I think just about every worship pastor I know has occasionally had to deal with disagreements about music style. This seems to be a debate that is of far more concern to churches in the United States than in other countries, probably because we seldom, if ever, need to worry about responding to 75% of [...]
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What Kind of Music Does God Like?
August 16th, 2010 
tristan 
Posted in Sermons, worship musings, worship resources 
Tags: church history, church music, ministry, sermon, Video, worship 
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This Is My Father’s World recording
June 6th, 2009 tristan This Sunday we’re starting a sermon series on stewardship called “the world is Mine”. To go along with that series, I reworked the hymn “This Is My Father’s World.” I liked the feel of Aaron Niequist‘s version, but I wanted a different chord structure for the song (his structure is more traditional). The lyrics are [...]
Posted in Audio, Must read, Tech, worship resources Tags: chord chart, Larrivee, music, recording Comments Off2009 Good Friday cross video
April 14th, 2009 tristan We created this video for our Good Friday service, where we showed it during a drama in which a man walks onto stage and stands staring at the advertisement-covered cross shown in the video. After a minute, he begins tearing ads off the cross, slowly at first, and then faster. As he tears off the [...]
Dave Hunt – When Love Came Down
March 25th, 2009 tristan Thanks to my friend Pete, I recently came across Stuart Townend‘s song “When Love Came Down” as performed by Dave Hunt on his album Love Abounds. As soon as I heard it, I knew it needed to be a part of our Good Friday service. Below are resources for the song: -> Short sample from [...]
Your Grace Is Enough recording
February 27th, 2009 tristan A few months ago, one of the leaders from GEMS (our church’s girls’ ministry) came to me and asked if I would re-record the song “Your Grace Is Enough” for them in a lower key so they could sing along with it during their meetings. The problem: They love Chris Tomlin, but he usually sings [...]
