November 23, 2009

Good Morning

Thank you all for visiting the new Creator Leadership Network website...and especially for listening to the Reverence channel. We were gratified to get so many positive responses...and I'll only reprint one, which was my favorite:
"CLN is my new FAVORITE THING!!! Just about didn't go to bed last night listening to the replays. I don't get to sing that kind of stuff right now, and I really miss it. I love doing rockin' contemporary, but nothing beats the choral stuff. Great idea, and I'll be passing it on." - Catherine Kelso

Second,I also appreciate that, in pursuit of the new, you still remembered that Monday Morning Email and all of the rest of our great content --Creator's knowledge base of articles, theChurch Music Directory, the Music Literacy Test, our Select 20 anthem reviews, and much, much more remain onCreator's website.

For those who are new this week, the Creator Leadership Network website features 24/7 streaming audio content expressly designed just for church musicians and worship leaders. We encourage you to listen at work as well as at home. Plus, with “one click” at theCreator Store – operated by Pine Lake Music – if you hear something that you like, you can order the music and/or recording of what you are hearing – without interrupting the audio program. By the way, by clicking on the store logo anywhere on the site, you'll have the opportunity to see special Creator Store offers just for CLN members.

A reminder about the player: First, the initial time you use it, you may need to "refresh" (F5 key) once in order to get the audio. You'll know you will get the audio if you see the colored buttons (green for play, red for stop, and brown for mute...plus the two purple buttons which control the volume...). There is no need to hit the play button in most cases, the audio will start automatically once the player completely loads. Second, if you use a mac, you may need to download one or more programs: Silverlight (for the player) and Firefox (the preferred browser). Look for links to download these free programs on the home page and programs page.

Remember...just click the Reverence Channel graphic on the new website to hear the audio stream.

Here's this week's scheduled programs (all times Pacific), starting with today's programming:

Fred Bock Music Hour - Monday, 1:00 PM
This week, host Stephen Bock, interviews noted lyricist and composer Bryan Jeffrey Leech. Don't miss it!

Doug's Master Class - Monday, 2:00 PM
In this week's Master Class Doug talks with somebody I know very well...

Creator Radio - Monday, 3:00 PM
This week we feature the 2007 Honored 10 anthems...these are tunes that are "can't miss" for your choir library.

Notes of Encouragement Featuring the Music of Steve Amerson - Tuesday, 11:00 AM
Don't miss Steve's rendition of This Could Be the Day...I get goose bumps listening to it.

With Hearts & Hands & Voices - Tuesday, 1:00 PM
One of my new favorite pieces is Come Dwell in Solomon's Walls, by Randall Stroope, is featured this week. You'll want to have this piece.

Let Music Live! The Sacred Sounds Of Shawnee Press - Thursday, 1:00 PM
I love the opening of this week's show...and Joe has added 10 minutes of new content for your listening enjoyment.

Miss a show? We broadcast the stream 24/7, so check in and see what's on when you are able to listen. And...as I've been saying for some time now...stay tuned for these programs coming soon:

Dan McGowan - The Just Pure Laughs Clean Comedy Show
This show features the Heavyweights of Clean Comedy. It'll be a laugh (or more) a minute.

Wade Odum - Creator Tech Talk
Everything you need to know to maximize your tech ministry.

Marcia McFee - Worship Workshop
Nationally renowned worship designer, professor, artist, and preacher Dr. Marcia McFee teaches you how to renew your worship and your passion for preparing it.

The Mark Hayes Hour
Spend an hour with Mark Hayes – his newest choral creations, favorite anthems and the stories behind them. Get the inside track on what’s on the drawing board from one of America’s favorite composers and arrangers of sacred music.

And...there will be more programming added all the time...

Back to our regularly scheduled announcements...

• Please become a fan of Creator on facebook! Please become a fan of Creator if you are a member of facebook. I'd appreciate it. Click on the link at the bottom of this email
• Check our Worship Blog List! We've compiled.an extensive listing of worship blogs for our Creator Leadership Network members. These blogs are from people involved in thinking about and doing worship in a wide variety of environments: geographic as well as stylistically. It's easy: one click and read to your heart's content. Just click here and look in the left hand column
• Take our survey this week! Apparently almost everybody DOESN'T have a multisite church...Do You? Read the set up in the survey question box to see what we're doing....This is the last week for the topic: Is your church multisite? Please go to our home page and take the survey, and check back at the end of the week to see what the results are
• Do you know what Creator's core values are? You can read them here
• New articles on the site!Our recently added articles include: 101 More Great Choir Ideas and An Introduction to Copyright by Robert A. Monath. Go here to see all the new articles...and don't forget to check out our featured articles here

And on the subject of articles...

• Article compilation CDs! We have 3 collections of back articles in pdf format on CD Rom. The Choir and Leadership collections ($19.95 each) contain over 40 articles, while the Worship collection ($24.95) contains 60 articles – that is less than 50 cents per article, post paid in the US. You can order them here – just look in the left hand column for Featured Products

Plus...

• Not a Creator subscriber? We'll send you a sample issue with a reduced rate invoice. If you're not convinced just return the invoice with the word "cancel" on it. Either way, your sample issue is yours to keep. To get a sample issue, go here and look for the sample issue offer in the flash rotator box.
• If you are being lead to explore other opportunities to minister, you'll want to check our extensive list of links to position listings, which you can find by clicking here.

In this week's Monday Morning Email...

• It is my week this time, and I talk about why it is good to allow children and youth to assist in worship. To read this week's MME, just click here

Finally...

This week, listen to the programs on the Reverence Channel while you check out new CLN website ...and please tell your friends and colleagues about Creator and MME too

Blessings,

Vern Sanders
Publisher
Creator Magazine

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