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SHAPING THE WORSHIP CULTURE | Kristian Ponsford
Sometimes I feel worship times are really Setting the temperature in any setting, live CONFIDENT WITH YOUR ARMOR.
connecting and a special moment is brewing, stream or in person, takes practice. Most of all, There are countless lessons we can learn
only to open my eyes and see a load of blank, it requires you to be authentic. Trying to inject from the story of David and Goliath, especially
expressionless faces looking back at me. Now, passion while merely going through the motions in his refusal to wear King Saul's armor. The
as I lead through a live stream or pre-recorded is simply acting! Our worship is a response to Bible tells us that David chose not to wear the
service, I don’t have any faces looking back God's revelation in our lives. Everything begins armor because he wasn't accustomed to it and
at me! and ends with God. Reading through the wasn’t confident moving around in it.
scriptures you find countless acts of worship
Have you been here? Wanting so badly for your that started through healing, miracles, or At MultiTracks.com, we firmly believe you and
church to have an engaging time of worship, revelation of the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit. your entire team will be at your best when you
but not knowing if anything is connecting Worship is caught more than it's taught, and we are entirely comfortable and confident on the
through a screen? have to be spending time with Jesus in order platform or through a screen. It means you
to see healing, miracles or gain revelations that and your team need to be accustomed to the
lead to worshipping authentically. armor, or songs, you are leading with, trusting
I believe quarantine is the perfect time to
help our congregations engage even more
in the stability of the technology you use and
in expression and passion in their praise in There's no shortcut to this, it's all about on the same page as a team. That's why
sung worship times. As worship leaders, we spending time with Jesus. My friend and hero we design our resources with the mission of
are entrusted to lead a group of people on a Tim Hughes commented that "worship leading enabling you, the worship leader, to focus on
journey toward an encounter with Jesus. What is taking your private cry and making it public." what really matters. That's why we encourage
an excellent time we’re in to lead people to Setting the temperature of your church starts you to invest in your team and provide them
encounters with God in their very own homes. with spending time with Jesus. with the tools they need to be all that they can.
Tools like Chartbuilder with RehearsalMix are
Here are two ways we, as worship leaders, can In episode one of The Worship & Technology incredible ways to develop your musicians and
empower ourselves to help shape the worship Podcast by MultiTracks.com, our guest Alex to empower them to lead with the confidence.
culture in our churches even through this time Seeley, pastor of The Belonging Co, powerfully in quarantine. shared the following: Even through quarantine, you can lead with
“What translates is the genuineness of what's confidence, set the temperature and shape
THERMOMETER OR THERMOSTAT? coming through [the live stream]. It's a great the worship culture of your church through
After a particularly tricky set recently, the test, a litmus test, for people to see what authentically leading by spending time with
kind that feels like you are wading through they're doing in a room is performance or God and by being confident with your armor.
molasses, I was asked this question: "Did you whether it's actually genuine authenticity. You set out to be a thermometer or a thermostat?" can tell that. In a room you can get away with it Check out MultiTracks.com for more information
Behind this strange question was the realization because it's on the fly, but it's going to translate and to start your free trial today.
that my leading was too often influenced by a on a screen. Where people are insecure, I think, room full of people. If the energy of the crowd it's really challenging. 'Who am I without all the was high, I led better. When the people were bells and whistles? Who am I when everything sluggish, I operated with less authority and is stripped away? Where is my relationship with enthusiasm. I believe that leadership, including Jesus and the Holy Spirit? This is where we've worship leading, requires the skill of both got to understand, whether you believe in the reading the temperature and being prepared to power of the Holy Spirit of not, it's the Spirit of set the temperature - whether people are in the God that translates through. It can go through room or not. a screen, it can go through a wall it can go
through anywhere because it's Spirit.”
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May 2020
Kristian Ponsford
Kristian is the Director of Products & Market
Development at MultiTracks.com, and he is
passionate about helping worship leaders lead
worship well.
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