Silverman Ministries exists to usher people into God’s Presence through worship & praise
and raise up worship leaders and musicians, so that the world would come to know Yeshua.
Fifteen years! A lot can happen in a decade and a half. As I look back, I am grateful to Yeshua, Jesus, for how He has used 
Silverman Ministries, Inc. to bring glory to His Name and meet the needs of the people during these past fifteen years. We became a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization at the end of 2009, and now we are excited to see what God will do in 2025! As you may already know, Silverman Ministries exists to usher people into God’s Presence through worship & praise, and raise up worship leaders and musicians, so that the world would come to know Yeshua.
You will likely be getting this letter at the beginning of February, but I am starting to write it in the very beginning of January, during Chanukkah. I see the candle lights burning right in front of me as I type. I am reminded of God’s faithfulness. He has been so faithful to my household and our ministries all throughout this journey – not only during the years that I have been involved in full-time ministry, but all throughout my life. Like it says in the worship song, “All my life, You have been faithful. All my life, You have been so, so good!” (from the Goodness of God song).
Ministry and Worship Leading Through the Years
I was ministering full time as a part of the staff at Congregation Beth Yeshua in Philadelphia when we first started Silverman 
Ministries. At Beth Yeshua I was the youth director and music director, and Silverman Ministries was an entity to focus on the new original Messianic songs I was writing and recording. We had already released two albums by that point, Dry Bones (2004) and Revive (2007). Yes, that first album is over twenty years old! I recall we signed the first formation documents for Silverman Ministries right in the sanctuary of Beth Yeshua some evening in November 2009 (when there was not a service in session). Within a year or so, God led my family out to Tucson, Arizona where I received a scholarship to work towards the doctoral degree in classical choral conducting. After graduating in 2013, I applied for many choral positions across the country. However, the types of opportunities that God opened were Messianic worship events. I found myself in full time ministry with Silverman Ministries.
I am delighted how the ministry has developed and grown. Some of my personal highlights include serving at Messiah Conferences, ministering internationally with Paul Wilbur in England, Wales, and the Philippines, and recording with Joshua Aaron and Dan Needham. By God’s grace 
and favor I have served at dozens of the Messianic synagogues across the United States. After returning to Tucson in 2017, I began ministering with both Congregation Beth Sar Shalom and Desert Hope Lutheran Church. I still traveled for ministry engagements but it seemed the ministry focus began to zoom in more to training and equipping worship leaders, both children and youth as well as adults. Looking back, I continue to be grateful and am humbled at how God has used me to help so many young people have their first experiences with congregational worship teams. As I try to be attentive to God’s focus for our ministry, it seems that equipping and training has a lot to do with it. Wherever God takes me, there seems to be a new bunch of children & youth who are ready to be trained in the area of worship and music. As the music coaching grew, God opened the door for Youth Worship Camps in Tucson. Beginning camps in 2021, this summer is scheduled to be the fifth summer of Youth Worship Camp.
When I was in the doctoral program, one of the courses I took was something like, “How To Write A Book.” I began writing about my experiences as a worship leader and Messianic Jewish Music. This material helped form the Messianic Worship Leadership Course content I have had the privilege to teach several times. Then in 2019, we began video interviews with influential Messianic worshipleaders. We used the Messianic Worship Leadership Course material along with interview content from the documentary footage to teach for the Messianic Jewish Theological Institute in January of 2024, as well as form a new video documentary project!
Documentary
www.MessianicMusicDocumentary.com
The modern Messianic Jewish Movement started in the late 1960s and 70s. As Messianic synagogues began to form across the United States and eventually globally, there was a need for a new genre of music. This new music would have a message focused on the salvation of Israel and the Jewish people in the last days, and have a musical sound that was attractive to the Jewish people. It has been almost sixty years since what was known as the Jesus Movement happened, and multitudes of Jewish people became born again. The Pioneers of Messianic Worship documentary seeks to share the hearts and stories of some of the most influential songwriters and worship artists of the Messianic Jewish movement and the importance of Messianic music to prepare us for the return of the King. We are nearing the end of the project, working through the second edit and finalizing what songs and photographs to include to support the overall story. I am hopeful to have a finished project in March! View the teaser.
Shalom Songs
Another way we are equipping Messianic worship leaders is by providing them with the chord charts and sheet music they need to lead their worship teams. Since Messianic Music is a relatively new genre in the history of music, there have not been many options for Messianic songbooks. In most cases, individual congregations had their own “songbooks” either in manila folders in file cabinets, or more recently, shared by Google Drive. However, these collections of chord charts have tended to be shared within one individual congregation. For years, there has been a need for a platform to share Messianic chord charts and sheet music across congregations and across the global movement. Welcome to Shalom Songs! We seek for Shalom Songs to help Messianic Music become more accessible for both Messianic Jews and Christians. Do you know someone who is a brand new Messianic worship leader? Shalom Songs can help them access the most well known songs and Hebrew liturgies for planning Shabbat and High Holy Day services. Do you know a veteran worship leader? This site can help them find those lesser-known songs from artists who they might not have heard of otherwise. Do you know a worship pastor at a church? They could take some of this music and begin to incorporate it into their music sets for a “one new man” sound. Are you a songwriter? Send your songs to me and perhaps we can include your originals on the site! We like to say, “Shalom Songs is preparing the online congregational songbook for the end times Messianic Jewish revival…one song at a time.”
City Psalms Choir
Over the last two years I have partnered with City Psalms here in Tucson to write beautiful new choral arrangements
with a Tucson flare. I also conduct the City Psalms Choir. The choir rehearses for seven months out of the year and has grown to forty-nine singers representing twenty different Tucson congregations. Our primary purpose is to share the Good News of Yeshua through choral music. In December, we performed to two packed out audiences – at the Ballroom of the Voyager Resort and the Catalyst Creative Collective in the Tucson Mall. Working with this choir has helped me grow as a conductor to build a unified sound to reach our city. It’s truly been a blessing to work alongside our leadership team. I’m looking forward to co-composing more music this Spring for the choir rehearsals that will resume in May.
Looking ahead in 2025
The writer of Ecclesiastes wrote that there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven (Ecclesiastes 3). In years past I have desired to minister to the Messianic Jewish community in Michigan and Minnesota. I’m not quite sure why that region came up in my spirit. Last year, through a series of events, God opened the door for me to build new relationships with Messianic rabbis in both states, resulting in invitations to guest worship lead at both synagogues this year. I am also looking forward to serving in California for Rosh HaShanah and in Louisiana for Sukkot. Additionally, we’ve already received a tentative invitation to premiere the upcoming documentary at one of the Messianic summertime conferences! May the Lord receive all the glory for what He is doing in and through our lives and ministries. HalleluYah!
Thank you for your faithful generosity to our ministries. It is your support and partnership that has helped make it possible for us to reach people with Yeshua’s love. Please consider investing into our ministries today.
Looking forward to the next fifteen years by His grace… a lot can happen in a decade and a half.