what we hope leaders walk away with, is that the arrangement and the parts that all speak It takes trial and error. It takes having prophetic
desire, willingness, and drive to hear what God together to make a song prophetic, anointed, voices in your community that you trust. We
is saying for their worship team or church, and and powerful. debrief after services all the time, and we ask
to follow that voice.
things like, “In that moment where there was
What we hope for the people who come here, some free flow, how did that come across? This
[WM] Michael Pope mentioned that there is is that when they go home, and are building is what was going on in my heart. How did that
more to John Mayer than just the notes he’s songs with their teams, they would also have translate with what I actually played?” We try
playing. How do you approaching teaching musicians who know their identity, and when to give each other hard feedback and let each
guitarists to find that intangible ‘something’ they are creating arrangements for their original other know if it worked or not, and encourage
that transforms the right notes and tones in songs they bring that to the table. If they are a each other to work on it and get better together.
something that is tangibly worship? person that carries peace, then that’s going to come through in the parts they write. Or if they [WM] One of the things that Steffany
[Joshua] Obviously, it starts with practice. But are a person that carries joy. And obviously, mentioned in this issue was that when she
one thing in our house that is really important hopefully, we all carry all of the parts of the came to Bethel, she knew she was going to
is understanding identity. When you know who fruit of the Spirit. When you understand the receive, but also, she knew she had something
you are and what you carry, you can actually anointing and gifting that’s on your life and what to bring. How do you bring out that which is in
bring that to your instrument. Michael Pope, you bring, and you keep that in the front of your people that sometimes they don’t necessarily
for example, knows who he is. He is able to mind as you are creating parts and practicing see in themselves?
create these parts from scratch and is a part your instrument, then you begin to bring those of the song-building process, and we believe qualities out, not through words, but through [Joshua] One way is by giving people
that is a part of what makes that song beautiful. your tone, your parts, and your instrument. permission to risk and fail. Otherwise, whatever
It’s not just the lyrics or the melody, but also
44
is inside of someone might never be called out.
June 2018
WorshipMusician.com