PLANNING CENTER ONLINE
[ 5 REASONS WORSHIP MINISTRY LEADERS USE PCO | Brendan Prout ]
There may be no magic silver bullets in worship prepare privately and show up ready to engage & youth ministry, deacons, pastors & elders,
ministry, but there is PCO. corporately. Being able to upload mp3’s of trustees, security team, teachers & speakers)
songs (easily transposed into the actual key on the same page together so that everybody
Planning Center Online helps a ministry of any we’re playing the song in) proves incredibly knows what is supposed to happen and when,
size become better organized and prepared, helpful for personal preparation. Additionally, resulting in a more unified spirit. As Amos 3:3
communicate better, reduce the administrative PCO establishes a library to post and link to asks, “How can two walk together unless
work that is a drag for many leaders responsible charts, they’re in agreement?”
for herding cats, erm... creatives, artists, tutorial resources, click tracks, and the overall techies and musicians, and it promotes unity in map of the service.
arrangements,
documents,
video
When everybody is on the same page, we
the Body of Christ.
support every area of ministry better.
When we provide the ability to prepare better,
Here are 5 Reasons why effective worship and communicate a culture of individual SCHEDULING
ministry leaders use PCO: ownership in practicing better, as a team we PCO streamlines scheduling so that it is not the
perform better. monster that eats all my time. When we train
COMMUNICATION
Churches
have
the team to use the calendar blackout dates
multiple
streams
of
communication, with far-reaching possibilities
in ways we disseminate information: Facebook
groups, group texts, emails, private web
forums, phone calls, church bulletins, social
media apps... and too many options means
there are many chances for necessary details
to get lost or ignored.
PCO provides an effective platform for our
ministry team members to use one common
means of communication, ensuring fewer
drops in the information stream. When we
insist on just one means of communicating
– no more group texts about scheduling, no
more telephone game (Mary Sue asked me
to tell you that she won’t be able to be here
on Thursday...) – the result is no more missed
and respond quickly to requests, scheduling
When my focus
as a leader
becomes uber fast, allowing us to focus on the
more important (and fun) aspects of leading
a worship team. Using PCO allows me to
minimize administrative time and prioritize
spiritual and musical preparation, far more
can be on big
fruitful pursuits.
picture elements
of worship
When my focus as a leader can be on big
picture elements of worship rather than on the
minutia of scheduling, our team benefits from
rather than on
the better focus and the whole church is better
for it.
the minutia of
scheduling, our UNITY
team benefits... and love as we seek to live out Jesus’ vision for
connections, which is a huge time saver and
We desire to be united in heart, mind, spirit,
His Church. Using effective methods and tools,
such as PCO provides, gives us the ability to do
stress reliever for the typical person responsible
all that we do better each Sunday to bless one
for a worship ministry. PCO is incredibly good CENTRALIZATION
at making this happen. There are myriad resources out there for
another in our local church.
learning songs, making it challenging to get When we do all that we do with the achievable
When we communicate expectations better, everyone on the same page. PCO provides vision of being unified in heart and spirit, God
we see expectations met better. the ability to collect what is most helpful for the is glorified and His local church is better for it.
team and put it in one place, so we provide PREPARATION a clear vision of each part, each song, each PCO allows a worship leader to put all the tools set, and each service. Using PCO brings our in one place for every member of the team to whole ministry team (ushers, greeters, children
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Brendan Prout
Husband, dad, pastor, and worship leader. He loves
training and equipping others to do the work of
ministry they are called to, all things geeky, coffee,
good food, cars, and not driving off cliffs anymore.
WorshipMusician.com