Ep. 14 | Heart of Worship w/ Jayson Oldham, Todd Gallahar, Kenzie Korzan, & Jared Mawhorter
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word “worship?” For most of us, it likely involves some version of singing together with other believers. And there’s good reason for that—singing and musical worship are an important part of how we honour and praise God.
But what do we do when gathering together, and especially singing together, are some of the riskiest things we could do?
In this week’s episode, you’ll get to listen in as Mike Mawhorter from our Church Lifecycles team talks with four worship leaders about the challenges and opportunities of leading the church into worship during this Covid season. You’ll hear from Jayson Oldham, Director of Worship Arts at South Delta Baptist; Todd Gallahar, Pastor, Musician, and Songwriter; Kenzie Korzan, Worship Leader at Village Church; and Jared Mawhorter, Pastor of Worship and Youth at Richmond Baptist.
They discuss the ways Covid has challenged them in their worship leading, how to create opportunities for congregational worship that don’t include singing, and what their hopes are for the church as we move forward through and out of the pandemic.
JAYSON OLDHAM
Jayson is the Director of Worship Arts at South Delta Baptist Church and has enjoyed living and being a pastor in the great community of South Delta since 1998. He and his wonderful wife, Juli, have three kids and are currently fostering a fourth little one! Life is full and God is good.
TODD GALLAHAR
Todd is a pastor, speaker, musician, and songwriter who is all about loving others, singing from the heart, and soaring on the wind God provides.
He is married to Amanda and together they have two nearly grown boys.
You can find him at toddgallahar.com
KENZIE KORZAN
Born and raised on the west coast, Kenzie Korzan’s love of the performing arts was fostered by gracious mentors and teachers from a young age. Her further studies at the Berklee College of Music ignited a passion for creativity in and through the church. This passion led her to Village Church, where she was brought onto the Worship Arts staff in 2016. Her most recent project was a collaborative EP showcasing musical interpretations of the first book of Psalms called Psalms (Book One) by Village Worship.
Her and her husband, Nate, just welcomed their first child, Judah James, in June of this year.
JARED MAWHORTER
Jared Mawhorter is a pastor at Richmond Baptist overseeing the Worship and Youth ministries. He loves leading people to declare the goodnesses and greatness of our God. He grew up in a home that valued music and loved God. Jared has been a part of music ministry within the church since the 8th grade when he started learning to play the drums. Jared and his wife, Katie, have 3 precious children.