Music Team Objectives

I sent this out last week to the music team -- kind of a big-picture look. You may not care for the idea of "worship team." I'm not crazy about it -- or, for that matter, for "worship leader." So we use different words at times. 

For those who want to come among us, this explains what we're about. Maybe later I'll put up the expectations we have for each other.

Music Team Objectives

Each week we rehearse and prepare over ten songs for public worship – every key, transition, modulation – and who plays when, how loudly, etc. And there can be as many seven instrumentalists for a service.

We also have to do the (often) hard work of musicianship – solving musical challenges so we sound our best.

We are ‘performing’ on Sunday. It is ‘sacred performance’ to be sure – with a goal of delighting the audience of One: We do what we do for the Lord, not for human applause. But make no mistake here: We do perform – and we must bring our best skills to bear (because we want the congregation to engage in heart-felt worship).

We must coordinate our efforts with the sound board tech – so that the musical product we strive for can be heard throughout the sanctuary and MCTS room.

As we can, we want to bring in new folks – and nurture them in their musical skills.

You should see both musical and spiritual improvement for having been on the team.

We want our hearts stirred and challenged before Sunday ever comes. We want to be those most ready in Sunday’s services to praise God! We want to show up on Sunday with eager joy!

Because of Mercy,

David