Worship Musician January 2019 | Page 150

The on-boarding at every campus in Live In the end, serving is the heart of the volunteer summation of our values. And Values = Culture. Production starts with volunteering. Many of process, and providing the community where It is the context of “relationship” that determines our positions are designed with the volunteer in this thrives is very important to me. We find that our values, and our values create our culture. mind: Is it teachable, learnable, retainable, and talent can quickly be discovered (or verified) sustainable. We believe that there’s always a in this healthy process, and advancement will And, our culture is to be a worshiping church! place to serve, and we are constantly looking to naturally occur when our techs concentrate God has called us to be in a relationship develop up and train up based on commitment. on the stewardship and relationship with what (Matthew 22:34-40), and if we believe that So, the more one can commit, the more time we’ve been blessed. spontaneity in worship is of a high value, they can effectively serve, it gives opportunity because it potentially connects people with in retaining more complicated and technically [WM] What is your approach for keeping your God (relationship), then that value will help demanding responsibilities. Committing much, team engaged in worship and church life and shape our decisions in production, service equals greater responsibility. All learning starts growing in their walk with Christ? schedule, etc. and mold the mindset of our with a volunteer orientation, then a training tech crews as they serve. shift (not tied to a service), then “On The Job” [Andy] In a word… Relationship! Here at (OTJ) training that begins with shadowing, and Gateway Church, there are a few things that [WM] You are a multi-site Church, running ends with a solo shift with a trainer’s evaluation. make up what is a part of our DNA. And there DigiCo at all your campuses. Can you tell us Proven proficiency begins with a fellowshipping are also some church guidelines to help keep about the process you used to determine approach empowerment. us in alignment with what God has called us to which 'mixing platform' would best serve your Obviously, evaluations can provide some insight do. The greatest source for this is the Bible… global needs, and why did you end up selecting into technical ability, trainability, proficiency another is a social covenant that provides a DigiCo as your global solution? and if the avenue is in alignment with the reminder of how we should live and work while trainee’s giftings. being a part of Gateway, and it provides a 150 and ends with January 2019 [Andy] A number of years back, our church Subscribe for Free...