#171: Andy Park on The Worship Renewal, Getting Older, & Effective Leadership [Podcast]

Love those closest to you.” – Andy Park One of my biggest influences as a young worship leader was Andy Park. Andy has been a worship leader in the Vineyard for over 40 years. He’s written well-known songs like In the Secret, We Will Dance, The River is Here, I See the Lord, Blessed Be […]

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Love those closest to you.” – Andy Park

One of my biggest influences as a young worship leader was Andy Park. Andy has been a worship leader in the Vineyard for over 40 years. He’s written well-known songs like In the Secret, We Will Dance, The River is Here, I See the Lord, Blessed Be the Name, We Will Ride, and countless others.

Andy continues to lead worship, teach, and travel after all these years. We talk all about the charismatic renewal, songwriting, getting older in ministry, and more. I truly enjoyed this.

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Reading and the benefit of crossing genres
What Andy learned as a Vineyard worship leader in the 90s
Andy’s thoughts as a modern worship songwriting pioneer
How the role of Worship Leader has evolved over the last few decades
Andy’s worship leader & songwriter influences
The charismatic renewal and what that meant for worship
Staying away from the “star” mentality
Find your voice and your influence as an older worship leader
Whether you need to modernize your sound as you get older

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Breville Espresso Machine
Book: Water My Soul by Lucy Shaw
Book: Worship, Community, & the Triune God of Grace by James Torrance
Website: Andy Park

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