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David and Kevin have been running the Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast for over 6 years now. If you haven't joined the conversation, we invite you to come sit at our table!

David Lindner and Kevin Kruse


    • Jul 5, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 229 EPISODES


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    Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, Episode 230: The Senior Pastor/Worship Leader Relationship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 51:23


    Perhaps the most important relationship in many churches is the one that exists between the worship leader and the senior pastor. And yet, often times it's one of the most difficult. Today, myself and Joe are joined by Dan Thompson as we talk about some of the ways worship team members do their pastor and worship leaders a disservice. We also talk directly to senior pastors and some of the responsibilities they have in protecting and supporting their worship teams. And of course, as usual, other things come up along the way too. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    WMC, 229: Christi Stills, Worship Ministry as a Pianist and Her Journey as a Composer.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 43:47


    Worship ministry has changed drastically over the last 25 years, and for pianists, that change hasn't always been easy. Today, we hear from Christi Stills who has been a pianist in a traditional, piano and organ worship ministry and has also spent the last 10 years playing with a worship band. Christi also shares with us about her journey as a composer, her success at getting her music out on Spotify, including one song, Lavender Fog, which has more than half a million plays. Christi can be found on Spotify at Christi Stills, as well as on Facebook and Instagram. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    WMC, 228 Preparing Worship Ministry For The Post-Covid Summer Ahead

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 24:33


    A lot of people are speculating about what summer 2021 is going to look like for the church. I think it's safe to say we should anticipate people taking a lot of time to rest and recuperate over the next few months. In fact, it might be what's needed. Still, we'll have services to plan and lead, when people may not be available, we might even be gone. How are we going to thoughtfully lead worship this summer?

    Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast 227: Spiritual Preparation For Leading Worship, Taize, Promises & The Blessing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 41:21


    As worship leaders we tend to spend the vast amount of our time on musical preparation and leave the spiritual preparation for leading worship until the last minute. We hope that God will "show up" in our corporate worship without having spent time in with Him personally. Today, David & Joe talk about some of the practical things we need to be doing in our personal walk with God to be ready to lead our congregations every Sunday. We also talk about some new worship songs like "Promises" by Maverick City, "The Blessing" by Kari Jobe and "Battle Belongs" by Phil Wickham. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Building Healthy Worship Teams Post Covid, Alex Enfiedjian, Worship Ministry Training (WMC-226)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 34:29


    Are you working to rebuild your team after the pandemic? Have you had to deal with someone on the team who is bringing everyone down? How do we build healthy teams? Also in this episode we talk about the importance of developing our leadership skills along with our musical skills. Today, we are joined by Alex Enfiedjian of Worship Ministry Training to share a little bit with us about building healthy teams in worship ministry. This is a conversation you don't want to miss as you're working to rebuild your worship teams post-Covid. And make sure to check out Alex's podcast (Worship Ministry Training) and website with a lot of resources: https://www.worshipministrytraining.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    WMC, 225: Learning From Our Mistakes and Dealing With The Loss of Mentorship in Worship

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 40:42


    You know that time you really messed up the song in the service? Or the time you forgot to put on your capo, or you went to start a track and it was on the wrong song, or you weren't on the right Main Stage patch? Yeah, me neither. Okay. Maybe that happened this Sunday. But how do we handle the mistakes? We also talk about the catastrophic loss of mentorship in too many churches across the country and what we can do to change it in our church. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    WMC, 224: Branon Dempsey of Worship Team Training

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 30:18


    Looking for some good training tools to train your worship team and worship leaders? We'd love to introduce you to Branon Dempsey or Worship Team Training and Worship Team Training University! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    WMC 223: Catching up with Joe, David's Peaceful Piano Hymns Album & New Fangled Techology

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 52:38


    In this episode we spend some time catching up with Joe and hearing about his experience in the ice storm, being without power for 10 days. We also talk about David's new album available on Spotify, iTunes and all digital platforms, "Peaceful Piano Hymns". --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    WMC, 222: Distractions

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 37:43


    Since we got distracted last time when we intended to talk about distractions, we're going to talk about distractions today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    WMC, 221: Art and Influence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 45:00


    In todays' episode we talk about the idea of worship arts ministry, supporting arts of all kinds in the church and building the influence of the church in society at large.

    WMC, 220: Ian Evans Guthrie

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 62:08


    In today's episode we have the privilege of hearing from Composer Ian Evans Guthrie as he shares some selections from his Christmas Album "Good Tidings In Covid."

    WMC, 219: All Things Christmas, Alternative Covid Ideas.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 62:06


    David & Joe talk about anything related to Christmas and planning Christmas services in the pandemic. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    WMC, 218: Crucial Conversations, Speaking the Truth In Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 42:56


    In this episode David & Joe talk about having the hard, but crucial conversations. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    WMC, 217: Joe & David are joined by Dan Thompson to talk Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 55:53


    If there are people who love Christmas more than the people on this episode, you probably don't want to meet those people! Join us as we talk about some 2020 ideas for your church's Christmas services. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    WMC, 216, Elements of Worship Flow You May Not Think About

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 45:23


    In this episode, Joe & David talk about worship flow, but we cover some info that is a little outside the normal discussion for flow that you might find interesting. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    WMC, 215: Rich Kirkpatrick Joins Joe & David to talk about Creativity.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 52:34


    Joe & David have the privilege of talking with Rich Kirkpatrick about his Pandemic journey and then his new venture into creativity.

    WMC, 214, The One Where We Talk About Stuff

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 59:09


    Joe & David catch up on all things Pandemic, and more in this episode of the Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast.

    Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, Episode 213 – David Introduces Joe to Loops and Multitracks

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 66:13


    In this episode David spends some time introducing Joe to the idea of using loops and multitracks with the worship team. Due to the tutorial nature of this episode, you may want to be sure to watch the video version on Facebook. This episode was recorded live on Facebook on Monday, August 10th at 10am […]

    Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, Episode 212

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 42:50


    Joe & David talk about some of the new tech they’ve been using recently as well as the apparently never-ending tech problems we are dealing with on a weekly basis. This episode was recorded live on Facebook on Monday, July27th at 10am Pacific Time. We would love to have you join and participate with the […]

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    Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, Episode 0211

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 39:54


    In this episode, Joe & David spend a little time talking about “self-management” in the midst of the pandemic. You’ll hear both David & Joe share some of the internal, emotional and mental struggles during this season. This episode was recorded live on Facebook on Monday, July 6th at 10am Pacific Time. We would love […]

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    Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, Episode 210 – Song Selection

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 41:03


    In today’s episode of the Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, Joe & David talk about some of the process they use for choosing new songs for their churches. This episode was recorded live on Facebook on Monday, June 15th at 10am Pacific Time. We would love to have you join and participate with the discussion mondays […]

    Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, Episode 209

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 35:26


    Learn from our mistakes Everything is different at the moment, including the Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast. Joe & David decided to go live on Facebook and record it to share on the podcast. We will be doing Facebook Live every Monday morning at 10am Pacific Time if you’d like to be a part of the […]

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    Episode 208 – When To Reopen?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 45:24


    We would love for you to join us on Facebook live, every Monday at 10am Pacific time! How do we handle the discussion about when to reopen our churches after the Covid-19 Crisis? It’s proving to be a very polarizing discussion for some, so how do we retain unity in the body of Christ while […]

    Episode 207

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020 58:01


    Worship During Covid-19 Everything is different at the moment, including the Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast. Joe & David decided to go live on Facebook and record it to share on the podcast. We will be doing Facebook Live every Monday morning at 10am Pacific Time if you’d like to be a part of the conversation! […]

    WMC Podcast, Episode 0206

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2019 51:54


    How do you hold each other accountable on your worship team? How do you gently encourage improvement and exploration of our individual "growing edges"?

    WMC Podcast, Episode 0204

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2019 61:39


    Can you minister authentically as a worship leader when you neglect your own spiritual and mental health?

    WMC Podcast, Episode 0203

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 36:53


    We invited Sarah to join us to chat about Bloom, her faith journey, and her go-to self-case regimen. She was an absolute delight, and we have no doubt that you'll love the interview.

    WMC Podcast, Episode 0202

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 41:42


    It's all about our fails and fears related to worship. Buckle in for the donkey ride!

    Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, Episode 0201

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2019 25:06


    Meet the new team, laugh, and get ready for a new season of the WMC podcast.

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    Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, Episode 0200

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2019 38:18


    David Lindner & Kevin Kruse This is it! It’s not the end of the podcast, but it’s the end of David & Kevin’s time hosting the podcast. In the next episode, you’ll meet our new hosts, Joe & Gabriel. In this episode, David & Kevin will give their final encouragement to worship leaders and pastors […]

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    Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, Episode 0199

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2019 34:55


    David Lindner & Kevin Kruse In this episode of the Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, David & Kevin spend the episode sharing about their lives. As they near the end of their time hosting the WMC podcast, they wanted to give everyone who has been listening to the podcast one final update on what’s been happening […]

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    Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, Episode 0198 – Reflecting on 10+ years of podcasting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 41:44


    David Lindner & Kevin Kruse In this episode David & Kevin stop to reflect on some of the things they’ve learned over the last 10 years of doing the Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, as well as some of the ways things have changed in their lives, in ministry and the world as a whole.  Why […]

    WMC Podcast, #196: Paul Baloche, Part 1 – Worship Leading

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2018 37:55


    Paul Baloche Over the 10 years of this podcast we have often spoken of our admiration for Paul Baloche. In our opinion he is the cream of the crop when it comes to worship leaders and worship songwriters. You would be hard pressed to find a worship songwriter who has had more of an impact […]

    WMC Podcast, #197: Paul Baloche, Part 2 – Worship Songwriting

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2018 37:55


    Paul Baloche Over the 10 years of this podcast we have often spoken of our admiration for Paul Baloche. In our opinion he is the cream of the crop when it comes to worship leaders and worship songwriters. You would be hard pressed to find a worship songwriter who has had more of an impact […]

    WMC Podcast, Episode #195: What do you do when your church wants to meet a justice need, but the neighborhood doesn’t support you?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018 50:14


    What do you do when your church wants to meet a justice need, but the neighborhood doesn’t support you? One of the harshest criticisms against the church has been that we don’t do enough to take care of the hurting and the poor. I’ve heard it many times. I’ve probably even said it many times. […]

    WMC Podcast, Episode #194: Why Do We Change In Ministry? What Changes Should We Be Making Now?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2018 43:00


    Why Do We Change In Ministry? Over the years of the podcast, Kevin & I have talked on the topic of change several times. You can look back through the archives to listen to some of those episodes. However, in today’s episode, we talk about some of the changes that have taken place at Kevin’s […]

    WMC Podcast, Episode #0193: Keith Getty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2018 48:55


    Keith Getty Keith and Kristyn Getty occupy a unique space in the world of music today as preeminent modern hymn writers. In re-inventing the traditional hymn form, they have created a catalogue of songs teaching Christian doctrine and crossing the genres of traditional, classical, folk and contemporary composition which are sung the world over. The […]

    WMC Podcast, Episode #0192: Lancelot Schaubert, Making A Jesus Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2017 47:07


      Lancelot Schaubert Lancelot Schaubert is the husband of Tara Schaubert, the grooviest girl on Earth. He has sold his written work to markets like The New Haven Review, McSweeney’s, The Poet’s Market, Writer’s Digest (magazine and books), The World Series Edition of Poker Pro, Encounter, The Misty Review, Carnival, Brink, and many other similar […]

    WMC Podcast, Episode #0191: William Messenger, Theology of Work

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2017 32:37


    William Messenger, Theology of Work The Theology of Work Project is dedicated to researching, writing, and distributing materials with a biblical perspective on non-church workplaces. We collaborate with pastors and churches, faith-and-work organizations, universities, and seminaries to equip workplace Christians for meaningful and fruitful work of every kind. Our offerings include the Theology of Work […]

    WMC Podcast, Episode #0190: Chris Horton, Worship Cohorts

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2017 38:15


    Chris Horton, Worship Cohorts My name is Chris Horton and I’m the Worship Leader at The Journey West County in St. Louis Missouri. I’m a member of The Journey Collective and have been the President of The Worship Cohort since January 2012. Website: http://www.worshipcohort.org/  Why don’t you chime in? Leave your feedback in the comments section below! […]

    WMC Podcast, Episode #0189: Chris Power, Full of Eyes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2017 37:41


    Chris Powers, Full of Eyes. My name is Christopher Powers and I create free visual resources for the global Church under the ministry title: “Full of Eyes.” After receiving my MA from Bethlehem College & Seminary in the fall of 2014, I started doing exegetical art full time with a special focus on attempting to […]

    WMC Podcast, Episode #0188: Emily Moore, Psalter Project

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2017 40:03


    Emily Moore, Psalter Project   Emily grew up as the itinerant daughter of an army chaplain, then studied music composition at the University of Oklahoma and graduated in 2014.  Due to chronic illness, she moved back in with her parents.  That winter, her brother and partner in crime Derek prompted her to start working professionally […]

    WMC Podcast, Episode #0187: Josh Davis, Proskuneo

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2017 34:04


    Josh Davis, Proskuneo Josh Davis is the Founder and Executive Director of Proskuneo Ministries. He is a multi-ethnic worship leader, clinician, songwriter, ordained minister, and music missionary. A third-culture person himself, Josh served as a missionary to the Dominican Republic before founding Proskuneo Ministries (www.proskuneo.org), a ministry that exists to bring nations together in worship on […]

    WMC Podcast, Episode #0186: Josh Blake, Of Folk And Field

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2017 40:44


    Josh Blake, Of Folk And Field   Josh started this project with just a few of his friends, but now he’s hoping that it’s going to go a lot further and include a lot more people! Check out our interview with him to find out how you can get involved!  Why don’t you chime in? […]

    WMC Podcast, Episode #0185: Sara Joseph, Christian Artist Resource

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2017 39:10


    Sara Joseph, Christian Artist Resource   So many of us have the desire to be discovered and noted for our work as Christians artists. It’s something I’ve desired and wanted as well. But, the question we need to wrestle with is why are we doing what we do? Is it for our own attention or […]

    WMC Podcast, Episode #0184: Mark Pierson, The Art of Curating Worship

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2017 40:00


    Mark Pierson, The Art of Curating Worship The Art of Curating Worship promotes a new vocabulary to help worship curators work out how and why and where worship can best engage their community, inside and outside the church, in transformative encounters with God. Listen in to our Interview with Mark and learn how you might […]

    WMC Podcast, Episode #183: Ken Steorts of Visible Music College

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2017 41:11


    Ken Steorts of Visible Music College. Ken is the creator of Visible Music College, which exists as a music and worship school to train and disciple a generation for effective service in the music industry. Ken toured with his band, Skillet, and saw a large number of young Christian musicians with great promise, but little […]

    WMC Podcast, Episode #182: Jonathan Malm, Sunday Social & Social Media

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2017 41:09


    Jonathan Malm, Sunday Social, Church Stage Design Ideas, Sunday Magazine..   We’ve had him on the podcast before, and we just had to have him on again! (Listen to the previous episodes here: Part 1 & Part 2.) Back then we were talking to him about a book he wrote: Created For More. Today, we […]

    WMC Podcast, #181 – Kevin Twit, Indelible Grace

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2017 41:35


    Kevin Twit, Indelible Grace In today’s episode, we had the incredible privilege of having a conversation (that was far too short!) with Kevin Twit of Indelible Grace. In this conversation we cover a lot of ground about what he and others have done with indelible grace as well as a great conversation about the content […]

    WMC Podcast, #180 – Chris Cragin-Day, Playwright

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2017 35:45


    Chris Cragin-Day, Playwright We invite you to join us for another great conversation! Today we are talking with Chris Craigen-Day, who is a playwright and her work: “Martin Luther On Trial.” Chris holds an MFA in Stage Directing from Baylor and a BA in Theater from OBU. She is an alumna of The Public Theater’s Emerging […]

    WMC Podcast, #0179, Kyle Pruzina, Parables Project

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2017 41:59


    Kyle Pruzina, Parables Project What is the Parables Project? Well, you can probably guess the theme, but if you want to know more about it you should listen to our discussion with Kyle Pruzina on today’s episode of the podcast. Kyle also shares with us about the band his is in, Airside, and some of the […]

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