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You know how it goes. You’re all set to start your worship practice and that one team member isn’t there yet. This week’s episode was a great roundtable discussion with myself, Ben, Josh, Chris, Chris, Fox, and Scott. Here’s what we talk about:
- The challenge of making sure that you start to practice on time.
- Chris‘s story on how he changed the culture at his church. The difference he felt as he came in from a professional musician background.
- The importance of coming in as a professional.
- The value in understanding the culture of the church and worship ministry you are working with.
- Actually loving your team and treating them as a family.
- The importance of leading by example as you start your worship practice.
- How crucial it is to be involved in the lives of your worship team members.
- The growth that can be seen both in the church and in the worship ministry through creating a culture of professionalism.
- The crucial element of starting your rehearsal with a devotional.
- How Chris locks his door at the start of rehearsal helped people stop showing up late.
- How your being prepared for rehearsal is a reflection of your respect for your position.
- The value of warming up before rehearsal and getting everything set up in the room before the downbeat.
- Communicating the expectation of starting on time.
- How you can’t become complacent about pushing your team to not be content. Chris has a great post about complacency here.
- Raising the bar in ministry and how starting on time is a crucial part of the process.