Workshops
Check out these great workshops.
Leading the Way in Worship
led by Rob Howard
The mark of a good leader is building longevity and loyalty into the people they lead. Leadership of the music ministry in your church is a very big and challenging job. Rob Howard will share what he has learned as the leader for the thriving worship and arts ministry of Fellowship Bible in Nashville, TN.
Love and Lead Your Congregation
led by Tom Jackson
Learn how to lead and become more confident from stage. Discover how to combine true humility while taking charge of the congregation and leading them into worship.
Theology of Worship
led by Dr. Michael Easley
A biblical examination of worship, filled with practical insights to keep our music and our ministry founded on the Bible and centered on Christ.
Locking Arms With Your Pastor
led by Ray McKelvy
One of the most important relationships in the church is that of the worship team and the pastoral team. Being in step with each other is crucial to the success of Sunday morning, but often difficult to walk out Monday through Friday. Hear from someone on both sides of the issue offer real world principals to strengthen your relationship with the pastor and the impact of your collective ministry.
Planting a Worship Ministry
led by Matt Boswell
This is for worship pastors and leaders who are planting churches. Worship and music are a vital component of any new ministry launching into a community and it’s so important to build a Christ centered culture of worship and arts from the very foundation. The appeal of a church that knows how to worship the living God is so much greater than one that puts on a good show. This seminar will help you learn to tend young ministries so they flourish for years to come for God’s glory.
Women in Worship
led by Heather Cartee
Explore the unique role that women play in leading worship in today’s church. Get encouragement and resources for leading the way along side other women who share the same calling.
Leading With the Holy Spirit
led by Matt Boswell
Jesus said that he must go away so that one greater can come after him: The Holy Spirit. This class will be an examination of who He is and why we need him more than any other thing to lead worship.
Building Your House of Worship
led by Tom Jackson
Every worship team needs to know these 4 building blocks to be creative and unique. Learn the concepts of this Live Music Method that give real answers to real questions!
Leading Worship from a Pure Place
led by Ronnie Freeman
Any leadership ministry is venerable to the pitfalls of sin and failure. Spiritual, ethical and physical purity is a lifestyle driven choice that can keep ministry thriving and authentic in the face of the biggest temptations. This class is a personal and powerful discussion with a worship leader who is winning the battle.
Creating Flow in Worship
led by Carl Cartee
Learn how to build musical and spiritual bridges for your congregation. Too often, worship services are filled with awkward pauses and clumsy transitions. This seminar will explore practical techniques to make your worship sets sound intentional, eliminate distraction and make a unique memorable worship service every time.
Becoming a Better Acoustic Guitar Player
led by Randy Hughes
Acoustic guitar is one of the most popular instruments of all time and it’s never been more obvious than in the church. Learn from an experienced pro what you need to know about becoming an invaluable acoustic player for your church. Chord shapes, tasteful playing and finger picking will all be covered.
Electric Guitar in Worship
led by Craig McClellan
Learn how to think like an electric player, use effects tastefully and become a rock solid contributor to your worship team.
Keyboards for Worship
led by Matt Stanfield
Learn more about choosing sounds, creating moments and new technology to send your keyboards over the top.http://inspireworshipconference.com/images/uploads/Matt_Stanfield.jpg
Electric Guitar Advanced Master Class
led by Dennis Dearing
For electric guitar players looking for top level, advanced instruction with a Christ honoring perspective
Audio 101
Basic audio help for everyone. This class will help bridge the gap between the platform and the sound booth offering practical tips to better manage sound check, monitoring issues and must have gear.
Advanced Audio
led by David Mills
Advanced audio concepts to help experienced sound team members enhance the worship experience on every level. Going beyond the basics, this class will enable your audio ministry to grow into it’s fullest audio potential.
Lowering Stage Volume
led by Doug Gould
The prevailing problem in most of our churches today is that our platforms are too loud and it’s messing everything up.
What can we do to fix the problem? Wear ear plugs? Throw a chart in front of the guitar player? Fire the drummer?
We will explore methods that don’t require any additional equipment. Through some common sense applications, you may find that the levels on the stage can be greatly reduced. If that doesn’t work, we’ll go into some additional explanations of methods that may require additional gear. In-ear monitors, Amp simulators, personal monitor mixers, buttkickers, drum shields, electronic instruments, and mute boxes. We’ll explore these one at a time and explain the benefit that each of these technologies offer the worship and tech teams and the church at large.
The Worshipping Choir
led by Dave Williamson
This class will teach on helping your choir move from being a performance fixture into a thriving group of worship leaders.
Vocal Artistry
led by Rebekah Mitchell
A professional singer offers insights on making your vocals climb from average to amazing. Learn to phrase, breathe and deliver your message better than you ever have before.
Songwriting 101
led by Sue Smith
A seminar designed to empower worship leaders to write better songs and prayers for their congregation. Songwriting is a craft that can be learned and practiced when we have practical tools and resources. This breakout is a must for every songwriter.
Songwriting at The Next Level
led by Don Poythress
This class will discuss how some professional writers approach the craft and discipline of songwriting and will hopefully challenge beginner and intermediate writers to go to the next level. A successful, professional writer will answer important questions like, “Do I wait for inspiration to start writing?” “How much time should i spend writing?” “How do you stay inspired?”
Learn the things pro writers have learned, but have to keep reminding themselves of every day.
Songwriting Critiques
Registrants bring a CD recording and two lyric sheets of your original worship song. It’s played for a group of peers and a panel of professionals. Receive constructive and helpful feedback to take your songs to the next level.
Group Songwriting Sessions/ Inspire Music Lab
Join a small group of peers and a pro-songwriter to craft an original song. Learn about co-writing and how to create art in the context of community. Sign-up opens on Wednesday during registration.
When Commitment Conflicts with Skill
led by Lee McDerment
Leading average musicians with great hearts to excellent leaders with purpose and passion for their role in the church
Worship Leader Q & A- Inspire Staff
Any worship leader question is fair game…ask it and someone who thinks they know will tell you an answer.
Bass: Holding Down The Low End
Learn essentials of bass playing for foundational and incredible groove.
Driving the Bus: Drumming with Purpose
led by Scott Williamson
How to be the leader of the band behind the kit. Develop skills that help direct and guide the band through a song. Become the trustworthy musician that will lead the band where it’s going. A musically confident personally dependable drummer is one of the greatest resources your worship band can have, get started here. For those who don’t want to work and just want to bang on the drum all day, this is not for you.
The Visuals of Worship
led by Joe Blair
Learn to incorporate lighting, set design and non-musical elements into your services that help to inexpensively create atmospheres that transform a room into a place of worship.
Rehearsal Workshop
led by Carl Cartee
Sit in on a live rehearsal and watch a band walk through the process of putting together a song arrangement and a worship set.
Just As I Am
led by Jeff Helton
We are called to lead the people of God into the presence of God. What a daunting task! The honest truth is that some mornings we are a bigger mess than anyone in our congregations. How do we learn to embrace the truth of who we are and then lead from that authentic place. No mask. No façade. No faking it. It’s really possible to live and lead from such a place. This seminar will look at the important connection between emotional and spiritual health and give a vision for a different way of loving God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.