and only talking about Him? We actually found 900 active worship team members, seventy And then a couple times a year we actually
that it was a pretty challenging assignment. of whom are on staff, diligence must play a go off site for a couple days and just focus on
significant role in given how much of this album songwriting. We’ll come out with several songs
The great thing about the song “Jesus You has come to rest upon your shoulders. Can you at the end of a couple days, so those are a few
Alone” is that it’s a beautiful flow of the vision unpack what that process looks like from your ways we do it. The diligence definitely plays into
that our Senior Pastor has. Nicole is one of the perspective? that whole creative process.
with, and Jesse is great too. We just jumped [Nicole McLean] I remember hearing that [WM] Since so much of what you do is about
into a room and took what Pastor Chris said. the process is about what you put in, not what healthy replication, how do you approach
And in a ninety-minute songwriting session we you get out. I feel like the songwriting process, growing up the next generations of songwriters,
basically walked out with a song that we feel as much as it is a daily discipline, can easily fall operative word being generations?
reflects the heart of our Senior Pastor, the heart off of the to-do list when there are other things of our church, and really reflects where we feel going on. Making sure there is priority, not only [Chris] It’s actually along the same lines as the
like the Lord is focusing us in our worship in this to the daily devotion, but also taking time to heart of Worship Musician magazine. You have
season of our lives! hone in on that craft as well. to resource first, then the big part that you have
[WM] Nicole, in addition to being a co-writer, We have weekly writing sessions that are in the older spectrum for some of our team, is
you’re also the worship leader on “Jesus You happening. There are writing sessions that to create an environment and opportunities for
Alone”. Given the fact that you have over happen quarterly, where it’s an all-day session. younger generations. One where we’re actually
most amazing songwriters I’ve ever worked
to do, especially for someone like me who is
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