WORSHIP TEAM
10 RULES TO MISS THE POINT | Jon Nicol
As a valuable member of your church music 5. DEFINITELY DON’T TITHE. 10. USE COMMUNITY NIGHTS OF WORSHIP TO
team, please adhere to the following rules to Your presence on the worship team is gift SCOUT A COOLER WORSHIP LEADER.
the best of your ability. enough for the church. Keep your options open. One of these churches
around here is bound to be producing an album
1. DON’T CONNECT ANYWHERE BESIDES THE
sometime soon. Or, you might even find a
WORSHIP MINISTRY. 6. AGREEMENT WITH THEOLOGY AND MISSION IS
Join a small group? OPTIONAL.
"Nah, I've got the worship team.” If you don’t agree with the church’s mission, or
church that pays their players. Score!
even its theology, that’s OK. And if you don’t CONCLUSION
Attend monthly prayer service? even know what either is, all the better. You’re It all comes down this: the church exists for you
“So, let me get this straight, I’m not on stage, just there for the music anyway. to showcase your talents and gifts.
AND there’s prayer instead of music? Yeah,
Why would anyone expect you to love your
hard pass."
7. TAKE THE BEST PARKING SPOT. local church, connect with people like they’re
Volunteer with the Saturday morning park Since you have to arrive so early on Sunday, ‘family’, or support them through prayer and
cleanup team? they at least owe you that much. giving?
“Sorry. Sleep."
They’re lucky to have you. Don’t ever forget
8. VOICE EVERY COMPLAINT YOU HAVE ABOUT YOUR
that.
2. HIDE OUT IN THE GREEN ROOM WHENEVER CHURCH. YOU’RE NOT ON THE PLATFORM. Make sure people inside (and outside) the You’ve got a private bathroom, pre-packaged church know your list of grievances. You’re EDITORS NOTE:
snacks, a Keurig, a couch, and WiFi. Why just a modern-day Martin Luther advocating Because of time restraints this past month,
would you leave? The messages aren’t that necessary change. Jon needed someone else to write this article,
which is part of an ongoing series called “The
good. Plus, all your friends are in here.
Seven Critical Commitments of a Healthy Team
9. DON’T ACCEPT COMPLIMENTS. Member.” The focus this month is Critical
3. DON’T PICK UP AFTER YOURSELF. When people tell you how blessed they were Commitment #5: "Healthy Team members love
You know for a fact that the church pays by your music ministry, respond with one of two and support their local church.”
someone to clean up your empty water bottles, options:
Jon, along with the editorial staff, would like to
old charts, and other trash that you leave
behind. Heck, you’re doing the custodian a One, feigned humility: thank guest-writer, B. Allen Zeebub (His friends
favor. Two words: job security. “Nah, we weren’t very good.” know him as Al). Al selflessly jumped in at the
last moment to pen this article. You can read
Or two, tell them how you really feel: more from B. Al Zeebub wherever church-
4. GIG AT OTHER CHURCHES WHEN YOU’RE NOT “Really? You were blessed by that?! Did you not subversion books are sold.
SCHEDULED. hear how the keyboard player stepped all over It’s really not fair that only one church should me? And the vocal team on that last song— experience you and all your talents. that was a dumpster fire.”
November 2018
Jon Nicol
Jon Nicol is the founder of WorshipWorkshop.
com and WorshipTeamCoach.com, two sites that
help worship leaders build strong teams and lead
engaging worship. He lives and serves in Lexington,
Ohio with his wife Shannon and their four kids.
WorshipTeamCoach.com
WorshipMusician.com
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