Verve Worship Songs

At Verve, we’re very particular about the songs we use for worship. We want songs that allow Christians to worship God, but are completely understandable to non-Christians. Those who are new and not quite there yet may not agree with all the lyrics, but they should be able to understand all of it. Below is…

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Artistic Control

Recently watched the documentary Pearl Jam 20 by Cameron Crowe (I love you Cameron Crowe!), and I thought it had a ton of lessons for church planters. Here’s one… In the early years of Pearl Jam, guitarist Stone Gossard was the creative force behind the band, with a little help from Jeff Ament. The two…

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Announcing: Vault 2012

This year we did our second Vault Conference. We’re taking it year-by-year, trying to determine if this conference is needed, and really helping people in their mission of connecting people who are far from God to Him through Jesus. We took a bit of time after this year’s conference to decide if we do it…

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Criticism

Recently watched the documentary Pearl Jam 20 by Cameron Crowe (I love you Cameron Crowe!), and I thought it had a ton of lessons for church planters. Here’s one… Pearl Jam and Nirvana were both getting their start at the same time and in the same city. Kurt Cobain, lead singer for Nirvana, publicly criticized…

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The Birth of No

Recently watched the documentary Pearl Jam 20 by Cameron Crowe (I love you Cameron Crowe!), and I thought it had a ton of lessons for church planters. Here’s one… When Pearl Jam first started getting big more opportunities presented themselves. Thinking hey had to take advantage of them, they said yes to everything. One yes…

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