Today is a great day! Why you ask?  Because today I get to announce the launch of a new podcast for worship leaders called What’s Up Worship.

I really enjoy podcasts.  They’re a regular part of my week, whether listening to a sermon or checking out the feeds from my hobbies, like World Soccer Daily or 4guys1up.  But there was something missing in my weekly intake.  It was a podcast that covered the ins and outs of what it means to be a worship leader for the local church.

Let me say it this way.  You know that phenomenon that happens when worship leaders get together and chat about what’s going on at their churches? I wanted to capture that dynamic–the conversational, funny, enriching dialogue that comes from “talking shop” with others of us who lead worship together.

There are plenty of good worship podcasts out there–but they normally involve interviewing worship leaders who are just releasing an album or are on tour somewhere.  That’s awesome, but I was still craving something a little different–so I decided to create a podcast that would have it’s own unique voice–made by local worship leaders, for local worship leaders. I brought in Jen Kerr and Tim Hull, two awesome lead worshipers with their own unique take on things, and we started to plan what this new podcast would look like.

We launched our first episode yesterday on iTunes, you can subscribe to it free here. We’ll be releasing a new episode every other Tuesday. In our first episode we recapped our experiences from the weekend of Feb. 14th, and then launched into a discussion on the balance between planning and spontanaitey. I broke the podcast into chapters, and each episode I’ll post some show notes to let you know what we talked about. Hit up the comments if you have some feedback, and let us know if there’s something you’d like us to talk about.

Episode Notes:

Chapter 1–0:00–Introductions

Chapter 2–9:28–Weekly Wrapup: Tim

Chapter 3–15:05–Weekly Wrapup: Jen in Union City

Chapter 4–25:56–Weekly Wrapup: Brian

Chapter 5–35:17–Weely Wrapup: Jen at Church in A Bar (CIAB)

Chapter 6–43:02–Topic of the Week: Planning vs. Spontanaety

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