Worship made simple.
You want to serve on a worship team...
...but learning is challenging, expensive & time-consuming.
After 21 years on this music & ministry journey,
I know how you feel.
But what if there was a way to make this process simpler, without sacrificing quality?
The answer?
Courses + Coaching = Results
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Includes Acoustic, Vocals, Piano, Drums, Electric, Bass, Music Theory & Leadership Starter mini-courses (Module 1 of full courses), with 14 days of free access.
Includes 296 min. video run time, 225 quiz/test questions & 26 paragraph response critical thinking questions.
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"I've learned so much by following the progression of the courses...if you're on the fence about looking into these worship courses, I would encourage you to just go for it & jump off the fence."
Cody Towell
Worship Leader
"Zac speaks with an authority that commands your attention, and combines it with a gentleness and humility that makes you WANT to hear what he's going to say next. He is knowledgeable beyond his years!"
Dr. Evie Parkhurst
Assistant Director of Campus Ministry,
The University of Findlay
"I never thought I could be part of the team...Zac was very patient and helpful...setting clear goals and guidance as I steadily improved...I've been on the team for close to two years and love every minute."
Elsabé Fourie
Vocalist,
Quest Community Church
"Our team was impressed at his ability to knowledgeably and capably teach multiple instruments, and with his leadership overall, sensing the love of Christ in the care and competence with which he leads."
Matt Ginter
Director of Campus Ministry,
The University of Findlay
"Zac’s coaching is insightful, encouraging and challenging. He quickly establishes rapport and is very knowledgeable...our team deeply appreciated his input and admired his character."
Dr. Josiah Parkhurst
Assistant Director of Campus Ministry,
The University of Findlay
"Zac encouraged me to push myself to grow in areas that I needed to work on with tact. He has an awesome ability to address someone in practice and encourage them while still acknowledging the area of growth."
Daniel Barnes
Worship Leader,
Quest Community Church
"Zac has led worship at Grace Pointe multiple times now. His impact on the worship team has always been positive. He is an excellent collaborator and worship coach. He makes everyone around him better."
Brad Kittle
Senior Pastor,
Gracepointe Community Church
Step 1: Get Functional
Courses are designed to save you time in the learning process, so you can serve faster, with less hassle & more fun.
Step 2: Expand Your Toolbelt
Over 29 hours of video lessons & 1700+ quiz questions teach you the tools to succeed, with content for beginners & veterans alike.
Step 3: Prepare Professionally
Learn direct from a worship pastor who's served over 400 churches & ministries across 45 US states & South Africa.
Your 8 courses include...
29 hr, 25 min. video run time | 1,754 multiple choice quiz/test questions | 198 paragraph answer critical thinking questions
Premium members only: 54 Coaching Community "record video of yourself" prompts.
(Content used in multiple courses only counted once.)
Course #1: Acoustic
(Be Worshipful & Creative)
By the end of this course, you'll have:
- Over 100 chords, inversions & variations across 8 content-rich modules, plus Intro & Final Exams
- Best practices for keys of G, D, C, E & A, as well as how to transpose, access any key with a capo, bar chords & acceptable substitutes for difficult chords
- 3 alternate tunings unique to Zac's style of worship leading for a better sound & easier chording (you likely won't find these anywhere else!)
- And much more!
Includes 214 min. video run time, 200 multiple choice quiz/test questions, 25 paragraph-answer critical thinking questions, 9 Coaching Community prompts & 5 posts.
(Used in multiple courses: 10 min video, 6 quiz questions & 3 posts.)
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Course #2:
Vocals (Sing With Authority)
By the end of this course, you'll know:
- How to unlock your voice to sing with power & authority
- The fundamentals of vocal technique made simple & easy to understand, such as breathing, dynamics, diction, pitch, etc.
- In-depth demonstrations of good & bad technique so you can apply concepts & self teach
- Advanced tips for tight harmonies, killer vocal trios, engaging stage presence, effective leadership & deep spiritual maturity
- And much more!
Includes 170 min. video run time, 170 multiple choice quiz/test questions, 24 paragraph-answer critical thinking questions, 9 Coaching Community prompts & 3 posts.
(Used in multiple courses: 7 min video, 6 quiz questions & 3 posts.)
LEARN MORECourse #3: Piano
(The Gateway Instrument)
By the end of this course, you'll know:
- The essentials of piano technique
- How to play in every key
- All major & minor chords, including special tips & shortcuts
- Chord variants & inversions typically seen in worship music
- Best practices to get a professional & tasteful worship sound
- Advanced tips on how piano works as a rhythm or lead instrument on a worship team
- Much more!
Includes 237 min. video run time, 269 multiple choice quiz/test questions, 25 paragraph-answer critical thinking questions, 9 Coaching Community prompts & 3 posts.
(Used in multiple courses: 10 min video, 6 quiz questions & 3 posts.)
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Course #4: Drums
(Play With Confidence)
By the end of this course, you'll know:
- How drums can be broken down into very simple components, making it easier to learn than you might think!
- The essentials of stick control, foot control & rhythm
- How to count rhythms, time signatures & break down a beat so you can learn beats by ear
- Many common beats, progressing from very simple beats to complex beats
- How to play with dynamics & lead your team through the map of songs
- Advanced tips, such as playing in compound time signatures, best practices for multi-drummer setups & more!
Includes 180 min. video run time, 166 multiple choice quiz/test questions, 24 paragraph-answer critical thinking questions, 9 Coaching Community prompts & 3 posts.
(Used in multiple courses: 10 min video, 6 quiz questions & 3 posts.)
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Course #5:
Electric Guitar
(Lead & Rhythm)
By the end of this course, you'll know:
- How to play rhythm, including power chords, high lead rhythm shapes & bar chords.
- Learning strategies to quickly identify notes across the entire fretboard
- Highly useful scale patterns, intervals & lead positions for all strings & keys
- Common guitar movements such as vibrato, bending & more
- How to use music theory to create memorable, iconic lead parts
- How to serve your team, play around vocals & become a lead player your worship leader loves to have on the team
- And much more!
Includes 234 min. video run time, 175 multiple choice quiz/test questions, 25 paragraph-answer critical thinking questions, 9 Coaching Community prompts & 3 posts.
(Used in multiple courses: 10 min video, 6 quiz questions & 3 posts.)
LEARN MORECourse #6: Bass
(Play Your 1st Song
In An Hour)
By the end of this course, you'll know:
- Right & left hand technique, as well as all notes on bass, transposing & inversions
- How to operate on bass in a worship team setting
- Special tricks to create dynamics from the bass
- Tips & tricks for bassists looking to get creative, including an introduction to bass fills & examples
- Much more!
Includes 154 min. video run time, 203 multiple choice quiz/test questions, 24 paragraph-answer critical thinking questions, 9 Coaching Community prompts & 3 posts.
(Used in multiple courses: 10 min video, 6 quiz questions & 3 posts.)
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PREMIUM MEMBERS ONLY:
Coaching Community
Get personalized answers to your questions as you go through the courses. Get feedback on videos of yourself playing. Help other musicians & join our community.
Course #7:
Music Theory & Ear Training
(Hear Worship By Ear)
By the end of this course, you'll know:
- How to use music theory to become a confident worship musician
- The Nashville number system and how it makes music make sense
- How to identify scale degrees, intervals & Nashville numbers by ear so you can play without a chord chart
- Smooth ways to modulate between keys
- Chord variants & inversions
- Advanced chords & concepts, such as jazz chords
- And much more!
Includes 306 min. video run time, 310 multiple choice quiz/test questions, 24 paragraph answer critical thinking questions & 3 posts.
(Used in multiple courses: 2 min video, 6 quiz questions & 3 posts.)
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Course #8:
Leadership & Theology
(Team Member -> Leader)
By the end of this course, you'll know:
- How to become a worship leader (or team member!) that worship teams LOVE to work with
- How to identify whether you're called to worship ministry
- Gospel-centered theology to lay the foundation for ministry effective leadership (cross-denominational)
- How to coach your team to greater quality while helping them feel valued & encouraged
- How to plan awesome worship sets, administration, job seeker tips and more!
Includes 319 min. video run time, 303 multiple choice quiz/test questions, 27 paragraph answer critical thinking questions & 2 posts.
(Used in multiple courses: 2 min video, 6 quiz questions & 2 posts.)
LEARN MOREStill on the fence? Check out this video from Cody, a worship leader from Ohio...
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To go deeper into worship ministry?
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- Get You Functional (this is the focus of Modules 1-3)
- Expand Your Toolbelt (we work on this in Modules 4-5)
- Prepare You Professionally (and creatively! The really fun stuff is typically in modules 6-8)
- They Save You Time - They are a system to get you functional and playing real worship songs quickly without feeling overwhelmed.
- Fun But Challenging - ZJC courses challenge you via quizzes, tests and more to create resistance & test what you’ve learned. This simulates what you would learn in private lessons, and makes it more likely that you will retain what you learn and take the learning beyond this course.
- Teach You “How To Fish” - I want you to become a self teacher. These courses take techniques from private lessons & self-teaching experience to give you exercises that train your brain, and train you to learn how to create exercises to self teach new musical concepts.
- They Prepare You Professionally (And Creatively!) - As a worship leader, this course is everything I would want you to know about playing on a worship team. Serving on a team is more than playing the right notes. These courses teach how to be an ideal team member, and are tailored for worship ministry preparation.
The courses are based on 15 years of personal live experience on worship teams in non-orchestral roles (worship leading, acoustic, electric, bass, drums, keys, tech and more), plus composition training & arranging experience working with orchestral instruments. When you put it all together, this allows me to take a holistic approach. It allows me to share the unique things an ideal team member pays attention to, as well as how each role relates to other members of the team.
For example, this course talks about how bass players & drummers work together, as that's a key relationship for bass players. Other roles have different things they need to focus on, and they will be covered in additional courses.
There are also many things in ZJC courses that are based on two decades of broader ministry experience in over 400 churches across 45 US States & South Africa. I draw from this experience to accelerate the journey of new worship leaders & team members. In the courses, I do everything I can to make you more effective in your ministry as you serve your local church and beyond.
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