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Chris Vacher
Worship Training Instructor5 Courses • 56 Media Sessions

Chris Vacher

Chris Vacher is a pastor and worship leader living near Toronto, Canada. Chris has been in full-time ministry since 2003, leading worship and building worship ministry teams for three different churches. He loves to write about resources and tools for worship leaders which will help make their jobs easier.

Courses by Chris Vacher (5)

Write Worship Songs eBook
6 LessonsSongwriting

Write Worship Songs eBook

Write Worship Songs eBook

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Audition For Change
7 LessonsWorship Leading

Audition For Change

Audition For Change

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How To Use A Capo
4 LessonsAcoustic Guitar

How To Use A Capo

How To Use A Capo

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Worship Team Bible Study (Video Edition)
28 LessonsBand & Rehearsal

Worship Team Bible Study (Video Edition)

Inspire your team to grow together as you spend time in scripture, reflect on the passage as it relates to worship, and begin conversation with a couple of questions. Designed to be watched together during worship rehearsal, these short videos will help your team focus on God, st

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Write Worship Songs Your Church Will Sing
7 LessonsVocals

Write Worship Songs Your Church Will Sing

Worship leaders are excited about writing songs for their own church to sing but can sometimes get stuck when it comes to knowing the steps to take in seeing that happen. In this 6-part course you'll learn how to build a community of songwriters who are excited about writing song

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Videos, Audio & Articles by Chris Vacher (56)

Worship Team Bible Studyebook

Worship Team Bible Study

A 52 Week Devotional For Worship Leaders And The Teams You Lead Released initially as an email subscription, this worship team Bible study is reaching over 1,000 churches in 30+ countries around the world every week. Now available in print format, this resourc

How To Create A Facebook Advent Calendarebook

How To Create A Facebook Advent Calendar

Whether you are a small town church plant, a big city megachurch, a campus in a multi-site movement or a missional expression of the love of Jesus we all have the opportunity and the responsibility to use every means possible to invite people in to this incred

Write Worship Songs: 10 Steps From Inspiration To Completion (full download)ebook

Write Worship Songs: 10 Steps From Inspiration To Completion (full download)

Whether you're new to songwriting or an experienced professional, this ebook will be helpful to you or to someone you know. Take some next steps in your songwriting journey by downloading Chris Vacher's Write Worship Songs: 10 Steps From Inspiration To Complet

5 Words Of Advice For A Worship Pastor's First Day On The Jobebook

5 Words Of Advice For A Worship Pastor's First Day On The Job

Starting well will help you set a good course for many years of successful ministry and will allow you to thrive in your role. Stumbling out of the blocks won't completely derail you but by potentially avoiding some early missteps everyone wins! If you're a wo

Best Apps For Worship Leadersebook

Best Apps For Worship Leaders

What we are able do with apps as worship leaders would have been unthinkable even 5 years ago. Tuners, metronomes, multitrack recording, service planning – all of it available literally in the palm of your hand thanks to your phone and some great developers. T

Audition For Change (full download)ebook

Audition For Change (full download)

We are sometimes asked to evaluate someone based on their ability, their talent and what they have to offer our church. While this seems like an easy task in principle it won't take you long to figure out that all kinds of circumstances can contribute to the c

Copyright Your Songprint

Copyright Your Song

Copyright is one of those things that artists really don't want to have to deal with but you need to know that it is crucial for copyright to be part of your thinking as a songwriter.

Share & Rewrite & Shareprint

Share & Rewrite & Share

The potential impact of your song and your songwriting ability will increase ten, fifty, one hundred times if you are able to master this concept: share and rewrite and share.

Lyrics And Melodyprint

Lyrics And Melody

Although there are several concerns and questions which are raised, the most common one is this: where do I start, lyrics or melody?

Inside Or Outsideprint

Inside Or Outside

If your hope is to write songs which speak directly to your congregation, there are three reasons why you should consider co-writing with people from your own church and three reasons why you should consider co-writing with people from outside your own church.

Conversations And Inspirationprint

Conversations And Inspiration

So you've got this idea to write worship songs for your church, you've had conversations with three key people and you've asked God to search your heart as you begin. There is no inspiration like the inspired word of God and it is an endless well of ideas, enc

Audition Step 1: Observationprint

Audition Step 1: Observation

The first stage of our process is simple observation. Are you committed to our church, committed to Sunday morning, committed to worship? – all as an outflow of your commitment to Christ?

Audition Evaluationprint

Audition Evaluation

Evaluation is the first and last step of the audition process. The applicant deserves a fair assessment of whether or not they are ready to join our team on Sunday morning.

Audition Step 3: Integrationprint

Audition Step 3: Integration

This can be the longest step of the process but it is very important – it's important for the person joining the team, it's important for the current members of the team, it's important for you as the worship pastor/director and it's important for your congreg

Audition Step 2: Conversationprint

Audition Step 2: Conversation

Pride can be displayed as zealous overconfidence but it can also be displayed through an "aw, shucks" false humility. We want people who are confident in their ability, humble in their faith, confident in their salvation, humble in their walk.

The How Behind The Audition Processprint

The How Behind The Audition Process

Our entry process to joining our worship team actually has three main components - observation, conversation, and integration. At the core of this process is a care and concern for discipleship – that's what we're about, that's what we do, that's what we're fo

The Why Behind The Audition Processprint

The Why Behind The Audition Process

We are evaluating the ability and compatibility of someone who has a desire to lead our church in worship. There has to be a balance. Skill and soul. Competency and chemistry. Hands and heart.

Advanced Capo Ideasprint

Advanced Capo Ideas

This chapter talks about a few little advanced capo ideas that might help you take things to the next level. It's always fun to explore the tools we have at our disposal and how they can help us do things a little differently and maybe inspire some creativity.

Basics Of Using A Capoprint

Basics Of Using A Capo

This chapter covers the basics: What does a capo do? What kind of capo should I get? What else can I do with a capo?

How To Use A Capo (full download)ebook

How To Use A Capo (full download)

As a guitar player on a worship team, one of the must-have tools in your kit is a capo. Some guitar players are purists about using (or not using) capos but for 99% of you, knowing how to use a capo properly and what it does will serve you very well. Whether y

How To Use A Cut Capoprint

How To Use A Cut Capo

If you've been playing guitar for a while and have made a capo part of your regular arsenal, you may want to up your game a bit by becoming familiar with a cut capo and how it works. The cut capo really is one of those tools that can be a bit of a secret weapo

Lift God All The Way Upvideo

Lift God All The Way Up

Psalm 99:9 When the Bible encourages us to "exalt" God, what exactly does that mean? How high up does God deserve to be lifted?

What I Can Controlvideo

What I Can Control

Psalm 100:2 You may or may not feel like you are in control of many things in your life. Regardless of your circumstances there is always one thing we can all control in every situation and it will impact every other situation you face.

Simple Acts Of Gratitudevideo

Simple Acts Of Gratitude

Psalm 116:17 How do we understand sacrifice when God has sacrificed so much for us? How could we possibly give anything when God has given so generously to us? In your worship this week you will create opportunities for people to express beautiful, abundant, s

Call People To Lift Their Eyesvideo

Call People To Lift Their Eyes

Psalm 121:1-2 As a worship team, part of your role is to invite people to turn their eyes away from the distractions of the week and to refocus their attention on God. When this happens together in community it's an incredibly beautiful demonstration of our ne

Enduring Is Overcomingvideo

Enduring Is Overcoming

Psalm 136:1 God is good and we give thanks. So simple, yet such a profound reality which impacts everything else in our lives. As a worship team, the songs, the prayers, the gathering together of your church are all reminders of the great enduring love of God.

Good Days And Bad Days, God Is Always Presentvideo

Good Days And Bad Days, God Is Always Present

Psalm 139:16 God sees you and knows you. Whether today is a triumph or a trial, God is with you. In the same way, when you are leading your church in worship this weekend you will be leading people who are having all kinds of days. Reminding them of the mercy-

The Surpassing Power Of Godvideo

The Surpassing Power Of God

Psalm 150:2 God's power is unlike any other power we have ever known. How can you help your church choose to praise this all-powerful God as a response to who He is and what He's done?

God's Glory: Fuel For The Firevideo

God's Glory: Fuel For The Fire

Isaiah 6:1 Our glimpses of the glory of God become the fuel for the fire of the calling He gives us. As you lead your church in worship, God's glory is seen in ways which remind your church to continue living faithfully for Him.

Saved People Singvideo

Saved People Sing

Psalm 47:6-7 Singing in public doesn't happen very often in our culture yet singing is a clear instructed command from God for His people. Saved people sing! And our singing is an indication of hearts and lives transformed by God.

When I'm Holding On For Dear Life!video

When I'm Holding On For Dear Life!

Psalm 63:8 People are coming to church this weekend who are clinging on to God with everything they've got. You have the privilege to remind them where their strength comes from and the real presence of God's upholding power.

Jesus Really Is That Goodvideo

Jesus Really Is That Good

Psalm 73:25 Every longing and desire felt by every person coming to worship this weekend in your church is met in Jesus. He really is that good!

Character And Skill, Heart And Handsvideo

Character And Skill, Heart And Hands

Psalm 78:72 Leading is never about the person on the platform. Leaders of great character and great skill shepherd people in ways which always lead to Jesus.

The Choice To Gather Togethervideo

The Choice To Gather Together

Psalm 84:4 Gathering together as the church to worship God is an invitation and an instruction. People who choose to show up discover great blessing and benefit! Worship teams carry an incredible opportunity to serve those who choose to make gathered worship a

God's Goodness, Our Praisevideo

God's Goodness, Our Praise

Psalm 86:12-13 No matter how many years you have left to live on earth you will never get to the bottom of the depths of the goodness of God. This weekend will be another opportunity for your church to remember the privilege we have to praise God's name togeth

New Songs To Singvideo

New Songs To Sing

Psalm 96:1-4 God has given you a new song to sing. When your praise is what people hear in your life you demonstrate what God has done in your life. Do you hear new songs being sung in your church?

The Global Language Of Musicvideo

The Global Language Of Music

Psalm 98:4-5 The invitation to worship is extended to every person in every place at every time. Whatever your role is on your worship team this week you are part of the great shout of joy happening all around the world!

Intro: Write Worship Songs Your Church Will Singvideo

Intro: Write Worship Songs Your Church Will Sing

This introduction to the Write Worship Songs course will give you more information on the how, the what, and the why. Chris will outline some of his history and his passion in seeing local churches write and sing their own songs and give a broad overview of wh

Preparationvideo

Preparation

Where do you start? Before you even start building a community of songwriters there are some important first steps. This module will help you define the direction and destination you want to go as you begin to write worship songs your church will sing. Chris w

Inspirationvideo

Inspiration

Creating good habits as songwriters is very important and it will become even more important as your community of songwriters begins to grow. Create both analog and digital systems of capturing inspiration and then maintaining the diligence of using these syst

Songwriting & Co-Writingvideo

Songwriting & Co-Writing

What makes a great songwriter is different from what makes a great co-writer? Whether or not you've considered co-writing in the past, Chris will encourage you to explore co-writing as the primary method to build a community of songwriters within your own chur

Songwriting Retreatsvideo

Songwriting Retreats

These events will become the hallmark of your songwriting community and Chris will cover all the specifics: where to go, how many songwriting sessions to include, who to invite, what should be included in the agenda, and more. Learn everything you need to be a

Getting Songs Readyvideo

Getting Songs Ready

Now that you've got some songs you still have some work to do before those songs are ready to be sung in services on a Sunday. "Great songs aren't written, great songs are re-written" is a very helpful quote when it comes to thinking about when a song is finis

Keep Moving Forwardvideo

Keep Moving Forward

Hopefully you've had some success bringing other songwriters along and you are writing songs for your church to sing. Great! Keeping songwriters motivated and engaged is crucial as this community grows and develops. Don't forget your direction and your destina

The Global Song Of Worshipvideo

The Global Song Of Worship

1 Chronicles 16:23 The song of worship travels around the world as the church gathers together on Sunday. As you take the baton and pass it on, invite more and more people to sing the story of what God has done.

God's Never-ending Goodnessvideo

God's Never-ending Goodness

1 Chronicles 16:34 God's goodness is never-ending and never changing. Our response of worship is our response to the goodness of God we've experienced for ourselves.

Worship In The Battlevideo

Worship In The Battle

2 Chronicles 20:21 Every battle you face is an opportunity for worship. You have the privilege this week to lead the way into battle for those you are leading in worship. Go in the confidence that God is with you!

Praise In The Problemsvideo

Praise In The Problems

Psalm 7:17 As people who lead worship one of the roles we play is to call people back to righteousness of God, reminding them of the invitation to be grateful despite our circumstances.