Interim Worship Leading

Mike provides worship leadership for a week or a longer interim season—typically 3–16 months.

The goal: a healthier team, stronger systems, and a smooth handoff to your next worship pastor. Available in metro Atlanta and nationwide.

What churches are saying

“One of Mike’s greatest strengths is his commitment to developing people. Rather than creating dependency, he intentionally raised up leaders from within our congregation, investing in musicians, vocalists, and volunteers while building healthy systems that will continue to serve the church long after his assignment ended.

He strengthened our worship ministry, expanded leadership capacity, and helped create a culture where people were equipped to serve and grow.”

Zack Carden
Pastor, Marietta Community Church

“During our search for a worship leader our goal was to create an environment where the incoming leader might have the best chance for success. Doing so meant addressing longstanding practices and perceptions that were not always healthy and laying the foundation for a culture committed to growing spiritually, musically, and numerically.

Realizing that goal was not easy but over eight months Mike O’Brien successfully accomplished it with grace and compassion. Under his leadership we doubled the number of people serving in worship ministry, moved the congregation from spectators to engaged worshippers, and set the stage for a new beginning.

Mike brought wisdom, understanding, and a love for the local church. He took crafted broken pieces into something beautiful. Three Streams Worship was the perfect partner to help us reset a vision for worship.”

Doug Ferguson
Pastor, Huntersville Presbyterian Church

“I came in on the tail end of Mike's tenure at Church of the Incarnation. Even before I was in the application process for the Director of Music role, I was struck by the size and health of the volunteer pool at the church.

As I began to step into the onboarding process for the permanent job, I came to appreciate further Mike's imprint on the church. He completely revamped our sound/AV system, stocking the church with necessary equipment and setting up a board that's both user friendly and top-of-the-line.

He helped our finance office build out a more robust and detailed budget for the music ministry. He set up an organizational system via Planning Center that makes scheduling volunteers and distributing music easy. He was incredibly thorough in training me on all of these things.

My transition into this role has been undoubtedly smoother thanks to Mike's hard work, acumen, and heart for service.”

Brooks Hanaran
Worship Director, Church of the Incarnation