I’m in the midst of planning for our WorshipGod09 conference, “From Generation to Generation.” It will be held Aug. 5-8, in Gaithersburg, MD, right outside of Washington, D.C. I announced earlier that John Piper — pastor, theologian, author, and friend — will be taking two main sessions. I’m also looking forward to doing a session [...]
17 Dec, 2008
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Friends|—WorshipGod Conferences
Even though 2008 isn’t finished yet, I’m in the midst of planning for our next worship conference, WorshipGod09: From Generation to Generation, to be held Aug. 5-8, 2009, in Gaithersburg, MD. The main messages will address the importance of passing on biblical values of corporate worship from one generation to the next. I was thrilled [...]
22 Nov, 2008
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Arranging|—Music Theory|—Training a Team|—WorshipGod Conferences|Videos
Over the years I’ve tried to streamline our rehearsals. Part of it is knowing that folks have other things they’re involved in. Like being with their family. But the other part is that sometimes we just don’t have a lot of time to rehearse. So I’m always looking for ways to maximize that time. At [...]
19 Nov, 2008
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Other Events|—Spiritual Gifts|—Spontaneous Song|—Worship and the Pastor|—Worship and the Spirit
While at the Christian Musician Summit this past weekend I taught a workshop on Encouraging Spontaneity in Your Church. We had about 200 folks crammed into a room that held about 150, so it was, shall we say, a cozy setting. At one point, I led the group in singing spontaneous responses to different sections [...]
18 Nov, 2008
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Defining Terms|—Leading a Team|—Other Events|—Worship and Music|—Worship and Scripture
This past weekend I spoke at the Christian Musicians Summit on Why Theology Matters to Christian musicians. When Christian musicians get together, our tendency is to assume we all have our theology down and we can focus on honing our chops, discovering new gear, and improving our techniques and methodologies. Or maybe we think that [...]
17 Nov, 2008
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Defining Terms|—Leading a Team|—Other Events|—Worship and Music
This past weekend I had the joy of speaking on various topics at the Christian Musician Summit in Overlake, WA, near Seattle. It was a very encouraging time, and I met quite a few people who were currently using Worship Matters with their worship team. Great hooking up with old friends and making some new [...]
11 Sep, 2008
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Arranging|—Choirs|—Choosing Songs|—Expressiveness|—Friends|—Leading a Congregation|—Leading a Team|—Music Theory|—Musicians & Vocalists|—Songwriting|—Sound and Tech|—Training a Team|—Vocalists|—Worship and Life|—Worship and Music|—Worship and Scripture|—Worship and the Church|—Worship and the Pastor|—WorshipGod Conferences
Over at the Sovereign Grace website, we’ve finally posted 29 WorshipGod08 seminars for you to listen to or download for free. . . . Here’s the list: Band on the Run (Bob Kauflin) Building Bridges: Pastors and Worship Leaders (Bob Kauflin) Caring for Your Sound System (Darryl Wenger) Copyright Law and Church Music: The Eight [...]