3 . How can you use the Practice Numbers to express those guidelines ?
4 . When a team member arrives at rehearsal , what ’ s the lowest acceptable preparation number he / she should have achieved for each song ?
5 . When a team member arrives at rehearsal , what ’ s the ideal preparation number he / she should have achieved for each song ?
6 . What are some ways you can use the Practice Numbers to raise the level of preparation within your team ? ( Jump to question 9 )
7 . If songs should be memorized by Sunday , what ’ s the lowest acceptable preparation number he / she should have achieved for each song by rehearsal ?
8 . If songs should be memorized by Sunday , what ’ s the ideal preparation number he / she should have achieved for each song by rehearsal ?
9 ., How will you use this Practice By Numbers guide during your audition / qualification process ?
10 . How will you use this Practice By Numbers guide during your new team member orientation ( or onboarding process )?
11 . When / how do you plan to discuss this with your team members ?
12 . What objections or complaints do you anticipate from your team members as you discuss this ?
If you don ’ t have a system of standards for preparation , then you ’ ll probably continue to be frustrated with your team members and yourself . A system allows you to be specific with each song for each week . My team knows that each song needs to be at a Level 3 by rehearsal and a Level 4 by Sunday morning . We generally take songs to a Level 5 after we ’ ve played the song for about a month of services . This way it lets everyone on the rotation have a couple cracks at it before we expect memorization . The week that we take a song to a level 5 we will rehearse it without music stands or confidence monitors and play it standing in a circle interacting with each other . You ’ ll find out real quick who knows it- and who doesn ’ t . This isn ’ t overbearing , it ’ s accountability .
Obviously , we have to have grace with our team members when it comes to preparation . Many of our teams are full of volunteers ; it ’ s up to us as worship leaders to be the most prepared person in the room . If we ’ re staring at a stand or dropping lyrics , our team will be even less prepared .
If you ’ d like to have a team that comes prepared every week regardless of who is on the platform , then click this link to check out our course Practice Matters .
“ We talkin ’ bout practice !”
Matt Miller Matt lives in Cincinnati , OH with his wife Kara and their daughter Melody . He ’ s the Head Coach of WorshipTeamCoach . com and WorshipWorkshop . com , two sites that help worship leaders make every Sunday exceptional . If you want to explore coaching or mentoring with the WorshipTeamCoach team visit this page . WorshipTeamCoach . com WorshipWorkshop . com
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