Nikki Lerner on Life After Full Time Ministry, Worship Culture Conundrums, & Fostering Multicultural Churches

"We've made the list of everything that could go wrong. It's time to make the list of everything that could go right." - Nikki Lerner

Topics Covered:

• What it's like to leave full time ministry after 20+ years
• The challenge of doing ministry when you're paid to do it full time
• The importance of creative outlets outside of the church
• What to do when you're bored with worship music
• Nikki's philosophy of worship
• How to become a multicultural church
• The difference between multi colored and multicultural
• Mono-ethnocentricism and the worship industry

Resources Mentioned:

• Show Sponsor: Planning Center
• Nikki Lerner

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My goal in this podcast is to help you grow as a worship leader. Of course that includes your formation, but it isn’t limited to that—it’s also with practical tools to help you in your ministry.

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First, some good news: People is completely free with any Planning Center subscription. No, you didn’t hear me wrong—it’s free. Second, some better news: you can use People to add new volunteers to your teams quickly and automatically.

In People, you can make forms for anyone interested in volunteering, put them in a step-by-step training workflow, and then automatically add them to Services to schedule them for the right team. And that’s just one way you can use People. From sending automated emails and seeing church-wide engagement to organizing your member database and keeping information up-to-date, there’s tons you can do.