This is Jason Hatley, Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey.  Nelson asked me to share some thoughts today on one of the more frequently asked questions in both his and my coaching networks – the question of worship ministry expectations.

Excellence on Sunday begins with excellence in the rehearsal room. And the one person who is responsible for getting excellence from the Worship Team is the worship leader.  Rehearsal rises and falls on the leadership and preparation of the worship leader.

After all, I set the standard for excellence.

• How could I expect my team to be more prepared than I am?
• How can I expect my team to know the music if I don’t?
• It all begins and ends with the worship leader

In terms of rehearsal, I expect my team to put in at least one hour of person practice before rehearsal, and then another hour of practice between rehearsal and the Sunday service.  Our team is expected to arrive at rehearsal fully knowing their parts.

That’s the difference between practice and rehearsal:

• Practice is what I do on my own
• Rehearsal is when I bring what I’ve practiced to the group setting and together we work through the songs

We give the songs to our team one week prior to rehearsal to give them a full seven days to work on it.  That’s 10 full days before a Sunday when they would play or sing the songs – plenty of time for the team to learn the music.

In fact, our team has to memorize all music (always have from the very beginning), and that timeline is plenty for them to do so.

I’d like to invite you to attend the “Leading With Authority In Rehearsal” Webinar on Tuesday, April 13.  Invite your worship leader, and even members of your team to join you.  I believe it will really help your team this year!

Jason

P.S. Here’s the link again to Register Now for the Leading With Authority in Rehearsal Webinar on April 13:

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