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The Hard Conversation

What's the potential cost of one hard conversation?Conflict.A strained relationship. Temporary, hopefully. Or it could result in ongoing awkwardness (leading to another hard conversation).Losing a friend. (Or a team member, volunteer, etc.)Personal discomfort with confrontation.What's the potential Read More...

Band ≠ Worship Team, Part 2

Today's blog is a guest post from Tom Curly.I'm With the Band – Worship Team: How to keep your church worship ministry from becoming just another great bandThe musicians of our generation are band experts. We have grown up consuming the bulk of our musical entertainment from groups of four or Read More...

Unleash Your Sneezers

One of my drummers came to me after the service. “Did you know Lisa Jones* has really great voice? I was sitting in front of her during worship – she was harmonizing and everything.”No. I did not know that. Hmm…The best recruiters and promoters for your worship team are your Read More...

Team Devotional: Searching for Significance in Ministry

Here's a devotional reading you can use with your team. This was written and first appeared as a weekly devotion distributed by WorshipMinistryDevotions.com.Opening Scripture: Mark 10:35-39 (NIV)Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want y Read More...

The Five Dysfunctions of the Worship Team, Part 1

Jerry* called to set a meeting so he could "talk to me about something."Oh crud.You need to know the history. Jerry's a key member of my team. He's talented and he loves God. Unfortunately, Jerry and I don't always see eye-to-eye. Other than some of the big issues - like the Virgin Birth, the deity Read More...

Why Your Worship Team Members Lack Commitment

If I were to ask 100 worship leaders what lack of commitment looked like, I'd likely get a big overlap:Failing to practice.Showing up late for rehearsals & soundcheck.Coming in unprepared to rehearsal - charts not printed or pulled, songs not learned. Refusal of certain issues - i.e. vocalist re Read More...

Does Your Team Have Low Standards? Here\'s a Big Reason

Accountability has been an overused buzzword in the church since the heyday of the PromiseKeepers movement. As a result, when we hear the word "accountability" now in the church, the reference is often equated with keeping guys from peeking at porn.And this a good and needed thing. But accountabilit Read More...

Personal Needs vs. Team Needs: Which Does Your Team Members Focus On?

We've been looking at the the dysfunctions of a worship team, drawing heavily on Pat Lencioni's incredible book, "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team".In these past four posts, we saw the progression of dysfunctions. If you haven't read the previous posts, follow each link to read how I've applied it to Read More...

Workshops & Seminars

WorshipTeamCoach events are primarily focused on four development areas: Spiritual Growth Relational Health Musical Depth Leadership & Systems Each developmental area has workshops or seminars that can help you create an incredible worship team. These workshops can be customized to fit Read More...

WorshipTeamCoach

WorshipTeamCoach.com started with an ugly, homemade website and a couple guitar workshops. Jon soon discovered blogging and began using that platform to teach, encourage and even entertain (though not always intentionally) worship pastors, volunteer leaders and musicians. There are four development Read More...

Building the TEAM in Worship Team

Any team you ever lead will have the propensity towards dysfunction. If you add a musician-ego to that team, the dysfunction increases exponentially. But most of us are leading teams made up entirely of musicians. It's the closest thing to the Jerry Springer Show that we get in church. Building the Read More...

Creating a Culture of Preparation

Playback available for a limited timeA Free+ Online SeminarWatch Creating a Culture of Preparation(7:30pm EST only. 2:30pm EST is available by request.) Download the seminar slides. Chat LogThis nearly two hour training included great interaction and input from the participants. This stuff was to Read More...

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