plays for “Ever Be” are a testimony of the call of our calling, heart, and passion to be at a
that is on Kalley’s life as both a worship leader Christian university. It was amazing!
and songwriter. While leading out in the spirit
may not be the right fit for your congregation, [WM] With that many worship leaders and
Kalley is a great example of what happens musicians in the mix, how do you work out
when a church endeavors to create a culture
the arrangements? Is there a primary music
where worship leaders are encouraged to grow [WM] We understand you began leading in an environment where a safety net of grace worship in college through a student-led is there to catch them as they are growing into worship ministry. Was that why the stop at [Kalley] Absolutely. We have an established
their gifts. As the 2nd Year Worship Pastor at Liberty University was such a highlight for you method in terms of how we arrange things on
the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry, on the Starlight tour? stage and who takes the lead and who defers.
Kalley is actively passing on the Bethel DNA to
the next generation of worshippers.
director (MD) guiding the whole thing along?
Michael Pope will do band directing from a
[Kalley] Yeah, that was a really special microphone, and he is an incredible help in the
moment. You know, you kind of hit those “full area of that oversight. It’s like he takes an aerial
circle” moments, those times where you come view for us, because you can kind of get in the
back around and the Lord has something to moment and there are a lot of levels that you
say, almost as an echo. The Liberty University are thinking about, so he really gives us kind of
stop seemed to echo a lot of where it began a musical perspective, makes incredible calls,
for me. It was a time of exploration between and surrounds us in that way, so we really lean
the Lord and myself. Coming up in a more heavily on Michael Pope.
Written words come up a bit short when it intellectual background and the process of comes to capturing the passion you can hear the Lord kind of speaking to me through it We also have established leaders and co-
in Kalley’s voice as you hear her talk about and the breakthroughs that happened there leaders and that brings some form to it. More
worship, so before reading the following are so special to me. My husband works at a than any kind of delegated role or position
interview we encourage you to watch the University, is getting his Master’s degree and (those bring a degree of tidiness and official
song story video for “Ever Be” – you’ll be glad feels called to the academic community. For deferring), I would say the underpinning of what
you did! myself and my family, it really tapped into some you experience in these worship sets is a very
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