3 Values You Need to Embrace For Your Worship Team To Grow

[This post is part of a series on Tips For Taking Your Worship Team To The Next Level. Check out the rest here.]

Don’t you wish there was an easy way to grow your worship team? Something that could happen quickly? If I created an ebook titled “How To Grow Your Worship Team By the Time You Finish This Book”, a lot of people would read it but it would be full of fantasies.

I’m of the belief that growing your worship team starts by doing good things consistently over a period of time.

Sure, you could decide to pay musicians. That is an option for some. But what if it’s not? What about a worship team that ATTRACTS people? What about a worship team that raises up and releases people of a certain spiritual DNA?

Is this just some idealistic jargon I’m throwing at you?

I’ll let you decide.

Here are 3 values that, I believe, will help to grow your worship team over time.

1. The Value of Vision

“What is my vision?” is the most important question you can ask. If the extent of your vision is, “Crap, dude, I need you to drum tomorrow night. I can’t flippin’ find anyone else. Please come and play!” then you need some revision. The biggest dynamic that keeps people on a worship team is vision. How do you rally your troops for battle? How are you putting what they do in context every weekend? Andy Stanley is famous for his statement that “vision leaks”. Your vision can’t be reserved for once a year, or once a month, or when you recruit. It needs to happen ALL THE TIME. It will leak! Your band needs a framework for what they do. Think about it. We’re musicians. All we’re going to think about is how good we look, sound, and if anyone caught that mistake. Lead them. Make them feel that they’re a part of something huge every time, because they really are. Create an atmosphere of vision.

2. The Value of Learning

I don’t think we need to apologize to our volunteers for holding them to a high standard. They want to be challenged. They want to learn. If you want to sustain your band and attract new musicians, they need to be learning. Set up environments where this can take place. Challenge them in rehearsal. Give them parts to work outside of rehearsal. Dan Pink, in his book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (affiliate link), talks about three ways people find fulfillment in their work. One of those is mastery – where something is not too easy but not impossible. A consistent challenge will really help attract musicians and sustain them. We all like to be challenged. Create an atmosphere of learning.

3. The Value of Relationship

Are you all business? Are you straight intensity all the time? To sustain and grow a team you need to foster quality relationships. Think about it. Why are moves so difficult? People hate to leave their friends – those with whom they built solid relationships. Work on building this in your team. Hang out together. Get to a place where you simply like being around each other. Goof around. Make fun of each other in love. I personally look forward to the weekends because I LOVE my team. They are fun people. I like being with them, laughing with them, and being sarcastic with them. Create an atmosphere of relationship.

Questions: Have you seen these three values work in your team? What has helped build community for you? What type of culture are you creating? You can leave a comment by clicking here.