Training Resources
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Providing Training for Worship Leaders and Churches
CBU Worship is committed to providing quality resources and training to worship leaders and local churches. We give lectures, provide church training, and produce video resources on a regular basis. Check out some of our recent training material!
Worship Leadership
How to Choose and Find Music for Corporate Worship
David Toledo, California Baptist University
CSBC Church Music Workshop South 2023
This session provides a clear framework for selecting music that will enable your congregation to participate in corporate worship! We discuss how to evaluate music for worship to determine if it's the right fit for your church. We also offer helpful resources to find the best music for your church.
Why Won't They Sing?
Dr. David Toledo, California Baptist University
CSBC Church Music Workshop South 2023
Our congregations are the most important musical groups in our church. How can help them sing out? This session explores the importance of congregational singing, the obstacles to singing, and provides tangible steps to help your people participate more!
Planning and Multi-Generational Worship
Dr. David Toledo, California Baptist University
CSBC Church Music Workshop South 2023
Leading a diverse congregation of members from children to senior adults can be a challenge! This presentation lays the foundation for the importance of engaging with every member of your church, regardless of their age! It also provides some ideas on how to encourage your people to celebrate each other and join their voices together in the worship of God.
Planning and Leading Worship
Brendan Prout, Quest Church, San Diego, California
CBU Worship Workshop 2021
We will discuss challenges directly affecting today's worship leader and strategies for Developing Unity in Worship Vision and Direction, Partnering with and Supporting Your Leadership, Collaborating with your Team Members, Blending Styles and Bridging Generation, Developing Administrative & Organizational Leadership, Fostering Preparation, Cooperation, Participation, & Navigating Conflict within Worship Ministry.
Concert Worship & Congregational Worship
Steven Brooks, Worship Quest Ministries
CBU Worship Workshop 2022
"Sunday mornings at my church feel more like a concert than a worship service." "Why can't worship at my church be more like the worship concert I attended Friday night?" Have you heard these statements before? Have you asked these same questions? Join us as we explore the difference between a worship concert and congregational worship.
Theology & Pastoral Leadership
Foundations of Biblical Worship
Dr. David Toledo, CBU
CBU Worship Workshop 2022
We all desire for our worship services to be biblical — but what does that actually mean for the twenty-first century? In this session, we will examine the timeless foundational principles that have shaped Christian worship in the first century through the present.
The Spiritual Life of the Leader
David Toledo, California Baptist University
CBU Worship Workshop 2022
We’ve all experienced the “empty” moments where we feel like we have nothing left to give our people. In this session, we will explore creative ways to cultivate a heart for God even as our “job” is to be a worship
Guiding Your Church Through Worship Culture Change
Matthan Hillberg, Valley Baptist Church, Bakersfield
CBU Worship Workshop 2022
My pastor likes to say, "things that are different are not the same." In this session, we’ll talk through ways we can shepherd our teams and congregations past the ‘different’ of culture and style changes and focus their attention on Jesus who is the same, yesterday, today, and forever.
How to Spell Worship with Your Family
John Bolin, Kingsland Baptist Church, Katy, Texas
CBU Worship Workshop 2021
As worship leaders, we often find ourselves in the constant struggle of leading worship with the most important congregation God has ever given us... our family. In this session, we will look at 7 aspects of biblical worship in the home, how to train your children in living a life of worship, as well as powerful and practical ways to lead your family on a daily basis.
Worship and the Great Commission
Steven Brooks, Worship Quest Ministries
CBU Worship Workshop 2022
How can our worship enhance the call to go and make disciples in our communities and around the world? Are we not fulfilling the great commission because of disunity within the church? These questions and more will be considered.
Worship Formation: Leading Worship That is Spiritually Forming
Steven Brooks, Worship Quest Ministries
CBU Worship Workshop 2021
As we worship we are formed spiritually. But is that formation good or bad? In this session, we will consider how the songs, prayers, and reading of Scripture have the potential to spiritually form our congregations into the likeness of Jesus Christ.
Musical Leadership
Working with Worship Bands 1
Tom Brooks, California Baptist University
CBU Worship Workshop 2021
Join CBU faculty member, Grammy and Dove Award-winning artist, and founding producer of Integrity Music, Tom Brooks, as he leads a 2-part intensive on building and enhancing your worship band to help lead musical worship in your church!
Working with Worship Bands 2
Tom Brooks, California Baptist University
CBU Worship Workshop 2021
Join CBU faculty member, Grammy and Dove Award-winning artist, and founding producer of Integrity Music, Tom Brooks, as he leads a 2-part intensive on building and enhancing your worship band to help lead musical worship in your church!
Technology
Using Tracks, Stems, and Abelton Live
Justin McWhorter, Immanuel Baptist Church, Highland, California
CBU Worship Workshop 2021
An overview of using tracks, stems, and other software to enhance your weekend experiences.
Quality Broadcast Audio on a Church-Friendly Budget
Matthew McConnell, California Baptist University
CBU Worship Workshop 2021
Learn how to deliver amazing audio recordings while being good stewards of the financial resources of your church.