Registration has opened for EQUIP, the annual youth conference at Vineyard Anaheim. While not a “worship” event, it’s always good to spread the word to area youth leaders and pastors about this event. Below is info from VineyardUSA.com about this year’s conference.
Note: Vineyard Anaheim will not be hosting their annual worship conference for adults this year.
The theme is “To Know This Love”. Once an individual comes to really know the love that the Father has for them, they are changed forever. We will look at the Father’s love closely and challenge each youth with what it looks like to be loved, to live in that love, and to allow that love to permeate all of who we are and what we do.
Niel and Janet Young, youth pastors from the Causeway Coast Vineyard in Northern Ireland, will be our speakers for EQUIP 09. They have an awesome ministry of taking the love of God into the streets and seeing young people healed and saved. Together they will share with us over four sessions on the many aspects of the love of God. Concurrently, Brennan Manning will be sharing in the adult conference where we will all join together on the final evening. Through the Young’s and Brennan Manning, we anticipate God doing some really neat things here at Anaheim this summer.
If you haven’t checked out the Inside Worship podcast put out by Vineyard Music, you are missing out on some great songs, song stories, and encouragement in your journey as a worship leader. Recent songs that have been featured by Inside Worship are “Christ Is Risen” by Jeremy Riddle, “Brighter Day” by Chris Lizotte, and “Sing Your Praise” by Sheri Carr.
From Vineyard Music:
The Inside Worship Podcast focuses on emerging songs and song stories “from the Church, for the Church”. Each podcast features a new song, an exclusive interview with the songwriter and a downloadable .pdf chord sheet of the featured song. In addition to the song and song story highlight, each podcast will address various issues in our modern worship culture - from the very practical to the deeper issues of the heart, as well astheological discussions and a bit of humor thrown in from time to time.
FEATURED VINEYARD RESOURCE The Now And Not Yet The Anticipated New Album From Jeremy Riddle
Riddle’s celebrated 2007 album Full Attention introduced the world to this new voice, and included the #1 hit “Sweetly Broken”. Now Riddle has crafted a follow-up that is equally rich in its organic synthesis of powerful lyrics and driving rhythms.
The Now and Not Yet was produced by Ron Aniello (Lifehouse, Jeremy Camp, Sixpence None the Richer) and is poised to make another remarkable impact on the Church. Click through and listen; you won’t be disappointed
“THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY COME”
worship weekend/March 6th & 7th/Terry, Randy & Carrie Butler hosting
(other Butlers will be involved who have names too! It’s actually a Butler reunion with a worship weekend thrown in!)
* extended times of worship
* practical/theological/encouraging/challenging main sessions (3)
* workshops that matter!
Examples:
- going to the next level on acoustic guitar/ keyboard stuff - inversions/pads/getting the right gear/rhythm patterns (done with live video so keys and hands are up on the screen - you’ll actually see what the teacher is doing!)/help! I’m burnt out!/getting started as a worship leader/bang the drum! (percussion/drums)/learning how to hear & sing parts/basic bass/advanced bass/bass fishing (just kidding!)/creative worship sets - “six songs and out gets boring sometimes!” (using scripture, responsive readings,written prayers, and graphics in congregational worship/tips for frustrated songwriters/there are others workshops that we’ll list as soon as we get our act together (don’t hold your breath!)
* Healing Prayer available all weekend! (teams of three praying for you for a half hour!
* Saturday night worship/celebration open to the public
* a MIGHTY breakfast (more than continental!!!) with really good coffee!!!!
* a teeny price - $35 bucks!
Includes refreshments/breakfast/materials/bass, lead guitar and drummerjokes!/resource table (free articles on worship, etc…)/professional gear & audio folks to talk to/drastically reduced prices on old Randy and Terry worship CD’s (OK, just kidding - we are actually selling them for $25 a pop!)/free Kleenex during ministry times
* some free lodging is available (first come, first served) and a list of hotels is forthcoming
The Institute of Contemporary and Emerging Worship Studies is conducting a series of online worship training courses. The next course available is titled “Essentials Green” and takes place in March. Here’s some info from their site.
Lead from the soul.
THE ESSENTIALS COURSE is a unique, 15 week online learning experience. Study the arts of worship theology, history, creativity, spiritual formation and leadership with internationally respected worship leader Dan Wilt, M.Min., with media from N.T. Wright, Robert Webber, Matt Redman, Brian Doerksen and others. LEARN MORE or CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
ESSENTIALS GREEN is a 5 week module that makes up 1/3 of The FULL ESSENTIALS COURSE (Blue, Red and Green). GREEN is the study of foundational worship values, leadership and spiritual formation.
Tomorrow (Sept 23), Varietal Records will be releasing a new solo record from Ryan Delmore titled “The Spirit, The Water, And The Blood”. Ryan and his songs are familiar to many worship leaders both in the Vineyard and around the world, and he has been an influential worship leader and writer in the Vineyard movement.
Ryan’s, who is from California’s Central Cost, has penned a myriad of familiar worship songs like Better Than Life, Never Looking Back, Set Me On Fire, and Let it Come.
Varietal Records describes this highly anticipated release:
Produced by friend and fellow worship leader Chris Lizotte and featuring guitarist Marc Ford, The Spirit, The Water, and The Blood is the ragged-but-true sound of a sinner saved by grace, lifting up a thankful heart to Jesus with his guitar and voice. In his debut release with Varietal, Ryan crafts simple songs with a poetic depth that invites his listeners to join him and lift their voices to commune with God.
Streams of country, rock, gospel, and folk blend together to create a unique musical backdrop upon which Ryan’s intimate worship and passionate praise are built. Ryan’s sound harkens back to that of artists like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Tom Petty while resonating with the influence of fellow worship leaders John Barnett, Chris Lizotte, and Ireland’s Brian Houston.
Ryan sat down with Kyle Campos of Our Rising Sound (http://www.ourrisingsound.com/) to discuss the new record and more. The three-part interview is here.
This coming weekend, the Scotts Valley Vineyard will be hosting the “Authority To Heal - Vineyard Equipping Conference. Speakers will include Bob Obert and Ken Blue, and Scott Underwood will be leading worship during the conference.
Here is Pastor Bob Obert’s invitation to this event:
Dear Friends, I got involved in the Vineyard in 1985 with John Wimber and what was really attractive to me about the Vineyard was the no hype, practical approach to spirit-led teaching and and spirit-filled ministry. I was also powerfully impacted by the simple heart felt worship that was both celebrational and intimate. These wonderful things are our inheritance. They are God’s unique gift to the Vineyard to embrace and give away to the body of Christ.
The purpose of these equipping conferences is to provide a venue for ministry and good teaching that lines up with what John Wimber taught and modeled to us. There seems to be something of a spiritual need within the Vineyard movement. It could be an absence of training and equipping conferences that are rooted in the Vineyard values that we’re developed in the early 80’s. As long as there is a need, people in our mist who are seeking experiences with the Holy Spirit and the ministry of Jesus will continue to be hungry but unfulfilled. Let’s fan the flame again!
We would like to thank everyone who registered for the fall retreat for Western Region Worship. Unfortunately, due to lack of sufficient registrations to make the event viable, the members of the regional worship task force believe that it is best to cancel the retreat.
Of course we are disappointed to announce this because we were looking forward to having Dan Wilt come and share with us. We would like to thank Dan for his helpfulness and willingness to contribute to the event. We hope that we can bring him down for a different type of weekend event in our region soon.
Refunds
Any of you who have paid a deposit or the full registration fee will receive a refund in 7-10 business days. Any questions regarding refunds or anything else about the event can be directed at worship@vineyardwestern.com
Paul is right-on when it comes to challenging your team to stop playing the charts, and to memorize songs, and learn that most songs are patterns. Good stuff.
