Worship Podcast
[This post is part of a series on Leading Your Team & Congregation Through Worship Tensions. Check out the rest here.]
What do you do when you are faced with a room of passionate Christians AND clueless unbelievers?
Worship Leader, how do you manage this tension?
I believe the answer to this question is one of the most important facets of a worship leader’s ministry.
Close your eyes.
Imagine you’re on vacation.
Or if you’re on vacation, you can open your eyes.
Good feeling, isn’t it?
Vacation is something we all look forward to, dare I say, live for? Especially if you are in a less-than-ideal job, you probably live for the moments you can be out of the office doing what you want. If you’re one of those people who don’t take vacations, you should probably stop murdering small puppies (because that’ obviously what non-vacationers do).
The truth is, we all need vacations. As pastors, worship leaders, & creatives, we need a break from our routines to rest and be reenergized.
[This guest post is by Rob Morgan of therobmorgan.com]
So you’ve been playing on your worship team for the past few years now and are starting to feel pretty comfortable with the music, right? I mean, nobody can nail that Brewster guitar solo like you [except for Lincoln himself… maybe.]
You’ve figured out all the instrumentation on the new Gungor album and even have a melodica on hand just waiting for your Planning Center schedule to give you the go ahead.
Even so, as musicians and artists playing in the local church, we are faced with a challenge that you may not have even recognized is there.
How do you go from being what I call a ‘Human Jukebox’ (just replaying what someone else wrote & recorded) to unlocking your own creative potential?
[This guest post is by Jeff Goins of Goins Writer]
I got my first guitar when I was 16. My dad bought it for me for $100. I played it through an 8-inch Gorilla amp. It was an electric, Fender Stratocaster knock-off.
A few months later, I quit.
So how did I end up on the road, playing music professionally with a group, years later? I picked that guitar back up. But the journey for getting there was arduous.
Whether you are a creative staff member or a lead pastor, it helps to have some understanding as to how each other thinks.
A few weeks ago I posted an article on The Worship Leader’s Guide to Understanding Their Senior Pastor. It’s so important to adopt the vision and values of your lead pastor.
Fulfilling their vision is part of your God-ordained role.