About Doug Hood

Worship Pastor at Central Ministries of Fort Wayne
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Doug Hood is a musician, composer, and worship pastor at Central Ministries of Fort Wayne, IN. In addition to holding a BS Degree in Music Composition, he is also President of CSD Group, an award-winning design and integration firm that partners with churches throughout the United States to elevate their worship experiences through better audio, video, lighting, and acoustics.
Doug is also the author of the book The Worship Unicorn.
Doug is married with five children, two grandchildren, two dogs, and an unconfirmed number of cats.

The Page Turn – Lessons from a Piano Teacher

If you took piano lessons like me, you remember sitting on the piano bench with the teacher at your right side. I looked at the sheet music with my eyes while my untrained hands learned how to translate notes, flats, sharps, clefs, rests, and time signatures into music. Starting out,... read more

Music is not Worship

I began playing piano at age seven, and by the time I was the ripe old age of eleven, I was playing at church. I was the kid they would prop up on the piano for church offertory. I loved it. And through the years that would expand into playing... read more