Where to start when leading a worship and creative team...
Because the beginning really is the hardest part.
It can be overwhelming to be handed a Worship & Creative Team to lead or pastor for the first time or be tasked with the mandate to grow one from scratch. I know because I’ve been in that position…
In 2023, Rich and I started consulting for a number of churches and organisations, using the knowledge we have to help people in our world lead and grow. Through this, over and over we hear this one question;
“Where do I start?”
To help answer that question, I thought I would share my back story with you.
Let me take you back to around 2007, when I had two babies and an HR degree. I had already worked for our Church at the time in an administrative role in the Creative team. I had started our marketing and events departments from scratch. I had dabbled in stage design because we didn’t have that department, and together with Rich, we ran a zone in the youth ministry overseeing teams of teams. Rich had a theology degree and a passion for teaching the Bible, and we had the heart to plant churches.
Before that, we had grown up in a little Baptist Church in Melbourne of maybe 500 people and done everything from kids ministry to youth, to leading worship, to serving tea and coffee, designing programs, communications, and building home groups (funnily enough, Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan both came from there too!)
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Ministry often comes at inconvenient times and is disguised in all kinds of endeavors.
God weaves all our experiences together and has a way of surprising us with what He chooses to use.
Don’t discount your current season because you don’t know what the Lord is training your hands for in the future.
