11: Managing the Tension Between Musical Performance and Worship

Welcome to the WorshipWorkshop Podcast where we help you grow a stronger team that leads engaging worship. This season, our over-arching theme is "engaging your congregation in worship.”

Today, we’re digging into the tension between performance and worship. To do that, I have a conversation with veteran worship leader (and cover band frontman and actor) Bill Mozingo to discuss the tensions between performance and worship.

It’d be really simple to say "it should all be worship.” But anyone who’s stepped foot on a platform—from musician to preaching pastor to announcement-giver—knows that there’s an engagement that needs to happen with the people who are gathered. Inherently, there’s a performative aspect to what the platform team does, and, to a larger degree, the production/AVL team.

So Bill and I talk about that tension today and hopefully give you some practical ways to navigate that with your team.

Next Step Resource:

Lead Worship 101

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Bill’s Bio

Bill Mozingo has been a professional musician for more than 20 years and has been involved in producing and writing several praise and worship albums. Since 2006 he has been a member of Wave Church creative team in Va. Beach, VA. For six of those years, he was worship pastor and involved in writing, directing and acting in numerous plays and musical productions. He and his wife Darrah have four active boys and live in Va. Beach. In his spare time, Bill enjoys playing golf and basketball, and being the front man for an 80’s and 90’s music cover band.

Bill’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC19WfB62-SfS3jYKYz3G0lQ?view_as=subscriber

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