Steven Reed, Technology for Worship

In this episode of OWC RADiO, host Cirina Catania, talks with technology expert, multi Instrumentalist, author, speaker, writer, producer, & worship team trainer, Steven Reed. Steve along with his wife and children comprise the worship group, Steve & Shawn. Steve is an avid learner and teacher by nature and his extensive travels as a guest minister, long history of local church service, and experience in the recording industry provide a fresh perspective on how equipment can help resource the church. In This Episode * 00:09 - Cirina introduces Steven Reed, worship leader, writer, minister, and author.* 04:07 - Steven talks about his recent trip to Peru with the Worship Leader Ministry.* 07:41 - Steven describes the three components of helping communities develop their worship service.* 12:21 - Steven talks about technology trends in churches that have successfully attracted and retained new members to their congregations.* 15:43 - How does the Worship Leader ministry help communities be creative with available musical gear and equipment resources?* 21:32 - What are the recommended models and gear for worship service?* 26:11 - Steven talks about how he prefers using a wireless microphone like the Shure SM58 for worship service.* 31:14 - Steven describes their setup at Worship Leader in shooting videos for worship services.* 33:55 - Steven talks about the Sunday experience in churches and the adjustments that have happened due to the pandemic.* 42:10 - Check out Worship Leader Magazine on their social media accounts, and visit their website, worshipleader.com, to learn how to grow in your understanding and practice of praying musically. Jump to Links and Resources When we gather together, it feels like the Lord is with us more than when we're not together. It's not that He's not with us, it's just a different kind of belonging. Transcript This is Cirina Catania with OWC Radio. Steven Reed of Worship Leader Magazine is here with me. And I am fascinated by what you do and who you do it for. So can you tell our listeners exactly what that is? And then tell us about your recent trip. Sure. So excited to be here and thankful you guys are doing a podcast like this. So my name is Steven Reed, and I'm with Worship Leader Magazine. I'm with several other people at different times, my wife and I, and our family, do some music and travel, and do consulting for churches. But then we also take all of that knowledge, all that experience that we've had over decades of leading worship and being involved in churches and doing that consulting work and put that into Worship Leader Magazine, which is an online resource that has just so many decades. It's basically 30 years of magazines and conferences. And we host a podcast of our own that we do with different worship and church influencers. And then we also get to go to different churches and preach and teach and lead people in worship. So it's been an amazing journey, for sure.  And you're also an author.  I also write a lot, obviously, write for Worship Leader Magazine, and I've written a book that is about ready to be published. I'm writing another book that was written later, but it's going to be done before delegating because a lot of church people are struggling with learning how to delegate to other people. And so that's exciting to be getting that out. I've written plays, I've written all kinds of different stuff, and it was kind of funny because I felt like I struggled in English class, with grammar and all those things.