I came across this blog post today, and it's inspired some thoughts and questions in me. Here is an excerpt: "If our worship leadership conveys that worship starts when we start it and ends when we end it...then we are creating worship dependents." -->Read the full article here (It is brief, a 2 min. read) This was a great reality check for me and something I think we should all consider as worship leaders. As a worship leader, I desire to empower others to engage in continuous worship throughout the week, not just for the hour we're gathered together on Sunday mornings. I desire for this to be true of my church as written in the blog post: "What occurs on Sunday is an overflow of what has already been occurring during the week with the added benefit of getting to share it with others. The weekly gathering is then the culmination of our daily occurrences." But if I were to be honest, I don't think I'm at this point as a leader yet. Would love to hear your ideas on how to become this kind of leader in terms of practical ways to lead toward this end during a service. Worship leaders: Through your leading, are you creating dependents or are you empowering others to engage with God throughout the week? It also begs the question of me: Is MY worship on Sunday an overflow of how I've engaged with God throughout my week? What about you?
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Mason
7/9/2014 03:22:07 pm
Wow! Jak! That's right on the money!!! We just talked along those lines recently at practice. We were saying that our hosts/pastors, etc shouldn't say things like, "Now we're going back into a time of worship", when they mean we're going to start signing again. That language seems to say that worship = singing in church. Nothing more. Nothing less.
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Jackie
7/10/2014 03:26:32 am
I totally agree with you Mason in how "worship" is used interchangeably with "singing", when worship means so much more than that. I've been conflicted many times with my title of "worship leader", when what it really means is the music leader. I wish those of us in that role could assume a different title for our role, as the norm. But then again, if I were to apply the concept in this article--empowering others to engage with God throughout the week--maybe it's the right title?
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Mason
7/14/2014 09:06:22 am
Great thoughts Jak. That would be great to come with you sometime. Don't know if I could fit it in my schedule, but shoot me the details sometime and I'll see how it would work.
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Jackie Dixon
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