NWLC 2011 (Leawood, KS), July 18-21

For over 20 years, Worship Leader has been gathering the most influential and inspiring teachers, pastors, musicians, technologists, and worship educators to keep you in balance and on target–to keep you engaging with God.

You will have more than 60 unique learning experiences to choose from; and with an added workshop time slot this year, you will be able to attend 9 different workshops. It’s like squeezing a year of training and experience into only 3½ days. Lead wiser, plan better, play or sing more expansively, offer the prayers of your congregation with more authority and humility–play, present or perform with greater passion, devotion and skill. And ride the edge of technology without falling off.

CLICK HERE to download full workshop schedule and descriptions

Workshop Notes:

If you are planning to attend any of the following workshops, please print the notes below beforehand to help us be better stewards of our resources:

• Church Music and the Copyright Law – Rod Rachinski
• Planning to Worship – Fred Heumann
• Programming the Church Year – David M. Edwards 
  (also download this sample:  Programming the Church Year Sample – Edwards)

WORKSHOPS INCLUDE:

(Please note that  speakers and topics are subject to change)

• Budgeting for Worship Leaders – Randy Swanson
• Building Worship Teams for Smaller Churches – John Chisum
• Bridging the Gap Between Traditional and Contemporary Worship Formats-Tom Matrone
• Dealing With Conflict on Your Worship Team – Rory Noland
• Every Tribe and Nation: Discovering Diversity in a Service of Worship – Josh Lopez
• How to Stay Motivated for Ministry – Buddy Owens
• Managing the Creative Mind – Clay Hecocks
• Moving Worshipers from Passive to Participatory – Constance Cherry
• Spiritual Renewal for Pastors and Worship Leaders: Regaining Intimacy with Jesus – Scotty Smith
• The Art of Surprise: Creative Use of Music, Art, and Space – John Chisum
• Worship Leadership After 40 – Clay Hecocks
• Worship on Earth as it is in Heaven -Rory Noland

• Spiritual Renewal for Pastors and Worship Leaders: Regaining Intimacy with Jesus – Scotty Smith
• Unleashing the Word: Fresh Ideas for Preaching – Adam Hamilton
• Who Pastors the Worship Leader? – Jack Hayford

• 10,000 Reasons: Thoughts on inspiration and perspiration in worship songwriting – Matt Redman
• How to Modernize Hymns and Use Them in Contemporary Worship – Lance Winkler
• Chart Writing
• NewSong Café – Worship Together
• Releasing Creativity-Tim Hughes
• Song DISCovery Panel
• Songwriting – Tim Hughes
• Songwriting – Tommy Walker
• Topping the Charts: Why and How to Write Them!-Stefanie Kelly
• Turn Ancient Hymns Into Modern Worship – Lance Winkler

• Cover Me, I’m Going In – Kent Morris
• Digital Mixing and Recording for Worship – Justin Spence
• Out of the Darkness: Using LED Technology to Create a Workable Lighting Array – Kent Morris
• Top-Ten Fixes for Live Sound: How to Identify and Correct Common Audio Problems – Kent Morris

• Creative Worship Leading in Community-Nate Ragan & Chad Jarnagin
• Creating Video for Worship – Matt Slocum
• Multi-Screen & Environmental Projection… On a budget – Luke McElroy
• The Visual Worship Leader: Ministering Through Visual Technology – Nate Ragan
• Visual Environments in Worship – Stephen Proctor

• Engaging Your Vocal Technique- Scott & Vonda Dyer
• Vocal Style and Communications – Scott & Vonda Dyer
• Vocal Teams: Group Singing Dynamics – Scott & Vonda Dyer
• Vocal Technique- Scott & Vonda Dyer

• Acoustic Guitar – Yamaha
• Bass Guitar- Reggie Coates
• Drums – Bryan Taylor
• Electronic Drums in Worship – Roland
• Electric Guitar – Yamaha
• Keyboard Skills- Corey Fournier
• Using Loops and Multi-tracks in Worship – Phillip Edwards
• Piano in Worship – Stefanie Kelly

• Copyright Class – Rod Rachinski
• Creating Flow in Worship – David M. Edwards
• Planning for Worship? Questions to answer for Maximum Impact– Fred Heumann
• Programming the Church Year - David M. Edwards
• You Are What You Sing-So Choose Carefully! – Constance Cherry

• Empowering Tomorrow’s Leaders – Stan Endicott
• Hip Hymns! Hooray! – Cherry Gaarsi
• I Was Made for Praise – Cherry Garasi
• The Value of Youth Choirs – Ray Jones
• Worship Trends for the Future: Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders- Dr. Vernon Whaley

• Prayer (Final title TBA) – Chuck Smith Jr.
• Engaging with God – Steve Berger
• Heaven – Not a ‘?’ an ‘!’ – Steve Berger

• A Successful Choir – Here’s How to Have One – Stan Endicott
• Love God… Love People: Bringing the Lost to Christ through Worship – Ray Jones
• The Worship Choir: Is the day of the choir over or has it changed? – Ray Jones

• Going to Church in 4th Century Jerusalem – Dr. Reggie Kidd
• Jesus Christ, Our Worship Leader – Dr. Reggie Kidd
• The Odes – John Andrew Schreiner

• Building Your Social Network – DJ Chuang & Matt Peterson
• Stewardship of Technology: How to Make the best Tech Choices – DJ Chuang
• Streaming Your Services – Worship Stream & Roland Systems Group

• 1 Purchase, 3 Sizes–TripleWide Media
• A New Approach to Ministry Research–MinistryMatters.com
• A Paper-free Approach and Copyright Administration 101- LifeWayWorship.com
• Affordable HD Solutions for Your House of Worship –Sony
• An Easy Way to Plan and Organize Your Weekend Services and Volunteers–Planning Center Online
• Anyone Can Create a Beautiful Church Personal Website –Clover
• Clayfire: Reshaping Worship Together–Augsburg Fortress
• Drums in the Church, Solutions for the Quiet Stage- Pearl Corporation
• Fruitful Worship Leadership- Regent University
• MediaShout Version 4.5 : Advanced Techniques- MediaComplete
• Personal Mixing/Monitoring for the Musician- Roland Systems Group
• PreSonus Sound Revolution-PreSonus
• Recording Solutions for Songwriters- Roland Corp
• Spectrum Changes & In-ear Monitors- Shure
• Theology Through Technology–Sharefaith
• Virtual Instruments: Making Your Worship Sound Better and Your Job Easier- The Freddy
• Web Streaming –WorshipStream & Orbit Media
• Worship Technology to Grow Your Church- AVMAN
• Why a Worship Degree- Liberty University
• Why Use Wireless in-ear Monitors- Sennheiser
• Why It’s Not All About Praise Charts-PraiseCharts
• Yamaha Keyboards in Worship–Yamaha