to team night. It’s basically like a mid-week [Dave] The Creative team is a little bit different called to greatness. I’m an okay speaker. I’m an
service. We usually do some worship, have a because there is a lot of “doing” involved, like okay communicator. But I know that I’m called
message, and then there’s usually some kind of being a guitar player, for example. It’s easy to to significance.” And so, this whole idea of the
training or master classes that happen after the get caught up in the mentality that you just difference between greatness and significance
service is done. Sometimes we’ll do musician’s show up for the services that you’re rostered is one of the things that I think is foundational
trainings, guitar-only trainings, or photography for, you play your instrument, and then you’re for our Creative team. We have a ton of really
training, etc. Team night is the best tool for us done. But our goal is to not make the “doing” talented musicians. Great guitar players, great
to put faces to names, and there is time to meet the focus, but rather to focus on building up the keyboard players, great drummers, but in the
people and to meet the leaders. That’s pretty people and investing in them. That’s been what long run we’re not looking for great musicians.
much our method for how we go about getting I’ve been focusing on over the past year with We’re looking for people who want to build
people plugged in. the guitar team. I want to make it not as much their lives around being significant in God’s
about how you phrase licks and play chords Kingdom. What a difference that makes! I
We’re getting a lot better at doing follow up with like the players on the Hillsong albums, but really believe that someone who is an average
new people and making sure that no one falls to make it more about investing in the culture guitar player but is totally connected to their
through the cracks, because in a big church and community and connecting more people relationship with God and to the mission of the
in can be easy for communications to get lost together to encounter Jesus. It’s a really fine team, they’re going to have a much greater
and for people to not get followed up with. balance. impact than someone who is just really good at
That really bums us out, because we try and
their instrument.
see each person that walks through the door One example I can give you, I did this intro as an individual, with their own story. We firmly to one of our trainings that we call musician’s One of the goals that we have as a team is
believe that God has a purpose and a place for bootcamp. It’s basically where anyone who is to always be building into people to get the
each person that we come into contact with. interested in playing shows up. We rent out a right culture, so that their eyes and hearts are
The more people that we can bring along with rehearsal space and we cycle through having focused on the right things. The improvement
us on this journey, the stronger the team is different teams play through a couple songs that they’re making in their playing will be built
going to be and the more people that they will just to see how everyone is doing and if they out of that. The more that they understand why
bring along too. have any questions or anything that they can we even have guitar players on the worship
work on, as far as their instrument goes. One of team, or why we have a worship team at church
[WM] What are some of the things you want our pastors gave a talk one time, and his main in the first place, the more they’ll understand
the people you lead to keep in mind? point was when he said, “I don’t know if I’m why it’s important to practice and really care for
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