Comments on: Worship Leadership – Building Community

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:18:50 +0000

Hey everyone! Thanks so much for the great answers. It's definitely a process, and these will give me some ideas to help us progress along the path of growing together as a team. Any other ideas you have would be appreciated, too. Thanks again. Barrys last blog post..You satisfy

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By: janowen

janowen — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:59:47 +0000

shoot me your questions – i’d be happy to answer.

By: Ronnie (MandoRon)

Ronnie (MandoRon) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:20:04 +0000

Several day ago, I forwarded this to the worship team that I’m on. It has sparked some really good conversation.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:30:10 +0000

good insight Fred! Seans last blog post..What if…. Technology was taken away

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:44:56 +0000

jan, that sounds incredible – I’d love to hear more about where you go, what you do, etc.

rhoy, agreed – conferences, concerts, etc … these can be incredible team-building trips!

patrick @lifeway – thanks for sending your traffic here, my friend!

By: LifeWay Worship Project.blog

LifeWay Worship Project.blog — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:20:18 +0000

Fred wants to know……

How do you build community within the members of your worship team, especially if you’re on a rotation?……

By: rhoy pamparo

rhoy pamparo — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:03:16 +0000

i am one of the many musicians in our worship theme. i just joined this ministry about a year and its always tough to kinda know everybody besides what instrument they play. one of the things that helped us connect is when we attended a christian conference as a team. by attending some events at church together and just sitting down, chatting over coffee/lunch, i got to know people more and more as a person.

By: Ronnie (MandoRon)

Ronnie (MandoRon) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:30:45 +0000

Thanks Fred. Great advice.

By: janowen

janowen — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:24:49 +0000

oh, we also learn about 6 new songs too on the retreat – it sets the foundation for the year with teaching, etc.

By: janowen

janowen — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:24:01 +0000

The greatest thing we do to build community is a yearly team retreat. Yes, it costs. Yes, people have to take off work. When they do it once, they never miss another one. We eat, play silly games, worship, cry and pray and learn and do crazy contests all hopped up on no sleep and Mt. Dew. We’ve karaoked and been quite silly at times. One guy – only been saved a few years – said “This is the most fun i’ve ever had sober and with my clothes on.” I took that to be a high compliment!

One of my leaders is here with me and her comment was that we constantly teach on the value of community to raise awareness of the importance of it. If you are relational, you will model that as a priority for your team. I think taking time even in rehearsals for this is important as well – letting people know what’s going on, etc. Sharing life. I organize help from within the team to help them minister to one another if there’s a need and we do karaoke parties and a big Christmas party. I echo Fred’s comment that worshiping and learning together is helpful – and praying for one another.

It must be a priority and kept in the forefront….a core value if you will.

Here’s our mission statement.
Worship.Obey.Grow.Together.

By: Peter Park

Peter Park — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:22:29 +0000

I like to spend some one on one time with them. Whether it’s playing music with them or having breakfast.