Leaders, Ministry Leadership, Worship Leading
1000 Marks Of A Worship Team (Show #93)
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Do You Have A Healthy Team?
Whether if you are a worship leader, musician, singer, audio-tech or pastor, God desires your team to be healthy. If we are to lead our churches in worship, our worship needs to be authentic, honest, sincere and God honoring.If not, what is our purpose? Healthy things grow. That’s the simple truth that works whether you’re talking about a person, a vegetable, or an organization. If your worship team is healthy, you should be seeing growth, whether that is numerical growth, growth in quality, or growth in spiritual depth. Ideally, you should be seeing growth in all three of these areas. But what are some signs of a healthy team?
How can you know if your team is healthy?
Healthy things grow.
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Inward Signs of Growth
There are both inward and outward signs of growth. First, there are signs that are apparent internally as each member of your team grows on their own. Here are a few examples, followed by a question for each to ask yourself and your team. Commitment to learning. When you’re actively looking for opportunities to learn and grow in every situation, constructive criticism doesn’t come as an attack on you as a person but an answer to the question you’ve been asking all along. “How can I do this better?”
Commitment to humility. Philippians chapter 2 highlights this so well. Jesus came to serve and lay down His life for us. We need to love and serve each other. It’s a ceaseless mission to place value on the people around you. “How can I demonstrate your value?”
Commitment to devotion. Are you exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness ~ Galatians 5:22) in your life more now than you were last year? If so, you’re devoted to the right thing. “What fruit am I producing?”
Commitment to ownership. We bring solutions, not just problems. We fix things that are broken. We actively look for needs and gaps and we fill them. “If this was ‘my problem’ what would I do differently?”
Commitment to the cause. Family, friends, fun, and a team to be a part of are all great reasons to serve each Sunday. But deep down inside you know that, if you were the only one here, you would still turn up. Why? Because you believe in the cause of Christ. You believe in building what Jesus said He would build – His Church (Matthew 16:18). “If I was the only one, would I still be here?”
Outward Signs of Growth
Some marks of a healthy team can be seen inside each individual, but there are some marks that directly affect our relationships with other people on the team. Here are a few examples of these outward signs of a healthy team, along with a question for each one. Commitment to serving. No matter what we find in our hands to do, whether worship leading, setting up the stage, changing microphone batteries, or anything in between, our first question to each other and to our church should be ‘how can I help you?’. You’re there to help others, not the other way around. “How can I help you?”
Commitment to excellence. Excellence isn’t perfection, but it is your best, and your best means always getting better. What is excellence?
- Excellence looks like personal practice. Getting better at your craft. If you feel as though you’re “good enough”, please re-check your approach. Excellence takes hard work and means we are continually getting better.
- Be aware of where you want to be and set realistic goals for yourself. Don’t be content with staying where you are. God wants our best and the bottom line is our best will constantly be changing with more time, work, and experience.
- Set an expectation of excellence in your team. Excellence starts with the expectation we set for ourselves but a culture of excellence in a team can only be created by the expectation of our leadership. As a team leader, be clear about your expectations – your team will most likely rise to the challenge!
- Approach what you “always do” with fresh eyes. If we want church to be a place of innovation and initiative, we can’t do this by staying the same. In a new season, we need to look at what we do with fresh eyes. Different seasons call for new strategies or playing techniques. “Is this my best?”
Commitment to others. You don’t hold tightly to “your thing” but actively look for ways to include others on the journey. This is our mandate. We are one body, each with a part to play (1 Corinthians 12). “Who else can I include?”
Commitment to unity. Musicians, lighting, media, sound, singers, musical directors, worship leaders, service directors, pastors and prayer team: We are all part of the team and we are better together! “Am I an island?”
Commitment to communication. If struggles and conflicts arise in a team, are you going to the right person or are you gossiping? Don’t be afraid to have direct conversations with the person or people responsible. Jesus said go to the person directly. It will fix the problems much faster. “Am I communicating my problems to the right people?”
“A Worship Team is one who is committed to worship.” @BranonDempsey
Ready, Set, Aim! None of us get these things right all of the time. But they are important and Godly commitments for us all to be aiming towards, both personally and collectively!
@MarkMCole @BranonDempsey @worshiptt
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