On today's episode, we talk with Amy Sutton of Northwoods Community Church in Peoria, IL.

Amy shares about how she's introduced the practice of psalming, not only to her team, but to the church at large.

Here's a LINK to one of their worship services where they psalmed as a congregation! 

Here's a LINK to HOLY SPIRIT, COME (Spotify) the first release from Northwoods mentioned in the podcast.

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On day two of Writing Worship Conference 2024, we heard from 3 of our Worship Songwriter Mentorship Mentors - Emily Weeks, Stacy Riddle, and Sue Green. 

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On day one of Writing Worship Conference 2024, we heard from 3 of our Worship Songwriter Mentorship Mentors -  Rachael Thomas, Sharon Byrd, and Ryan Hall.  

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Before each of our Writing Camp days, we share a devotional message.  On this day, it was Ryan Hall (Worthy of it All), one of our Worship Songwriter Mentorship Mentors.  You could listen to this before your next writing session - who knows what could happen!?

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We continue featuring our Writing Worship Conference 2024 series of talks with Krissy's message to attendees inspired by an in-depth study of the Psalms and singing the Psalms (Psalming).  This is a must for any worship songwriter - crafting heartfelt songs for the Church.

Apply now for the Worship Songwriter Mentorship.  Our foundational course for all songwriters.  Over 700 worship songwriters have taken and graduated from the 9-week cohort-based mentorship program.  You can apply on the WritingWorship.co website.

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Tasha Layton blessed us with her music and Boundless message at the Writing Worship Conference in October 2024.

Learn more about the Boundless ministry and course HERE.

Apply now for the Worship Songwriter Mentorship.  Our foundational course for all songwriters.  Over 700 worship songwriters have taken and graduated from the 9-week cohort-based mentorship program.  You can apply on the WritingWorship.co website.

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Stacey Willbur (TIM Publishing), Mike Murray (Bell Publishing), and Chad Segura (Centricity Publishing) joined us for a 1-hour publisher's panel discussion at Writing Worship Conference on October 9, 2024.  

We engage in a discussion about the day-to-day job of a Christian music publisher.  We have an insightful discussion about the impact AI (Artificial Intelligence) is having on music publishing.  Plus, they take audience questions. 

Apply now for the Worship Songwriter Mentorship.  Our foundational course for all songwriters.  Over 700 worship songwriters have taken and graduated from the 9-week cohort-based mentorship program.  You can apply on the WritingWorship.co website.

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We hear from three happily-married couples...and they do ministry and music together.  How do they do it?!  Listen to a panel discussion from Writing Worship Conference 2023 with Scott and Lydia Ingegneri, EJ and Janice Gaines and John and Marina Stratton.  

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Rebekah White Williams joins us on the podcast to talk about the stories behind the writing of the songs MAKE ROOM and REST ON US. 

Learn more about working with Rebekah for songwriter coaching and song critiques.

We are thrilled to welcome professional songwriter Rebekah White Williams (Make Room, Rest On Us) to the WW family as songwriter coach.

Rebekah White is a Nashville-based songwriter who discovered her passion for music at a young age. As a young woman, she regularly led worship in her church and in 2002 she ventured beyond the church’s walls and landed a job on tour working for the multi-platinum, alt-rock group Green Day.

This experience opened doors for Rebekah and before she knew it, she was working with artists like Justin Timberlake and Fergie. After the arrival of her son in 2012, Rebekah stepped away from her artist career and jumped into songwriting full-time.

Two of her most beloved songs she’s co-written, “Make Room” and “Rest on Us” have been recorded by multiple worship leaders and movements such as Maverick City Music, Brandon Lake, UpperRoom, Vertical Worship, and more!

Both songs are currently in the Top 50 per CCLI’s active SongSelect charts and collectively account for millions of streams between releases.

Watch this interview on YouTube.

Apply now for the Worship Songwriter Mentorship.  Our foundational course for all songwriters.  Over 700 worship songwriters have taken and graduated from the 9-week cohort-based mentorship program.  You can apply on the WritingWorship.co website.

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Cody Jones has been a member of the Writing Worship Community for the last 2 years.  He was one of our band leaders during the recording of our album.   He's a leader in his own church in Texas.  This is a portion of his message to songwriters during a breakout session of our most recent conference (October 2023).  

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We asked our songwriter mentors of the  Worship Songwriter Mentorship program to share what God had put on their hearts for worship songwriters at our most recent Writing Worship Conference.  You'll hear from:

Rachael Thomas - 9:36
Ryan Hall - 20:13
Emily Weeks - 30:06
Stacy Riddle - 43:15
Matt Crosson - 58:21

Apply now for the Worship Songwriter Mentorship.  Our foundational course for all songwriters.  Over 700 worship songwriters have taken and graduated from the 9-week cohort-based mentorship program.  You can apply on the WritingWorship.co website.

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