Dear Worship Team #1

📷: David Heinlein

Happy New Year!! 2018 is here and full of possibility. I love blank pages, clean slates, new chapters, or whatever other analogy or picture you want to insert. There’s just something beautiful about beginnings, fresh starts.

With that in mind I’m going to spend the next little while writing some daily encouragements to the worship team at Shelter Rock Church where I serve as worship pastor. While these are directed at them, anyone else is welcome to be a part. Welcome to something new!

Dear Awesome Worship Team!

Jesus said, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45) That’s on my heart for us this year.  Learning how to truly serve one another. We use the word all the time: “Are you serving this week?” “Where are you serving on the team?” and on and on. But what does it mean? Is that the reason we are on the team? Do we approach our music and tech prep (or lack thereof) with that in mind? I’m asking myself and you!

Our congregation is trusting us to lead them in worship and teach them week in and week out. How can we serve them? When I’m on stage playing the first notes of the service am I focused on how I can serve that person, those people with my songs and words and encouragement?

Let’s talk about it, pray about it and, most of all, live it.

Are you in?

Your worship pastor,

Ben

The Sound and the Stirring is Out!

So excited to celebrate the release of this EP! Available everywhere!

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I also have some physical copies if you’d like to order…

Credits

  1. The Sound and the Stirring
    Ben Ward: Songwriter, Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitars
    Alberto Vaz: Mix Engineer, Electric Guitars, Synth
    Edgar Meeks: Drums
    Pete Coco: Bass
    Shaun Stols: Assistant Engineer
  2. This Changes Everything
    Ben Ward: Songwriter, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
    Sebastian Danalis: Songwriter
    Alberto Vaz: Mix Engineer
    Jonathan Mix: Tracking Engineer, Pads, Vocals
    Luke Kutler: Assistant Engineer
    Edgar Meeks: Drums
    Steve Osorio: Bass
    Mike Fenimore: Electric Guitars, Rhodes
    Sara Ciotti: Voclas
  3. Your Name
    Ben Ward: Songwriter, Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitars
    Alberto Vaz: Mix Engineer, Acoustic Guitars, Synth
    Edgar Meeks: Drums
    Pete Coco: Bass
    Shaun Stols: Assistant Engineer
  4. Become Us
    Ben Ward: Songwriter, Piano, Vocals
    Alberto Vaz: Mix Engineer
  5. Christmas Anthem (Sacred Harp)
    Ben Ward: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
    Alberto Vaz: Mix Engineer
    Stephanie Osorio: Vocals
    Sara Ciotti: Vocals