Monthly Archives: December 2009

The Journey Church Worship Pastor Josh Dix, Interviewed By Sojourn Pastor Mike Cosper

Sojourn Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper recently sat down with Josh Dix, Worship Pastor at The Journey, a multi-campus Acts 29 church in St. Louis, MO.  In this interview, you’ll learn about Josh’s background as well as these things: What is a worship experience like at The Journey church Being an “equal opportunity offender” How does he respond to critics after services, who don’t like certain songs or elements What does he think about Guitar Hero? (hint: if you want to be good at Guitar Hero, Josh thinks you should practice piano …)

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The Last Week of 2009 on sojournmusic.com

Hi friends. We hope you had a Merry Christmas and will have a Happy New Year this weekend. I am vacationing in sunny Florida and will return on January 4, so there is no “Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs” column this week. I will return with that Monday series on January 11. But look for a brand new video Q&A here this Wednesday, featuring Josh Dix (Worship Pastor for The Journey Church in St. Louis) and Sojourn Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper. And if you haven’t had a chance to check out the new Inside Sojourn yet, visit iTunes …« Read Entire Post

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Hear Worship Leader Panels From Acts 29 Boot Camp at New "Inside Sojourn" Podcast

We’re launching a brand new all-church podcast called Inside Sojourn.  This podcast, available for free at iTunes and other podcast directories, will include all the kinds of features you’re used to hearing on the old Sojournmusic.com Radio podcast, plus many other interviews covering all sides of Louisville’s Sojourn Community Church. Check out Inside Sojourn at iTunes HERE Get the Podcast RSS feed HERE And for all the Sojournmusic.com Radio listeners who haven’t heard anything new on that podcast in awhile, we’ve launched Inside Sojourn with long-form audio from two sessions of the Worship Track at Ambition, the Acts 29 Network’s …« Read Entire Post

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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs: Get A Free "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" mp3 and see our Music Set List

This set list is one of many that you can find at the worship music set list blog carnival at fredmckinnon.com, featuring many different kinds of churches. You can learn about some of the songs we sing at Sojourn Gathered each week in advance of the Sunday service by reading my “Getting Ready For Sunday” post each week at Sojourn’s online journal, TravelBlog. Photos this week by Dan Canales. 1. Silent Night the classic carol by Joseph Mohr.  Depending on the service, Sojourners sang along with arrangements by either BiFrost Arts or Rosie Thomas.  Both are excellent modern versions of “Silent Night.” 2. …« Read Entire Post

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Indelible Grace's Kevin Twit On Service Planning, Modeling Christian Living, and the TV Show "Lost"

Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper talked with RUF Pastor/Indelible Grace founder Kevin Twit for three short video interviews during Ambition, the Acts 29 Network’s 2009 Louisville Boot Camp. Watch Part One of the Kevin Twit-Mike Cosper Interview Here Watch Part Two of the Kevin Twit-Mike Cosper Interview Here Here is the concluding installment: In this video, Kevin Twit discusses: Whether to plan worship services primarily for believers or unbelievers Modeling the Christian life What is really going on in the TV show Lost???

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Indelible Grace Founder Kevin Twit: 3 Minute Video About What Worship Leaders Should Focus On

Sojourn Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper sat down with RUF Pastor Kevin Twit, the founder of Indelible Grace, for three short video interviews during Ambition, the Acts 29 Network’s 2009 Louisville Boot Camp.  We published the first last week here on sojournmusic.com.  Now, watch the second: He talks about Whether or not to incorporate multi-media elements into worship services. What worship leaders should focus on. Being the “first interpreter of a song” for people

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Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs with Keith & Kristyn Getty, and Sojourn

This set list is one of many that you can find at the worship music set list blog carnival at fredmckinnon.com, featuring many different kinds of churches. You can learn about some of the songs we sing at Sojourn Gathered each week in advance of the Sunday service by reading my “Getting Ready For Sunday” post each Friday at Sojourn’s online journal, TravelBlog. Photos this week by Dan Canales. For this second Sunday of Advent, Keith and Kristyn Getty led worship during the 5pm and 7pm services at our Germantown campus.  They led from their own extensive catalog of compelling modern hymns.  …« Read Entire Post

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Short Video: Kevin Twit of Indelible Grace Interviewed By Sojourn's Mike Cosper

As part of our continuing Five Questions For Worship Leaders series, Sojourn Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper interviews Kevin Twit, Reformed University Fellowship Pastor and also the founder of Indelible Grace: In this short video segment (the first of three videos featuring Kevin Twit), learn: The background of Indelible Grace How Kevin Twit plans worship services at R.U.F. What criteria does Kevin look for when choosing songs How does he deal with complaints (and how did Marva Dawn inspire him in dealing with complaints) What does Kevin Twit think of Guitar Hero

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