

Beyond Sunday Worship Leader Podcast
David Santistevan: Worship Leader, Blogger, Teacher
David Santistevan from the popular davidsantistevan.com blog dives into the heart of worship leading, worship ministry, songwriting, and making disciples. Discover how you can take your worship leadership to the next level through practical teaching, expert interviews, and the latest resources for worship leaders. From developing a discipleship strategy, engaging your congregation, writing your own songs, leading your best worship, and so much more, this podcast will help you become the worship leader you are called to be.
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Mar 2, 2023 • 40min
#282: David Funk on The Modern Worship Keys Player, Bethel Music, & Writing Songs [Podcast]
In This Episode, We Cover:
David’s journey into worship
How to develop great keys tone
Best practices/gear for the modern keys player
The surprising reality behind a great pad sound
The difference between arrangement view and session view for keys players
The two most important effect every keys player should learn to use
Resources Mentioned:
Show Sponsor: Planning Center
Come Up Here by Bethel Music
Reason
Omnisphere
Keyscape
Kontakt
Spitfire
Nord Stage 2
Ableton
2U rack
Pelican air
Play Audio iConnectivity
Mio XM midi interface
Novation launch control
The Lab soft piano
Noire felt piano
Show Sponsor: Planning Center
So let’s talk about Planning Center. For those of you who are old enough, we often refer to worship leading eras as the pre-Planning Center days and the Planning Center days. It’s that game-changing and that important.
I talk about Planning Center pretty often on here, and if you’re a worship pastor, you might be wondering what more there is to Planning Center for you beyond worship planning and scheduling.
And there is.
Did you know that with a subscription to Planning Center Services you also have free access to another incredibly powerful product People?
With People, you can do things like create a volunteer pipeline to get new volunteers through their application process and then assigned to a team!
In People you can create an online form to get new volunteers, a workflow to help you walk them step-by-step through the training process, and then automatically add them to Services so you can get them scheduled!
And that’s just one way you use Planning Center People, so give it a try! Learn more at planningcenter.com/pipeline
And remember, if your church is looking for tools to help with things like giving, small group chat, event signups, live-streaming, and custom reporting, Planning Center has tools for that too, so let your church administrator know!
The post #282: David Funk on The Modern Worship Keys Player, Bethel Music, & Writing Songs [Podcast] appeared first on Beyond Sunday Worship.

Feb 8, 2023 • 42min
#281: The Welcome Wagon on Christian Music, Songwriting, & Being A Part Time Artist [Podcast]
What You’ll Learn:
How Vito got connected to Sufjan Stevens
How the Welcome Wagon began
The pressures and trappings of CCM music
Resources Mentioned:
Show Sponsor: Planning Center
Esther by The Welcome Wagon
Show Sponsor: Planning Center
So let’s talk about Planning Center. For those of you who are old enough, we often refer to worship leading eras as the pre-Planning Center days and the Planning Center days. It’s that game-changing and that important.
I talk about Planning Center pretty often on here, and if you’re a worship pastor, you might be wondering what more there is to Planning Center for you beyond worship planning and scheduling.
And there is.
Did you know that with a subscription to Planning Center Services you also have free access to another incredibly powerful product People?
With People, you can do things like create a volunteer pipeline to get new volunteers through their application process and then assigned to a team!
In People you can create an online form to get new volunteers, a workflow to help you walk them step-by-step through the training process, and then automatically add them to Services so you can get them scheduled!
And that’s just one way you use Planning Center People, so give it a try! Learn more at planningcenter.com/pipeline
And remember, if your church is looking for tools to help with things like giving, small group chat, event signups, live-streaming, and custom reporting, Planning Center has tools for that too, so let your church administrator know!
The post #281: The Welcome Wagon on Christian Music, Songwriting, & Being A Part Time Artist [Podcast] appeared first on Beyond Sunday Worship.

Jan 18, 2023 • 37min
#280: Kristian Stanfill on Vulnerability, New Beginnings, & Leading Worship [Podcast]
What You’ll Learn:
Christmas music at Passion City
The backstory behind “Make it Out Alive”
How to be write with vulnerability and write songs for the church
Sobriety and the grace of God
Resources Mentioned:
Show Sponsor: Planning Center
Make it Out Alive by Kristian Stanfill
Show Sponsor #2: Planning Center
So let’s talk about Planning Center. For those of you who are old enough, we often refer to worship leading eras as the pre-Planning Center days and the Planning Center days. It’s that game-changing and that important.
I talk about Planning Center pretty often on here, and if you’re a worship pastor, you might be wondering what more there is to Planning Center for you beyond worship planning and scheduling.
And there is.
Did you know that with a subscription to Planning Center Services you also have free access to another incredibly powerful product People?
With People, you can do things like create a volunteer pipeline to get new volunteers through their application process and then assigned to a team!
In People you can create an online form to get new volunteers, a workflow to help you walk them step-by-step through the training process, and then automatically add them to Services so you can get them scheduled!
And that’s just one way you use Planning Center People, so give it a try! Learn more at planningcenter.com/pipeline
And remember, if your church is looking for tools to help with things like giving, small group chat, event signups, live-streaming, and custom reporting, Planning Center has tools for that too, so let your church administrator know!
The post #280: Kristian Stanfill on Vulnerability, New Beginnings, & Leading Worship [Podcast] appeared first on Beyond Sunday Worship.

Dec 8, 2022 • 45min
#279: Brad & Rebekah on God’s Faithfulness, New Music, & Ministry on the Road [Podcast]
What You’ll Learn:
Coffee and coffee gear
B&R’s worship leading journey
Worship leading tips over 20 years of ministry
Recognizing the different ways people worship
Rebekah’s cancer journey & God’s faithfulness through it all
Resources Mentioned:
Show Sponsor: Planning Center
Life Again by Brad & Rebekah
Brad & Rebekah
Show Sponsor: Planning Center
So let’s talk about Planning Center. For those of you who are old enough, we often refer to worship leading eras as the pre-Planning Center days and the Planning Center days. It’s that game-changing and that important.
I talk about Planning Center pretty often on here, and if you’re a worship pastor, you might be wondering what more there is to Planning Center for you beyond worship planning and scheduling.
And there is.
Did you know that with a subscription to Planning Center Services you also have free access to another incredibly powerful product People?
With People, you can do things like create a volunteer pipeline to get new volunteers through their application process and then assigned to a team!
In People you can create an online form to get new volunteers, a workflow to help you walk them step-by-step through the training process, and then automatically add them to Services so you can get them scheduled!
And that’s just one way you use Planning Center People, so give it a try! Learn more at planningcenter.com/pipeline
And remember, if your church is looking for tools to help with things like giving, small group chat, event signups, live-streaming, and custom reporting, Planning Center has tools for that too, so let your church administrator know!
The post #279: Brad & Rebekah on God’s Faithfulness, New Music, & Ministry on the Road [Podcast] appeared first on Beyond Sunday Worship.

Dec 1, 2022 • 57min
#278: Zach Bolen on Citizens Music, Songwriting, & Creative Process [Podcast]
What You’ll Learn:
How Zach got started in music
Overcoming insecurity
Musical influences
How Zach’s experience as a Worship Leader influence Citizens
Looking back on Zach’s Mars Hill experience
Attractional vs Pastoral worship leading
Creative Process
Resources Mentioned:
Show Sponsor: Multitracks (use promo code BEYONDSUNDAY15 for 15% off an annual subscription to the Church Streaming License)
Show Sponsor: Planning Center
Citizens Music
The Cardigans
Jacob Collier
Show Sponsor #1: Multitracks.com
For most churches, navigating the world of licensing and reporting can be very complicated.
MultiTracks.com has taken complexity out of licensing with the Church Streaming License, a comprehensive lyric and streaming license that provides a complete reporting solution for in-person and online usage. It is the only license that fully auto- reports both lyric and streaming activity, and the only license to fully integrate auto- reporting via Planning Center.
And the best part is, when you create your setlists on MultiTracks.com or import your setlists from Planning Center, they’ll handle all of the reporting for you.
Simply by using resources in the MultiTracks.com ecosystem, all activity will now be reported automatically rather than having to manually report, bringing accurate, transparent, and comprehensive reporting across the activity in the MultiTracks.com ecosystem.
Get started with the Church Streaming License today at MultiTracks.com! Use the promo code BEYONDSUNDAY15 for 15% off an annual subscription.
Show Sponsor #2: Planning Center
So let’s talk about Planning Center. For those of you who are old enough, we often refer to worship leading eras as the pre-Planning Center days and the Planning Center days. It’s that game-changing and that important.
I talk about Planning Center pretty often on here, and if you’re a worship pastor, you might be wondering what more there is to Planning Center for you beyond worship planning and scheduling.
And there is.
Did you know that with a subscription to Planning Center Services you also have free access to another incredibly powerful product People?
With People, you can do things like create a volunteer pipeline to get new volunteers through their application process and then assigned to a team!
In People you can create an online form to get new volunteers, a workflow to help you walk them step-by-step through the training process, and then automatically add them to Services so you can get them scheduled!
And that’s just one way you use Planning Center People, so give it a try! Learn more at planningcenter.com/pipeline
And remember, if your church is looking for tools to help with things like giving, small group chat, event signups, live-streaming, and custom reporting, Planning Center has tools for that too, so let your church administrator know!
The post #278: Zach Bolen on Citizens Music, Songwriting, & Creative Process [Podcast] appeared first on Beyond Sunday Worship.

Nov 23, 2022 • 49min
#277: Benjamin William Hastings on Writing Better Lyrics, Hillsong United, & New Music [Podcast]
What You’ll Learn:
Benjamin’s early years as a songwriter
How to write better lyrics
How to study songwriting
Why Benjamin went to Hillsong
The most important aspect of a good song
The story behind Benjamin’s new project
Resources Mentioned:
Show Sponsor: Multitracks (use promo code BEYONDSUNDAY15 for 15% off an annual subscription to the Church Streaming License)
Show Sponsor: Planning Center
Writing Better Lyrics by Pat Pattison
Show Sponsor #1: Multitracks.com
For most churches, navigating the world of licensing and reporting can be very complicated.
MultiTracks.com has taken complexity out of licensing with the Church Streaming License, a comprehensive lyric and streaming license that provides a complete reporting solution for in-person and online usage. It is the only license that fully auto- reports both lyric and streaming activity, and the only license to fully integrate auto- reporting via Planning Center.
And the best part is, when you create your setlists on MultiTracks.com or import your setlists from Planning Center, they’ll handle all of the reporting for you.
Simply by using resources in the MultiTracks.com ecosystem, all activity will now be reported automatically rather than having to manually report, bringing accurate, transparent, and comprehensive reporting across the activity in the MultiTracks.com ecosystem.
Get started with the Church Streaming License today at MultiTracks.com! Use the promo code BEYONDSUNDAY15 for 15% off an annual subscription.
Show Sponsor #2: Planning Center
So let’s talk about Planning Center. For those of you who are old enough, we often refer to worship leading eras as the pre-Planning Center days and the Planning Center days. It’s that game-changing and that important.
I talk about Planning Center pretty often on here, and if you’re a worship pastor, you might be wondering what more there is to Planning Center for you beyond worship planning and scheduling.
And there is.
Did you know that with a subscription to Planning Center Services you also have free access to another incredibly powerful product People?
With People, you can do things like create a volunteer pipeline to get new volunteers through their application process and then assigned to a team!
In People you can create an online form to get new volunteers, a workflow to help you walk them step-by-step through the training process, and then automatically add them to Services so you can get them scheduled!
And that’s just one way you use Planning Center People, so give it a try! Learn more at planningcenter.com/pipeline
And remember, if your church is looking for tools to help with things like giving, small group chat, event signups, live-streaming, and custom reporting, Planning Center has tools for that too, so let your church administrator know!
The post #277: Benjamin William Hastings on Writing Better Lyrics, Hillsong United, & New Music [Podcast] appeared first on Beyond Sunday Worship.

Nov 16, 2022 • 57min
#276: Todd Fields on Worship Circle, Soul Care, & Being Yourself [Podcast]
What You’ll Learn:
Todd’s journey into worship ministry
Challenges of the mega church/worship production culture
Soul care for worship leaders
Creating healthy rhythms in ministry
Where the worship “industry” came from
Concerns about the worship industry
Learning to celebrate your limitations and uniqueness
The dangers of comparison and competition
Resources Mentioned:
Show Sponsor: Multitracks (use promo code BEYONDSUNDAY15 for 15% off an annual subscription to the Church Streaming License)
Show Sponsor: Planning Center
Worship Circle
Finding Me by Todd Fields
Book Todd Fields
Show Sponsor #1: Multitracks.com
For most churches, navigating the world of licensing and reporting can be very complicated.
MultiTracks.com has taken complexity out of licensing with the Church Streaming License, a comprehensive lyric and streaming license that provides a complete reporting solution for in-person and online usage. It is the only license that fully auto- reports both lyric and streaming activity, and the only license to fully integrate auto- reporting via Planning Center.
And the best part is, when you create your setlists on MultiTracks.com or import your setlists from Planning Center, they’ll handle all of the reporting for you.
Simply by using resources in the MultiTracks.com ecosystem, all activity will now be reported automatically rather than having to manually report, bringing accurate, transparent, and comprehensive reporting across the activity in the MultiTracks.com ecosystem.
Get started with the Church Streaming License today at MultiTracks.com!
Show Sponsor #2: Planning Center
So let’s talk about Planning Center. For those of you who are old enough, we often refer to worship leading eras as the pre-Planning Center days and the Planning Center days. It’s that game-changing and that important.
I talk about Planning Center pretty often on here, and if you’re a worship pastor, you might be wondering what more there is to Planning Center for you beyond worship planning and scheduling.
And there is.
Did you know that with a subscription to Planning Center Services you also have free access to another incredibly powerful product People?
With People, you can do things like create a volunteer pipeline to get new volunteers through their application process and then assigned to a team!
In People you can create an online form to get new volunteers, a workflow to help you walk them step-by-step through the training process, and then automatically add them to Services so you can get them scheduled!
And that’s just one way you use Planning Center People, so give it a try! Learn more at planningcenter.com/pipeline
And remember, if your church is looking for tools to help with things like giving, small group chat, event signups, live-streaming, and custom reporting, Planning Center has tools for that too, so let your church administrator know!
The post #276: Todd Fields on Worship Circle, Soul Care, & Being Yourself [Podcast] appeared first on Beyond Sunday Worship.

Nov 9, 2022 • 53min
#275: Steven Curtis Chapman on New Music, Decades of Songwriting, & Dealing With Insecurity
What You’ll Learn:
The early days of CCM and SCC’s career
How to deal with insecurity
Stories behind the songs
Teaching kids to love music
The creation of the new album
What songwriting and album creation is like, 35 years into a career
Resources Mentioned:
Show Sponsor: Multitracks (use promo code BEYONDSUNDAY15 for 15% off a Church Reporting License subscription
Show Sponsor: Planning Center
Still by Steven Curtis Chapman
Love Kindness: Discover the Power of a Forgotten Christian Virtue by Barry Corey
Show Sponsor #1: Multitracks.com
For most churches, navigating the world of licensing and reporting can be very complicated.
MultiTracks.com has taken complexity out of licensing with the Church Streaming License, a comprehensive lyric and streaming license that provides a complete reporting solution for in-person and online usage. It is the only license that fully auto- reports both lyric and streaming activity, and the only license to fully integrate auto- reporting via Planning Center.
And the best part is, when you create your setlists on MultiTracks.com or import your setlists from Planning Center, they’ll handle all of the reporting for you.
Simply by using resources in the MultiTracks.com ecosystem, all activity will now be reported automatically rather than having to manually report, bringing accurate, transparent, and comprehensive reporting across the activity in the MultiTracks.com ecosystem.
Get started with the Church Streaming License today at MultiTracks.com!
Show Sponsor #2: Planning Center
So let’s talk about Planning Center. For those of you who are old enough, we often refer to worship leading eras as the pre-Planning Center days and the Planning Center days. It’s that game-changing and that important.
I talk about Planning Center pretty often on here, and if you’re a worship pastor, you might be wondering what more there is to Planning Center for you beyond worship planning and scheduling.
And there is.
Did you know that with a subscription to Planning Center Services you also have free access to another incredibly powerful product People?
With People, you can do things like create a volunteer pipeline to get new volunteers through their application process and then assigned to a team!
In People you can create an online form to get new volunteers, a workflow to help you walk them step-by-step through the training process, and then automatically add them to Services so you can get them scheduled!
And that’s just one way you use Planning Center People, so give it a try! Learn more at planningcenter.com/pipeline
And remember, if your church is looking for tools to help with things like giving, small group chat, event signups, live-streaming, and custom reporting, Planning Center has tools for that too, so let your church administrator know!
The post #275: Steven Curtis Chapman on New Music, Decades of Songwriting, & Dealing With Insecurity appeared first on Beyond Sunday Worship.

Oct 15, 2022 • 40min
#274: Blanca on Artistry, Heartbreak, & Healing [Podcast]
What You’ll Learn:
Why we need to express heartbreak in the church Creative ProcessSong stories behind the new album, “The Heartbreak and the Healing”
Resources Mentioned:
Show Sponsor: MultitracksShow Sponsor: Planning Center Instagram: @officialblanca
Show Sponsor #1: Multitracks.com
For most churches, navigating the world of licensing and reporting can be very complicated.
MultiTracks.com has taken complexity out of licensing with the Church Streaming License, a comprehensive lyric and streaming license that provides a complete reporting solution for in-person and online usage. It is the only license that fully auto- reports both lyric and streaming activity, and the only license to fully integrate auto- reporting via Planning Center.
And the best part is, when you create your setlists on MultiTracks.com or import your setlists from Planning Center, they’ll handle all of the reporting for you.
Simply by using resources in the MultiTracks.com ecosystem, all activity will now be reported automatically rather than having to manually report, bringing accurate, transparent, and comprehensive reporting across the activity in the MultiTracks.com ecosystem.
Get started with the Church Streaming License today at MultiTracks.com!
Show Sponsor #2: Planning Center
So let’s talk about Planning Center. For those of you who are old enough, we often refer to worship leading eras as the pre-Planning Center days and the Planning Center days. It’s that game-changing and that important.
I talk about Planning Center pretty often on here, and if you’re a worship pastor, you might be wondering what more there is to Planning Center for you beyond worship planning and scheduling.
And there is.
Did you know that with a subscription to Planning Center Services you also have free access to another incredibly powerful product People?
With People, you can do things like create a volunteer pipeline to get new volunteers through their application process and then assigned to a team!
In People you can create an online form to get new volunteers, a workflow to help you walk them step-by-step through the training process, and then automatically add them to Services so you can get them scheduled!
And that’s just one way you use Planning Center People, so give it a try! Learn more at planningcenter.com/pipeline
And remember, if your church is looking for tools to help with things like giving, small group chat, event signups, live-streaming, and custom reporting, Planning Center has tools for that too, so let your church administrator know!
The post #274: Blanca on Artistry, Heartbreak, & Healing [Podcast] appeared first on Beyond Sunday Worship.

Oct 5, 2022 • 59min
#273: Cody Carnes on Formative Worship Music, Writing Songs for Church, & Leading a Congregation [Podcast]
What You’ll Learn:
Influential worship music How to stay inspired How worship music has evolved over the last 25 years The myth behind “congregational” worship music The story behind writing “Christ Be Magnified” Trusting the Holy Spirit as a worship leaderThe one thing Worship Leaders need to help congregations remember Living in the tension of excellence and rawness in worship music
Resources Mentioned:
Show Sponsor: MultitracksShow Sponsor: Planning CenterGod is Good by Cody Carnes
Show Sponsor #1: Multitracks.com
For most churches, navigating the world of licensing and reporting can be very complicated.
MultiTracks.com has taken complexity out of licensing with the Church Streaming License, a comprehensive lyric and streaming license that provides a complete reporting solution for in-person and online usage. It is the only license that fully auto- reports both lyric and streaming activity, and the only license to fully integrate auto- reporting via Planning Center.
And the best part is, when you create your setlists on MultiTracks.com or import your setlists from Planning Center, they’ll handle all of the reporting for you.
Simply by using resources in the MultiTracks.com ecosystem, all activity will now be reported automatically rather than having to manually report, bringing accurate, transparent, and comprehensive reporting across the activity in the MultiTracks.com ecosystem.
Get started with the Church Streaming License today at MultiTracks.com!
Show Sponsor #2: Planning Center
So let’s talk about Planning Center. For those of you who are old enough, we often refer to worship leading eras as the pre-Planning Center days and the Planning Center days. It’s that game-changing and that important.
I talk about Planning Center pretty often on here, and if you’re a worship pastor, you might be wondering what more there is to Planning Center for you beyond worship planning and scheduling.
And there is.
Did you know that with a subscription to Planning Center Services you also have free access to another incredibly powerful product People?
With People, you can do things like create a volunteer pipeline to get new volunteers through their application process and then assigned to a team!
In People you can create an online form to get new volunteers, a workflow to help you walk them step-by-step through the training process, and then automatically add them to Services so you can get them scheduled!
And that’s just one way you use Planning Center People, so give it a try! Learn more at planningcenter.com/pipeline
And remember, if your church is looking for tools to help with things like giving, small group chat, event signups, live-streaming, and custom reporting, Planning Center has tools for that too, so let your church administrator know!
The post #273: Cody Carnes on Formative Worship Music, Writing Songs for Church, & Leading a Congregation [Podcast] appeared first on Beyond Sunday Worship.