Everyone hates my worship team code of conduct.

I totally agree with you on this! It’s so important. How can you worship in spirit and in truth with an unbeliever? It’s not about entertainment it’s about Jesus!

I agree, 100% with your code of conduct. I am a relatively new worship team member within the last 12 months and am trying to work on the memorization part so I appreciate your comment on having a bit of grace in that area. I had the opportunity last week to lead worship for our Baptist men’s day, and had several weeks to prepare and memorize. It was so freeing to be able to engage our congregation visually, and as my wife likes to say, invite people to worship with that eye contact. Keep up the good work!

I so appreciate your point of view. After over 30 years serving in worship in small to mega-churches, I look back and realize how long it took for me to come to some of the important observations you're communicating so well. Keep sharing what you've learned!

I remember this comment from management years ago - "When you communicate clear expectations, your team will have a road map to work together to reach the shared goal". I love your code of conduct! I have tailored it to meet our church's needs as anyone else can as well. It's a great format with excellent points to consider. Thank you so much for sharing it!

Im not on a worship team but I have stepped in when a guitarist was needed. Unfortunately everytime the songs we need to play are only given to us 3 days before service. So its difficult for me to memorize them. I don't think unbelievers play worship songs and think its just music. They know the purpose otherwise I don't think they would be willing to offer their time to participate

Professional ministers and musicians have time to memorize a lot of music. We volunteers who have full lives and a lot of responsibility just have to do the best we can.

So important that worship team members are worshipful and thankful. For how can they encourage people to do what isn't alive in their hearts.

I totally agree with you on everything! I have played on worship teams, and have also lead worship at churches. There are 2 things that I would add: 1) the worship team needs a time of prayer and sharing before rehearsal. It doesn't have to be long, but there should be encouragement from God's Word, and a time of prayer. The 2nd, the team needs solid Biblical understanding of the seriousness of being leaders on the team. I love the passage from II Chronicles 20:1-30, where the singers went before in the battle, and when they began to sing, God routed the enemy and set ambush. Even some pastors do not understand it, and I have sat under a few who only see worship time as "doing a couple of songs." That is sad, and so the people are confused and not properly guided in the high calling and responsibility of being on the team. This is also another favorite passage. This is hopefully our view of God and His Word, as worshipers and worship leaders, and as any believer... Isaiah 66:1-2 "Thus says the LORD: 'Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? For all those things My hand has made, and all those things exist,' says the LORD. 'But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My Word.'" God bless you, and thank you for sharing this!

I love your insights. I love reading the comments because they encourage me. I'm part of a worship team that is so unaware. We have 150-200 songs that are rotated and then there's always a new song! You are an inspiration to me.❤

PREACH!

Dude I wish we had practice, the songs are picked right before the services.Half the time they’re some obscure song in a weird tempo that I’ve never heard before. First team I’ve ever been on that doesn’t send the songs out in advance and doesn’t practice regularly.

Who are the Luke warm Christians that have a problem with these standards

Hey Spencer, I used to memorize all my music but suffered a TBI almost 5 years ago which has made things a lot more difficult. Any advice? It is significantly harder for me than it used to be, things I memorized prior to the TBI are fine, but it's hard to learn new stuff. The lyrics are the issue though, not the chords. It HAS been slowly getting better, but it's still a difficulty. We have approximately 130 songs in our list (some are barely if ever used). But as I'm one of our regular Worship Team Leaders, it has occasionally been tough, especially for wordier songs.

I agree

When I played secular gigs we would play four 45 minute sets, up to 11 musicians on stage, no music stands on stage. This was a dance band, R&B, soul, county and rock band. Absolutely no music stands. I've seen church misicians starring at a chart for a 4 chord song with a repeating pattern ie: 4-1-5-6. Doesn't get much easier than that. If they can't play something this simple without reading chord charts, perhaps they should work on their musicianship before taking to the stage.

Wondering if you have an organized workshop/in person training that you offer? Our church desperately needs something like this.

I literally came to faith over the course of a year while playing on the worship team ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ add me to the list of folks that don't follow #1.

I believe the Lord led me to your videos. I bought the 8 wk devotional and 30 days to leading wotship well but how do I access the videos witjin the pdf?

💁🏽‍♂️Upon this rock 🪨, I will build my church. 😉 Not sloppy wet mud. 🐎🐎🦅🪶🕊