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The First Step in Creating Your Brand
A church should definitely think about its brand—you represent some version of yourself to the world whether it's intentional or not. This first step is a great way to get started, and it doesn't cost a thing....
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Worship
Pastor First, Worship Second
As a Worship Pastors—or Kids Pastors, Small Groups Pastors, or Lead Pastosr—the most important part of our title is the word 'pastor.' In this video, Worship Pastor Chris Kuti walks us through some things we can do to 'pastor' attenders through music and even beyond the music....
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Worship
Creating a Worship Set That's More Than Just Songs
When you're creating a worship set, or any part of the experience, think about your main goal for the service. If it's to connect people to the heart of God, create a set tells God how great He is. If you have a mission to encourage your attenders during a certain week, choose songs that are upbeat...
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Worship
Worship Recording Tips: Building the Plane in the Air
For our first live-recording project, we had to learn a few things as we went. One was that live recordings aren't as easily controlled as studio recordings, so we had to go back and do a little post-production polishing. We learned a lot from other ministries like Elevation Church that have gone b...
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Worship
Original Worship Songs: Writing the Lyrics
When writing a song—or creating anything for your ministry—stay true to the culture and purpose of your church. For us, that means writing songs that incorporate key phrases and principles that are already familiar to our attenders. That familiarity helps them move past the "newness" of the song st...
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Worship
Fully Devoted: Recording Live or in the Studio
What's the purpose of your project? It's a simple question, but it will help guide the creation of any new asset you're creating for your ministry. When it came to recording "Fully Devoted" to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of Life.Church, we knew that the purpose could be better served by recor...
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Creative
Creative Media: The Plan Before the Brand
If you're wondering how to begin a rebranding process, we’ve learned a few things working through our own brand update, and we'd love to share those learnings with you. A rebranding doesn’t have to be a redefinition. Our brand update was about clarifying who we are. We started by digging into what...
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Creative
Creative Media: New Brand, New Name
Our name change from LifeChurch.tv to Life.Church gave us a great opportunity to focus our brand on the key elements that make up who we are. When planning your brand, stay true to who you are and create a brand that reinforces and builds up who you aspire to be....
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Creative
Creative Media: Creating a Brand Book
In 2016, we rolled out an extensive brand update. For us, keeping everyone on the same page during our brand update was really important. We had a few meetings but the thing that helped the most was creating a solid, clear brand book that outlined every use-case for the brand. When you're dealing w...
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Creative
Creative Media: Celebrating 20 Years
The Life.Church brand update coincided with our 20 year anniversary in 2016, and we had a blast celebrating everything God has done. Perhaps the most poignant thing about our rebranding process was realizing how the brand isn’t just art elements that we create. The brand actually embodies the Life...
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