by Mark J Martin | Feb 22, 2016 | Leading Worship
One of the great privileges of planning and leading worship in a church is to get a front row seat to how God is the great orchestrator of church life, specifically in using music to build up His church. Yesterday was another day that God put together two great...
by Mark J Martin | Oct 2, 2015 | Productivity
Here’s a tip for saving time typing the repetitive content in your weekly order of service cards. This can work for you whether you type out your worship set in Word, or an email – whatever you use to type the list of songs for the week. It’s a free...
by Mark J Martin | Sep 23, 2015 | Leading Worship
Are you giving your musicians enough time to prepare to lead worship with skill? We don’t always think of church music in terms of good or bad execution, but it could be helpful. This idea of execution makes sense on the football field and in the business world,...
by Mark J Martin | Aug 14, 2015 | Leading Worship
I’m excited to share with you our first interview with effective music pastors! In this first episode, I was privileged to have James Koerts join me for a great discussion about church music ministry! James is fun to get to know. He is music pastor at Mikado...
by Mark J Martin | Aug 11, 2015 | Leading Worship
On Friday, I’m starting a new video interview series. My heart for this website is that it will be a help to church musicians and music directors by passing along what God has taught me. But I’m still learning, and I don’t have all the answers. So,...