You want to become a great worshipist (that a word I just made up). Someone who knows psychology is a psychologist. Someone who helps others with the ins and outs of nutrition is a nutritionist. So as a worship leader or team member, you both worship and help others worship well. You’re a worshipist. No …
Five Ways To Prevent Worship Leadership From Becoming A Drudgery Read More »
Being a worship leader has at least two sides: the sacred and secular. You can probably guess what I mean by sacred. It’s everything to do with the spiritual side of leadership – the devotion, prayer, personal worship, taking the lyrics to heart, congruence in our lives on stage and off. It’s a desire to …
We should begin each worship service joyfully entering the presence of God. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. Pslam 95:2 Worship leaders need to lead the way with a glad heart as we call our church to enter God’s presence. One of the best tools scripture gives …
Typically band members, vocalists and tech teams go all in. They love what they do and they are thankful for the opportunity to do it. But never forget they are your volunteer team. Thank them for their ministry. Create some systems for saying thanks to your worship team on a regular basis. Here are eleven …
Saying “Thank You” Is A Good Investment In Your Team Read More »
Like you, I lead worship in a local church week in and week out. I’m grateful for the worship teams I lead – the volunteers who are practicing music, rehearsing together, and helping to lead worship each Sunday (in both worship locations)! Also for the tech team that helps make it all come to life …
Three Gifts We Can Give As We Wind Down This Year Read More »
Worship leaders, worship teams and tech teams experience as much as anyone may, the enormous burden around the Christmas season. With all the extra services, recordings, rehearsals, decorating, meetings, planning, chord charts, new songs, revamped old songs, scheduling, leading, tracks, sound checks, and conversations, it’s only natural to feel a bit overwhelmed. Christmas is a …
Three Things Worship Leaders Should Not Do At Christmas Read More »
Here in the state of Illinois, the Covid restrictions are becoming tighter. Though the governor can’t dictate worship gathering limitations our United Methodist tribe asked all the churches in our conference to suspend all in-person worship for the month. So here we go again. Online only worship begins again this Sunday and will probably last …
The Songs You Choose During Online Only Make A Difference Read More »
Baseball scouts have long looked for a 5-tool player: hitting, hitting for power, running, fielding and throwing. It’s a rare breed to see one person be above average in each of these areas. As a result, team management and leadership seek to mix and match their player strong suits so they are complementary. If you …
Here are the basics of worship leading: 1. Heart for God You must have a heart for God to lead in worship. Musical ability is an asset, but without a desire to love and serve God and his church, there is no worship leadership. 2. Heart for the church You must believe in the mission …
The Seven Basics Of Worship Leading In The Local Church Read More »
Many worship leaders and creative leaders I know have more than one job. What about you? For starters, there are many part-time paid worship leader roles that allow someone who has a regular day job to serve a congregation on the weekends. This comprises a large chunk of the paid roles for musicians and leaders. …