Jason Hatley, Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey Church in NYC with Nelson Searcy is our guest blogger this week:

So, how did your homework go from yesterday?  Hopefully you have some clarity on the important relationship between the Pastor and Worship Pastor.

Since you did so well on yesterday’s homework, today I have a quiz for you.  Of the four choices below, what set of words best describes your  current Pastor/Worship Pastor relationship when it comes to worship planning?

1.    You do your thing and I’ll do mine.  I’ll see you on Sunday morning.

2.    We’re not against planning life-transforming worship services together, we just don’t have the structure, system, time and/or resources to do it.

3.    We are working together to implement some creative elements, but it’s not always consistent.

4.    We are working together in a structured way to plan in advance, and create relevant, creative, God-honoring, life-transforming worship services every week.

Ok – so what number did you choose?  Like it or not, getting honest on the answer to that question is the starting point for maximizing the Pastor/Worship Pastor relationship.

As you might imagine, #4 is the goal, and what I refer to as a Actively Engaged Pastor/Worship Pastor relationship.  In this relationship the pastor and worship pastor are hands on in creating the worship service from start to finish (not just their respective parts).  They are both giving and receiving ideas and feedback on the service.  There is a true synergy to the worship planning process.

So, if the Actively Engaged Relationship is the goal, how do you get there.  That is the question I will answer in the next two posts.

For now, answer these two questions:

1. Which of those four scenarios represents my outlook on planning worship services?

2. Which of those four scenarios represents my pastors/worship pastors outlook on planning services?

The key is getting on the same page. Tomorrow, we’ll figure out what page that is!

Jason

PS:  Check out the Free Webinar I am doing for Worship Leaders on Thursday, October 30.  Learn how to overcome the Top 3 challenges that every worship leader faces in this 2-hour event.  Visit  www.WorshipLeaderInsights.com/events for more info.

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