your 30 day free trial today. Be sure and follow them on Twitter at @worshipsense right here or find them on Facebook.

Thanks to Darrell for spending time with us on the show. And as always....THANK YOU for listening!!!! Check out this new song "You Could Never Be Praised Enough" from Darrell that we discussed on the show:

National Worship Leader Confeerence '10: Teaching

This just in from the AllAboutWorship.com site. My fellow podcaster buddy, Wisdom, and I will be hosting a session at the upcoming National Worship Leader Conference. Here's the note below from the AllAboutWorship site:

We are excited to announce that Wisdom and Ben have been invited to teach a class at the National Worship Leader Conference in Kansas next month (July). Their class is…

Title: “Leading Your Team Through Technology”
Description: In today’s culture it is critical that we, the local church, know how to utilize technology and social media in our ministries. Have you ever wondered how you could use social media and technology to help you lead your team? Wisdom Moon and Ben Abu Saada, hosts of the All About Worship Podcast, will share with you how worship ministries big and small can utilize blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and podcasts. They’ll share resources and practical tips on different ways to communicate with your team without needing a big budget.

The class will take place on Thursday, July 22nd in the afternoon and it will be taught twice back to back. If you’re going to the National Worship Leader Conference in Kansas, we would love to meet you! Come join us for the class and say hello!

If you have a question that you’d like us to address on this topic, leave a comment and let us know.

All About Worship LIVE: Q&A with Darrell Evans

Join us on Monday ninght, 6/28, at 8:30 p.m. CST for a live 30 minute Q&A with Darrell Evans on the All About Worship hotline. We'll be taking your calls live with your questions. Darrell is an influential songwriter of songs like "Let the River Flow", "Trading My Sorrows", "Your love is Extravagant" , and "Fields of Grace".

You can be a part of one of our July podcast episodes while we record this session. Join us over Talkshoe live by clicking below at 8:30 CST on Monday, June 28.

All About Worship Podcast: Episode 46 Miriam Webster

On this edition of the podcast, Mandy catches up with Miriam Webster who is an influential songwriter and worship leader. You'll hear her heart for worship and her new song "Made Me Glad" on the show. We also hear from you in our "Listener Feedback" and we talk to Tom Metz from WorshipPlanning.com about some new features coming down the pike. Don't forget to take part in our giveaway!!!

Quick Links

WorshipPlanning.com - Stop by our kind sponsors and try them out. There are some fantastic features that Tom and crew continue to roll out for worship teams. One of our favorite features mentioned on the show is the "Songbook" feature. Creating online books with sheet music that you can assign team members to. Check them out and be sure to thank them on Twitter for being a part of the show by tweeting "Hey @wpupdates Thx for sponsoring the @allaboutworship podcast!"

Livestream.com/GraceVideo - Wisdom said it, here's the link. You can watch Ben lead worship at his local church.

MandyThompson.com - Visit Mandy's website and learn more about our AWESOME correspondent.

MiriamWebster.com.au - Visit Miriam's website.

Miriam on iTunes - Check out Miriam's latest recording "Made Me Glad".

All About Worship on iTunes - Visit us on iTunes and PLEASE leave some feedback! We're always looking for ways to improve the show and we'd love to hear from you. (Plus we need some good ego stroking)

AAWPrayers - Follow and request prayer on this new Twitter feed.

Giveaway

We want to hear from you. Call us at 913.735.4229 by July 1 with your answer to this question: What are the top 5 songs your church is currently connecting with this year. If you leave an answer, we will enter your name into a drawing for Paul Baloche's latest CD "Glorious" along with the worship tools set with instructional DVD and song charts. Make sure you leave your name, the name of your church, the songs and the authors of the songs. Call us at 913.735.4229 (please note, Darth Tater and Spud Trooper are NOT a part of the giveaway)

Contact Us

Follow AAW – follow our tweets for regular updates and news.

Like AAW – join our growing number of friends on Facebook. 913.735.4229 – leave us your own voice message.

Thanks

We want to say a BIG thanks to WorshipPlanning.com for sponsoring this episode. Start your 30 day free trial today. Check out their new uploading feature allowing you to upload multiple files simultaneously! Be sure and follow them on Twitter at @wpupdates right here.

Thanks to Miriam for stopping by the show! And special thanks to Kingsway for permission to share "Made Me Glad".

Listen

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What Happens in a Green Room?

During the recent All About Worship Retreat, Fred McKinnon spent some time with Rich Kirkpatrick and myself in the green room selling us on the importance of "working our cores".  Here's Fred in selling action:

Worship Night Video

On Friday, May 21 at Grace Church, we hosted an Acoustic Worship Night with Darrell Evans, Jared Anderson, Tommy Walker and Michael Farren. This was in conjunction with the All About Worship Podcast. Check out a short video montage below from the evening. HUGE thanks to all the amazing Grace volunteers who helped make this night such a great success!

Worship Concert at Grace

 

National Worship Leader Conference 2010

From the official AllAboutWorship blog:

Wisdom and Ben are thrilled to announce that they will be official bloggers for the upcoming National Worship Leader Conference 2010. Both Wisdom and Ben will be attending the conference held in Overland Park, KS…home of the All About Worship Podcast.  We hope to meet many of our fellow worship leading friends this year. Check out the official announcement on the NWLC10 blog.

In 2009, Ben and Wisdom were able to attend the conference and were truly blessed by the worship time, the teaching and the new friendships founded with so many amazing worship leading friends.  This year’s conference will undoubtedly be another great opportunity.

If you haven’t heard, there are three conferences being held in different parts of the nation. The larger gathering will be held right here in Kansas City.  Check them out:

• June 15-17 in Albuquerque, NM
• July 19-22 in Kansas City, KS
• October 5-7 in Lancaster, PA

During the week of July 19-22, you can keep up with Wisdom and Ben’s thoughts and also hit their personal blogs.  There are some other great bloggers who have been invited to participate. Here’s the official list:

• AllAboutWorship
• Ben Abu Saada :: Blog
• Brian Wurzell :: Blog
• Cheval Glass :: Cynthia Cullen’s blog
• Live to Worship :: Alastair Vance’s Blog
• Transition Pete :: Pete Kim’s Blog
• Wisdom Moon :: Blog

Giveaway

Stay tuned to the AllAboutWorship Blog as we will be giving away ANOTHER free registration to the upcoming National Worship Leader Conference!!!

If you haven’t registered, check out the lineup and join us in Kansas! Thanks to our friends at Worship Leader.com for the opportunity to help keep so many worship leaders from being left behind!