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Well, sort of.  I launched a new “chat box” feature on the forums at TheWorshipCommunity.Com yesterday and it’s been a lot of fun to chat “in real time” with so many folks from all over the world.

Although it’s pretty self-explanatory, I took this opportunity to try out ScreenFlow and made a tutorial video on how to use the chat features.  Check it out, and come chat!

Hey Ya’ll!

So the much-anticipated album from Kari Jobe released a few weeks ago – and instantly was #1 in the Christian Music charts on iTunes.  Once again, a team of worship leaders came together to present a 4-person “ReVue” of the album.  This is a concept that Joel Klampert helped dream up and has been a big hit over at TheWorshipCommunity.Com.

So, if you haven’t seen it already – head over to TheWorshipCommunity.Com and check out the ReVue.  If you’ve already purchased this CD, we’d love to hear your comments on it as well.  You can comment here, over at TWC, or both!

Hey Everybody,

OK – so it’s no secret.  I’ve been dialoging with some folks about hosting a worship conference.  I suppose it would be hosted by TheWorshipCommunity.Com.  It would be sponsored through Worship International, a non-profit ministry that I started a few years ago for things like this.  I’m asked constantly when I am going to do another “Worship Under the Stars” but I think an event that has worship rivaling that of “Worship Under the Stars” yet also equips worshipers and leaders is more of what lights my fire right now.

There is a funny discussion happening over at TheWorshipCommunity.Com called “so when is fred going to do a worship conference“?.  Check it out.

One thing I’ve said over and over is that I don’t want it to be like other conferences.  I’m not into having to have the big names with long lectures.  I want community.  I want social networking.  I want real dialogue, and real interaction in small pockets with proven leaders.  I experienced both (some big names and a lot of community) at the re:create conference, so the easiest answer is “just go to re:create” … but I do have it in my heart to do something here.

There’s some conference called “The Sticks” conference.  I don’t know much about it, other than it’s targeted for churches in small towns.  I was leading Tim Steven’s “Leading Smart” blog this morning and he discussed it.  He shared a testimony about that conference – let me post it here:

I am somewhat of a Conference Junkie. The problem with many of them is “The Cult of Personality”. You go to the big town with the big megachurch rock star pastors and everyone is looking for the next big thing to make their church grow.

I was skeptical of The Sticks myself. I had never heard of the any of the churches involved and only knew 2 of the speakers. But something about the concept of “The Sticks” gripped me. How could I overcome the challenges of ministering in a small town with limited resources and an over abundance of churches that quite literally “run” the town ……..

…… But The Sticks was different. I wasn’t watching the Mega Rock Stars of Church and listening to the Top Most Innovative, fastest gowing, cutting edge, blah blah blah people and feeling convicted that I wasn’t cutting it as a Pastor. I was watching normal guys who were doing abnormal things and I felt like I was home among friends.

We laughed, we cried, we worshiped and we felt the Presence of God – and we left more than inspired and overwhelmed with information. We left equipped and encouraged and ready to engage (I alliterated that for my baptist friends) our community for Christ! …. (from Tim Steven’s Blog)

Here’s my question …

How can we host a worship conference that would do this?  What would you want to see?  Would you attend – buy plane tickets, pay a hotel, registration fee … even if there were none (or very few) big names?

Let me hear from you – please.

One of the coolest things that has been happening over at TheWorshipCommunity.Com is the “ReVue” series … where instead of having one person (often, the same person) do a review of new worship resources, we get multiple reviews on the same resource.

We call this the “ReVue” and we just published a “ReVue” on a brand new album released by Integrity Music called “Light in the Darkness” from Champions Center in Las Vegas, NV.

Led by worship leader Freddy Rodriguez, this album has a unique blend of styles, grooves, and songs.  The album was reviewed by Erika Michelle, Chris Vacher, Joel Klampert, and Russ Hutto.

Checkout the full “ReVue” over at TheWorshipCommunity.Com!