The Secret to Recruiting & Onboarding Worship Volunteers w/ VOUS Worship
Release Date: 03/20/2025
The Human Heart Wasn't Built for Notoriety: Handling the Spotlight w/ Ellie Holcomb
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"The human heart wasn't built for notoriety." That’s what counselor Al Andrews told Drew Holcomb after 20 years of working with musicians. For Ellie, this truth became painfully real. Ellie Gets Real About: The terrifying thought that hit her during a sold-out show How crowds can become weapons against those closest to you You'll Discover: Al Andrews' game-changing insight about recognition and the human heart The simple weekly habit her dad practiced before every service to keep his heart grounded and free from pride ...
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The Forgotten Discipline That Could Save Your Leadership & Team w/ CXMMXNS
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What if there's a biblical practice many of us dismissively chuckle about, that could actually strengthen your leadership and protect your team? In this revealing conversation with CXMMXNS songwriters Reuben Morgan and Ben Fielding, we uncover a spiritual discipline that the Western church has largely abandoned. While most leaders are grinding harder and pushing through, Reuben and Ben share what they've discovered about a counterintuitive approach that's helping them steward songs reaching millions while staying grounded in local church ministry. From the hidden traps of...
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Paul & Hannah McClure: Is Your Passion Leading You to Burnout?
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Ever feel like you're juggling a million things as a worship leader and wondering how to make it all sustainable? Paul & Hannah McClure share their journey of leading worship at Bethel for eight years while balancing touring, family, and team leadership. They get real about the moment Paul stepped down—not from burnout, but from wisdom. Paul unpacks how they shifted from trying to be the answer for everyone to building a pastoral care system that actually works, and why "ministry is a marathon, not a sprint" changed everything. Here's what they learned:...
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Bryan & Katie Torwalt: "Is Your Talent the Reason You Aren’t Disciplined?"
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Bryan and Katie Torwalt get vulnerable about the tension between natural gifting and discipline, sharing how easy it is to coast on talent instead of truly stewarding what God has given us. This honest conversation explores the difference between feeling productive and being fruitful, and how discipline in unexpected areas can transform your creativity and ministry. Worship Online is your new secret weapon for preparing each week. With detailed song tutorials and resources, you and your team will save hours every single week, and remove the stress from preparing for a set....
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When Leaders Only Value Your Gift (How to Change What You Believe) w/ Christy Nockels
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Ever feel like you’re more valued for what you do than who you are? Like you’re just a commodity in your local church? You’re not alone. And honestly—that experience can be incredibly disheartening. Sure, we’d love for leaders to change, but that’s not always realistic. Sometimes the responsibility is on us. In this conversation, Christy Nockels shares the identity shift that transformed her ministry from burnout to breakthrough. She unpacks: The “beautiful order” she was getting wrong that led to exhaustion What led her to feel like a...
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Brooke Ligertwood: The Secret to Building Worship Sets that Deeply Impact People [RE-RELEASE]
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What if the way you structure your worship sets could actually shape how people relate to God? In this powerful conversation, Brooke Ligertwood reveals the biblical framework she uses for every worship set—whether she's leading at a massive conference or in a tent with a modest sound system. You'll discover: The 5-part worship arc that creates "access points" for every person in your congregation Why songs of "high praise" are more transformative than experience-focused songs How to pick songs based on your team's actual...
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The Greatest Worship Leaders Aren't Always the Most Talented (Here's What They Do Instead) w/ Dan Dean
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What if the greatest worship leaders aren't the ones with the best voices? Dan Dean from Phillips, Craig & Dean drops a truth bomb that will change how you think about worship leadership forever. After 50 years in ministry—20 as a worship pastor, decades as lead pastor—Dan reveals why the most impactful worship leaders often step back instead of stepping up. In this episode, you'll discover: Why "doing it all yourself" actually weakens your team The Bill Gaither principle for spotting hidden talent in your church How...
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What Happens When You Actually Follow God's Prompting (The Heritage's Unlikely Story)
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Ever felt that nudge to reach out to someone, share something, or take a step that seemed a little crazy? Most of us ignore those promptings. But what if you didn't? In this episode, we sit down with The Heritage—a worship team from a small South Carolina church whose obedience to a simple prompting changed everything. From writing songs in their church basement to getting a text from Chris Tomlin, their story will challenge how you think about divine timing, faithfulness, and what God can do through ordinary obedience. You'll hear about: The dog breeder who...
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How Family Crisis Made Me a Better Worship Leader w/ Jon Reddick
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What if the hardest season of your life was actually preparing you to lead at a level you didn't know was in you? In this vulnerable conversation, Jon opens up about the "fear chatter" that had been stealing his mental space, why he started removing people from his inner circle, and how walking through crisis taught him what authentic care actually looks like. You'll hear his simple but game-changing filter for every worship moment, and why leading through your own brokenness might be the key to reaching others in theirs. If you've ever wondered how to lead with...
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From Church Drummer to Arena Tours: What I Wish Every Worship Drummer Knew w/ Daniel Jones
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What does it really take to grow from playing in the local church to touring arenas with some of the biggest names in Christian music? Daniel Jones has walked that exact journey. Over the past 10 years, he's played drums for For King & Country, Brooke Ligertwood, Rend Collective, David Leonard, JUDAH., and Andrew Ripp. In this conversation, Daniel gets brutally honest about the lessons he learned the hard way - from dealing with the pressure of arena stages to discovering what consistency really means, from learning to trust his teammates to finding the balance between...
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Struggling to build a strong, committed worship team? You’re not alone. Recruiting and onboarding volunteers can be one of the biggest challenges for worship pastors, but VOUS Worship has found some things that make it so much easier.
In this episode, we sit down with the team from VOUS Worship—the powerhouse worship ministry from Rich Wilkerson Jr.’s VOUS Church in Miami—to uncover their intentional, high-impact process for finding and developing high level teams.
What You’ll Learn:
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The biggest mistakes churches make when recruiting worship team members
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The 4-step onboarding process VOUS Worship uses to set team members up for success
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The character & culture factor—why talent isn’t enough
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How to balance grace and standards when leading worship volunteers
This episode is PACKED with practical wisdom for worship pastors, leaders, and creatives who want to build a healthy, thriving worship culture that lasts. Don’t miss it!
Worship Online is your new secret weapon for preparing each week. With detailed song tutorials and resources, you and your team will save hours every single week, and remove the stress from preparing for a set. Try a free trial at WorshipOnline.com and see the transformation!
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