[Worship] starting a second worship team

[Terry Froese <terry.froese@sk.sympatico.ca>]

Just wanted to share my experience in developing worship teams...I must 
say, it's been fun.  We felt it very important to begin a 2nd worship 
team in our church.  Even though we are quite small (about 80 people) 
Worship is a very integral and important part of our makeup and I thought 
it was the right time to begin developing more leaders and also hopefully 
diversify our worship somewhat.  This was confirmed to me when we left on 
Christmas holidays, and came back to comments like, "church was okay, but 
there was something really missing in the worship"....even though the 
worship times were led by different people who had experience, and gifts 
but I think lacked a very necessary ingrediant.  They were not "worship 
leaders", both in their own eyes, and in the eyes of the people.  So 
anyway the 2nd worship team had their first time "at bat" on Sunday.  
Although the new worship leader had led before, he usually had me or his 
wife to bail him out if he got into trouble, and when he did lead before, 
he was just filling in for me.... but yesterday he was on his own with 
his own team, and before worship started the leadership appointed him to 
be a Worship Leader, in front of the congregation and prayed for the new 
team.  It was so cool to be able to be in on the process of seeing God 
pour out his annointing on whom He had chosen.  I was faithful and taught 
him what I could, during this last year, and on Sunday, all I did was 
show up to their pre-service practice, help with the sound check, pray 
with them, and then sat down.  And the worship was wonderful, and the 
people of the congregation followed eagerly...all in all I found it very 
rewarding.
Can't wait to see how much more God has in store...
Wanda

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