Podcast Episode #641
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Today we welcome Jordan Richmond, worship pastor at West Bradenton Baptist Church. We discuss practical ways leaders can make worship services better right now. Jordan has been married to Heather for 14 years and they’ve led worship together for all of it. They have 4 children.
How to Make Worship Services BETTER Right Now
- Check-in with your people personally.
- Dig into technical areas where you need to improve
- Think intimate. Not big.
- Go shorter. Not longer.
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That wonderful Jordan has been my friend for almost twenty years. I remember when he was a student at MBI. Great man, great musician, great servant, and a shining example of JESUS…
I think a lot of this depends on your context and whether your primary purpose is ministering to your people or attracting new people. A 30 minute service would not meet the needs of our congregation in this pandemic time. We keep it under an hour, but 1.5 songs and a devotional would not keep our momentum going.
We’re doing a kids’ segment and a grace story (testimony), too. We’ve innovated and it’s been well-received. All pre-recorded and released Sunday AM,
And we are having new people tune in and stay in. Glad it’s working for you guys. Just might want to contextualize.