Chris Kuti on how Life.Church Worship started writing original songs and the power of songwriting in your church
Songwriting can unlock opportunties to wrap a melody around your church’s vision and heartbeat. As a worship pastor and now the central ministry leader of worship arts at Life.Church, Chris Kuti has seen first-hand the power of original songs within their services. In this conversation, Chris shares how to get a songwriting ministry started at your church, the process of how songs get evaluated and chosen at Life.Church and the importance of co-writing and creating with the door open.
Find Chris Kuti online:
Instagram: instagram.com/chriskuti
Twitter: twitter.com/chriskuti
Facebook: facebook.com/chriskuti
Three of the original Life.Church songs mentioned in this episode are:
In the bonus round, these are two of the books that Chris recommends:
The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact by Chip and Dan Heath
Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction by Derek Thompson
Some of the Performing Rights Organizations (PROs) and other revenue resources are:
Look closely and you’ll see Chris playing electric guitar in this scene of the movie I Can Only Imagine. Look even closer and you’ll see original MercyMe drummer Trent Austin and original bass player Kendall Combes.
While we’re on the topic of worship songs, one of the latest Practical Worship YouTube videos is called
5 tips to find new worship songs for your church services.
Something we didn’t touch on during the episode but is a great resource for any worship or creative pastor is the Life.Church Open Network resources website. There's over 35,000 sermons, transcripts, kids lessons, worship songs, art and graphics, and the entire two-year Bible App for Kids Curriculum package available all for FREE.
The product of the month is Worship Workspace. It’s a community of worship leaders that are just as committed to their ministries as you are using the texting app Slack to pour into one another. Bounce ideas off your mastermind group, learn more from industry experts in the area of MainStage, Ableton and songwriting and participate in monthly development sessions with people like Jeremy Riddle, Paul Baloche and Meredith Andrews.
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