Worship leading isn’t just a role for the musically talented.
It’s not a gig for the artsy people in your church.
It’s about pastoring, teaching, and equipping. And in order to do that with effectiveness, you need to know Scripture.
For this episode of the Beyond Sunday podcast I was privileged to sit down with Aaron Keyes. Aaron is a powerful worship leader, teacher, and songwriter.
I can’t say enough about our conversation. So real, powerful and refreshing.
We chatted about everything from discipling worship leaders to the priority of Scripture to songwriting tools/resources to being inspired.
Take a listen and leave a comment, letting me us know what you took away from the interview!
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Post Resources
- The Worship School
- Book: Songwriters On Songwriting
- Book: The Complete Rhyming Dictionary
- Book: Writing Better Lyrics
- Sermons by John Courson
- Using Evernote for songwriting
Tweetable One-Liners
- “I’ve read through the Bible, but I needed to get it through me” (tweet this).
- “A song that moves you was written by somebody that was moved” (tweet this).
- “You can’t engineer great art. You have to feel it” (tweet this).
- “Worship leaders lead songs. Worship pastors lead people.” (tweet this).
- “If you took away your music would you still be a leader in your church?” (tweet this).
- “Are you on stage because you’re musical or because you have something to offer that’s rich in God?” (tweet this).
- “Competency without character is just making you more and more dangerous” (tweet this).
- “Prioritize your life towards the people you lead, more than the songs you lead” (tweet this).
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Best episode so far. Incredibly challenging words that spoke clearly and loudly to me.
Thanks Henry! I’ve been challenged as well.
Wow. I agree with Henry. Aaron is just such a light it is catching and inspiring even through a podcast. Dang, that is a cool thing. So much cool stuff to glean from this episode. I know I will be listening though http://www.joncourson.com/ for sure.
Awesome, Daniel. I plan to check out some of his messages too. Had never heard of him before this!
I’m leaping! I love So much about this interview and it’s richness from concepts to passion. One of my favorite parts that was great too hear was Aaron tries not to have specific playlists for Sunday but rather is lead by the Spirit in their services. So many churches I have visited recently have countdown clocks , playlists for congregation everything turns into a big production. Getting congregation in at 9 and out by 10 for the next service. So kudos for taking off the watch and loosening up the structure and be in the moment with God and letting Him use you as an instrument.
Wow! What a fantastic interview. As a new worship leader i’m now intending to pick up my Bible more and dig into. Aaron has such a deep knowledge of the Bible and it just flows out like water, aiming to be like that one day. Felt like God was speaking to me through the whole interview.. Be blessed all
That’s awesome, Joe. Keep immersing yourself in Scripture and speak it out loud. I find that always helps with remembering it.
I had the awesome blessing of being led to the throne in worship by Aaron for a number of years. He has the ability to get himself out of the way for the purpose of coming into the presence of God. I miss that so much and miss his heart. He taught me about “dwelling in the shadow of the Most High God and resting in the beauty of His presence”. His song “Not Guilty Any More” never fails to bring me to tears…remembering that no matter where I’ve been or what I’ve done He forgives me and accepts me. Aaron, I miss you so much!
So what gives? As The Godfather might say, it’s strictly business.
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a big help and guide for worship leaders and for beginner worship leaders. Knowing and digging into deeper level about the scriptures and understandinh it by HEART is so much important