Easter: The Annual Challenge - Midnight Oil Productions/The MO Guys -
added Feb 15 2008
Birthing a
Sermon
- Leadership (Summer 2007)/John Ortberg -
added Jan 07 2008
WorshipKitchen.com - added Jan 01
2008
WorshipMinistryU.com
-
added Jan 01 2008
Is PowerPoint
Fading?
- LeadershipJournal.net/Leith Anderson -
added Oct 23 2007
7NOW: Seven Nights of
Worship each week! - Oasis Church in Florida - added Oct 15 2007
Worship Presentation Software Review - FaithVisuals.com/Warren Rachele -
added Sept 26 2007
Teach with Movies - lesson
plans & leader's guides for movies for a nominal annual fee
- added Sept 07 2007
BluefishTV -
inexpensive video clips for teaching or sermon illustration plus backgrounds &
motion loops -
added Sept 04 2007
Institute of Contemporary and
Emerging Worship Studies (ICEWS)
- Dan Wilt -
added Aug 25 2007
NatureofWorship.com
- stills & video clips reasonably priced -
added Aug 25 2007
WorshipLeaderInsights.com
- from Nelson Searcy & Jason Hatley of The Journey
Church in NYC -
added Aug 23 2007
Multimedia and Worship
- The Alban Institute/Michael Bausch -
added Aug 23 2007
Identifying Your
Team's Purpose
- Midnight Oil/The MO Guys -
added Aug 23 2007
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NLM Online Resources
Changing
Face of Worship - NLM Report/Steve
Clapp & Kristen Leverton Helbert
Is an Additional Worship
Service in Your Future? -
Ronald W. Waters
Multiple Services: Evaluation of Fifteen
Congregations - G. Edwin Bontrager
Worship Survey - Self-Assessment
Tool
NLM Publications
& Videos
Alternatives for Worship -
Cindy Hollenberg & Steve Clapp
Alternative Worship Primer
- Cindy Hollenberg
The First Thirty
Seconds: A Guide to Hospitality for Greeters and Ushers
- S. Joan Hershey
How to Start a New Service
-
W. Charles Arn
Worship and Hospitality -
Steve Clapp & Fred Bernhard
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Resources & Internet
Links
Ancient Future Worship - Robert Webber's web site
Ask Rick
Muchow
- EncouragingMusic.com/Rick Muchow - archive of Q & A from the Pastor of
Magnification at Saddleback
Bose Cylindrical Radiator - unique personalized
amplification system
Break Forth Worship
Workshops - featuring Arlen Salte
Christian Copyright Licensing International (and now video licensing too)
CreativePastors.com - a
service of Fellowship Church/Ed Young
Institute of Contemporary and
Emerging Worship Studies (ICEWS)
- Dan Wilt
Institute for Worship Studies
LeadWorship.com - the web site of
Paul Baloche
Living Waters
- worship resources
Pastors.com - resources for ministry
by Rick Warren
Radiate Films - currently under
reconstruction, but keep checking back
Robert Webber articles
Sovereign Grace Music
- free lead sheets and chord charts for songs on their CDs
Technologies for Worship Ministries
Video Projectors in Church – heartlight.org/Terry Taylor -
includes links to graphics, backgrounds, and dynimations
WorshipHomePage.com - links to
everything "worship"; from Don Chapman
WorshipIdeas - practical tips
for contemporary worship leaders; some great stuff here!
WorshipLeaderInsights.com
- from Nelson Searcy & Jason Hatley of The Journey
Church in NYC
WorshipLinks.com
- over 900 links
Worship Wigglebusters: Five Games to Keep Children Attentive in Church
- BuildingChurchLeaders.com/Barb Jenista & Sue Miholer
Drama - some free,
some for a charge, none endorsed
Christian Scripts Free - what
part of "free" don't you understand?
Church Dramas - comedy & drama
scripts for the Sunday service
CrossPoint Scripts
- include some for youth
DramaMinistry.com -
subscription service, but some free scripts
Drama Share - free
Christian drama scripts (for a membership fee!)
DramaSketches.com - downloadable
dramas from Lillenas; check out their "Free Script of the Month"
Dramatix - plays and dramatic
sketches, many free
New Community
Project - creative arts related to promoting peace through justice, care
for creation, and experiential learning
Viscioni Drama
Resources - free drama scripts
WillowDrama -
scripts and such from Willow Creek
Music
Christian Guitar
Resources - charts and tabs for guitar and bass plus more
Days End Productions -
hymn and praise & worship traxs especially for small churches, small groups, and
house churches
G3 Worship
- worship music packs
GreatWorshipSongs.com - mp3s,
charts, lead sheets, sheet music
HymnCharts and
HymnChartsLite - hymns arranged
for praise bands|
Living the Natural Way -
free new hymns, including many to familiar hymn tunes
Michael-Thomas.com - chord
charts for many familiar praise songs plus some original songs
Praise Charts - charts, etc., for
a fee
Solving the Copyright Puzzle
- Church Copyright Administration
WillowCharts - worship
resources from Willow Creek Association
WorshipTogether.com
- source for the newest praise songs
Visuals & Presentations (including PowerPoint)
AVisualPlanet.com - free
samples with registration or subscribe
Barry's Free Photos
- free for personal & nonprofit use
BigFoto.com - more photos
BluefishTV -
inexpensive video clips for teaching or sermon illustration plus backgrounds &
motion loops
Christian Collages -
pay
annual fee for unlimited download privileges for worship backgrounds
Christian Collages Video
- video loops available for a small fee for each loop
ChristianLectionaryGraphics.com
- purchase backgrounds related to the lectionary
Christian Media Association -
video clips and more
CanStockPhoto.com - a
royalty-free stock photography community, but there is a small download fee
Digital Hotcakes -
great video backgrounds
Easter: The Annual Challenge - Midnight Oil Productions/The MO Guys
Eight Basic Guidelines for Visuals - PresentersUniversity.com/Claudyne
Wilder
eleven72 - video sermon
illustrations, countdowns, and still backgrounds -
Lee Rothenflue and Storme Wood
Expanding the Palette:
18 Ways to Use Media in Worship - Midnight Oil/The MO Guys
FaithClipart.com - 14-day free
trial available
Flashlight Films - video
elements, stills, and more
Floodgate Productions -
shorts, stills, countdowns, motion backgrounds
FotoSearch.com -
search from 50 stock photog vendors
FreeFoto.com - many photos
FreeImages - over
2,500 free photos from the UK
FreeStockPhoto.com - includes
links to other sites
FreeWorshipBackgrounds.com
- just what it says!
GoodSalt.com - inspirational &
religious images
Heartlight.org - free background
graphics with suggested scripture references
Igniter Videos - video clips
for worship or discussion starters
ImageVine.com - images
for projection systems
Is PowerPoint
Fading?
- LeadershipJournal.net/Leith Anderson
Learning to Preach
with Image - Midnight Oil Productions/MO Guys
MorgueFile.com - mostly free
photos; not dead people!
Multimedia and Worship
- The Alban Institute/Michael Bausch
MultisensoryWorship.com
- still and video resources, for a price
National Park Lover -
pictures from many national parks and monuments
NatureofWorship.com
- stills & video clips reasonably priced
Nine Mistakes Presenters Make with Visuals - PresentersUniversity.com/Dianna
Booher
Oxygen Church Multimedia
- PowerPoint backgrounds, images, and more
PastorsPlace.com - PowerPoint
graphics and BrandPaks
PhotoEverywhere - over 3,000
free photos from the UK, etc.
PhotoSpin.com -
stock photos; some free
Presenters University -
training and free PowerPoint templates
Seeing.Hearing.Connecting - Outreach (Mar-Apr 2003)/John M. De
Marco
SermonSlides.com - great
graphics for $10 or less
SermonSpice - give your message
some motion - purchase videos here
SermonView - PowerPoint
backgrounds, etc.
Seven Deadly Sins of Visual Presentations - PresentersUniverity.com/Jonty
Pearce
Seven Tips for Professional Image Magnification
- FaithVisuals.com/Jim Miller
Stock.xchng
- over 100,000 free stock photos -
a great source!
Taste Digital Media - royalty free stock footage
Teach with Movies - lesson
plans & leader's guides for movies for a nominal annual fee
The
Message of Visual Media
- FaithVisuals.com/Brett McCracken
Three Quick PowerPoint Tips to Keep the Punch in Presentations -
PresentersUniveristy.com/John Endicott
Using
PowerPoint in Worship: A Tutorial – ChurchMedia.net/Tim Eason
video4worship - worship
videos, loops, backgrounds, and sermon illustrations
WorshipFilms - video images and
loops
WorshipGraphics.com -
several free sets available; many others to purchase
WorshipHouse Media
- resources for the creative church:
source to purchase stills, motions, and mini videos, including many of the above
producers
Worship Presentation Software Review - FaithVisuals.com/Warren Rachele
Other Articles
7NOW: Seven Nights of
Worship each week! - Oasis Church in Florida
Banner
Up - Your Church (November/December 2000)/Gayla R. Postma
Barna
Research Online's Top Trends in Worship
Birthing a
Sermon
- Leadership (Summer 2007)/John Ortberg
Blending
Worship - FaithWorks.com/Bob and David Burroughs (with discussion tools)
Building Evangelistic Services - pastor.com/Rick Warren
Come
Fill My Heart
- a musical drama for evangelism from Songs
of Praise
Contemporary
Worship Music Growth Slows - Your Church (November/December
1999)/John C. LaRue Jr.
Deep Worship That Reaches the Unchurched
- Pastors.com/Rick Warren
Dramatize
Your Worship
- Your Church (November/December 1999)
Experiencing
Worship
Evangelistic Power of Worship - pastors.com/Rick Warren
Help Visitors
Understand Your Order of Service – pastor.com (Dec 04 2002)/Rick Warren
Help When Worship Leaders
Are Down - OnLineRev.com
Identifying Your
Team's Purpose
- Midnight Oil/The MO Guys
It's All about Who, Jesus? - BuildingChurchLeaders.com/Brian
McLaren
Meeting
the Needs of the Multi-Generational Church - Worship Leader
(Sept/Oct 2000)/Eddie Gibbs
Mr. Irrelevant:
Being Cultural and Counter-Cultural at the Same Time -
MidnightOilProductions.com/The MO Guys
Open Letter to Worship Song Leaders -
EvergentVillage.com/Brian McLaren
Put Some Youth into It
- OnLineRev.com
Putting an End to Worship Wars - Elmer Towns (complete book online)
Preaching: The Subversive Art -
LeadershipJournal.net/Interview with Rob Bell
Preaching to the Secular Mind -
ChristianBibleStudies.com/Bill Hybels
Programming Your Music to Serve the Purposes -
PurposeDriven.com/Rick Muchow
Recruiting Worship Band Musicians -
Strategies for Today’s Leader (3rd Quarter
2001)/Arlen Salte
Reviving the
Altar Call - Leadership (Winter 2003)/Randy Frazee
Seeker-Sensitive
Worship Does Not Mean Shallow
- pastors.com/Rich Muchow
Sermon Points That Make a Point - pastors.com/Rick Warren
Sing Along with Handel - pastors.com/John Fischer
Six
Physical Factors that Affect Your Worship Service - Pastors.com/Rick
Warren
Starting a New Service - People
Spots/James W. Moss, Sr.
Starting a Third Worship
Service and Second Sunday School
- Ronald
W. Waters
Ten Keys to
Starting a Saturday Night Service
- Net Fax
Tips for Transitioning from Traditional to Contemporary Worship -
pastors.com/Rick Muchow
25 Timely
Worship Tips - sE-Mail (Sept 2002)/Steve Sjogren
Using Film Clips in Preaching - ChristianBibleStudies.com/Marc Newman
Using Video in
Different Elements of Your Worship Service - FaithVisuals.com/Greg
Wallace
Video
Café - Northcoast Church's innovative approach to worship
Wake Up Your Congregation
- OnLineRev.com
When Worship Styles Clash
- BuildingChurchLeaders.com/Garth Bolinder
Worship by Design: A Guide to Service Planning -
BuildingChurchLeaders.com/ Howard Stevenson
WorshipKitchen.com
WorshipMinistryU.com
Worship
Music: The Latest Research - Your Church/John C. LaRue, Jr.
Worship Team
Instant Tune-Up - ZondervanChurchSource.com/Interview with Doug &
Tami Flather
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February 15, 2008