Not too long ago my Pastor spoke to me after a service and said, “I felt you had a song in your heart. The next time the Lord gives you a song during worship, don’t keep it to yourself”. Of course, I immediately freaked out at the idea. Did he really want me to make …
Worship Team Building
More Ways to Kill Your Worship Rehearsal
I started this discussion last week with my post called “How to Kill Your Worship Rehearsal.” Be sure to check it out to see where we started. The truth is, as I have been working on these posts, there are a lot of ways we are killing our rehearsals without even knowing it. I hope …
How to Kill Your Worship Rehearsal
My worship team rehearses on Thursday nights. We start in the evening after a full day for the team members and myself. To be honest, there are times where we’re all going through the motions and just want to get home. Over the past few months I’ve really felt that God was asking more of …
Worship Team Building // The Audition
This is the second of a 3 part series that will take you through all 3 phases of the audition process: The Ask, The Audition, The Acclimation. Be sure to check out the first part here Part 2: The Audition So we’ve advertised, made announcements from stage and had our bands put the ask out …
Worship Team Building // The Ask
This is the first of a 3 part series that will take you through all 3 phases of the audition process: The Ask, The Audition, The Acclimation Part 1: The Ask “No, sorry. We don’t need any more singers or vocalists. As a matter of fact, we have too many amazingly talented volunteers in our …
Worship Team Building // Flattery vs. Praise
A few years ago, I read Tom Rath’s book ‘How Full is Your Bucket’ and it changed the way I showed appreciation to my team. The basic premise of the book is to fill your team, family and friend’s ‘Bucket’ (or need for acknowledgment for their works & what they mean to you) on a …
Worship Team Building // Dealing With Complacency
It doesn’t matter how many seats are in the auditorium, how talented the musicians, how awesome the gear, or how beautiful the song: at some point or another, we all have to deal with the cancerous disease of complacency. And I’ve noticed that how we deal with it in our circles of influence is not …
Worship Team Building // Love & Respect
Have you ever had that moment on Sunday morning when everyone is strolling in on time, except for the drummer? Or what about the times when practice lands on the same night as Back to School night and your bass player, keyboard player, and acoustic guitarist can’t attend? In these moments it’s easy to remember …