of striving. Alan Scott once told me, "When you
know who you are and what you carry, nothing
is impossible and nowhere is off limits!”
Another helpful pattern is to divert my attention
from the week ahead and ensure I spend a
few hours doing things that I know refill me. A
coffee date with my wife, a walk on the beach,
clothes shopping, flying my drone, or eating
pizza! Whatever it is that recharges you, be
aware of it and schedule it.
TUESDAYS ARE FOR TEAM
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up
people together to collect wood and don't
assign them tasks and work, but rather teach
them to long for the endless immensity of the
sea." – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
While reflecting on my time as a Worship Pastor,
a friend once enquired if I had deliberately
"placed more emphasis on the W and less on
the P." His question helped me understand that
the role of a Worship Pastor involves leading
people and not just excellent services! I quickly
realized that God had entrusted people into
my care and it was part of my role to develop
and lead them well! All my time was being
swallowed up in the "things" that go towards
leading worship.
Here's
the
exciting
dichotomy
in
those
approaches, focusing on the practicals rarely
develops the team, but focusing on people hours creating dedicated practice tracks and integrated with Planning Center, or inside our
pays dividends in engaged worship. endless chord charts for my team. iOS app, Chartbuilder. Inside of ChartBuilder,
it's combined with customizable chord charts
Worship is caught more often than it is taught Beyond the that actually match the original. That's now the
and the truth is, your church congregation will confidence it brings to my musicians that one single place my team needs to go to feel
very rarely "out worship" your team. I've learned makes it invaluable. fully prepared and assured.
to lead with an engaged team. The easiest way RehearsalMix affords any member of my team If you want to see engagement in your
to grow an engaged team is to help them feel the ability to learn the part with precision. They congregation increase, invest in your people.
prepared and comfortable. can access the original recording in the needed On a Tuesday morning, open Chartbuider, and
key and focus on their instrument. Simply, they thoughtfully plan your setlists. Search for fitting
My secret sauce for bringing comfort to my could learn by listening to their part elevated songs, try them, add them in any key, schedule
team has been RehearsalMix. RehearsalMix in the mix. Rehearse with that part removed your team, and then email them all from the
is, without a doubt, one of the most time- from the mix and, of course, reference the same app!
saving technologies I've ever implemented as a original full track. Using RehearsalMix is so Worship Pastor. Before finding it, I would spend easy, too. It can be found on MultiTracks.com,
the
time-saving
factor,
it’s
the easiest way to build an engaged church is
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