LOOP COMMUNITY
BUILDING COMMUNITY WITH YOUR TEAM W / NORTH POINT WORSHIP | Matt McCoy
Just because you serve on a worship team , doesn ’ t mean that you have great community on your team . If your team is only communicating on Sunday mornings and its all very surface level or only about the task at hand , it may leave you and your team wanting more . Lauren Lee Anderson from North Point Worship sat down with Matt from Loop Community to talk about how to build solid community in your worship team .
BEING VULNERABLE
[ Matt ] “ Our teams are craving community . They ’ re wanting to be a part of something deeper in the conversation . Community is built out of vulnerability and when you finally get passed the surface level stuff and talk about real struggles , that ’ s where the relationship and intimacy are built . How can worship leaders seek out vulnerability in their worship teams to help get through hard seasons ?”
[ Lauren ] “ It starts with us as leaders .
Removing the stigma that in order to lead you have to be perfect . There ’ s Scripture behind leadership being held to a higher standard , so you may feel the pressure to present yourself in a certain way . But you don ’ t have to be perfect . Our brokenness doesn ’ t disqualify us . Our brokenness is another facet in which God ’ s glory can shine . We ’ re all broken and if we sugar coat everything , it almost removes part of the story that God wants to tell . His heart is for redemption . We have to lead out in vulnerability . Our team isn ’ t just going to feel safe to share on their own .”
CONNECT OUTSIDE OF CHURCH If you ’ re only connecting with your teams on Sunday mornings or during a songwriting session when there is a lot going on , it can be challenging to be vulnerable and build community .
[ Lauren ] “ Our team sees each other a lot whether it ’ s traveling , Sunday morning or for writes . It can be easy to lean on that for our community , but the truth is we ’ re working on something . That isn ’ t the prime time to be vulnerable . We ’ re really trying to grow in being together consistently outside of work . We started a night we call sabbath where we get together , make a meal together and we may talk about Scripture or just about life . We check in and it ’ s great . Leaning into those outside of church moments and community building opportunities is a great way to create vulnerability in the team and on stage .”
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