Worship is Life

When you are a Worship leader, there are many tough and uncomfortable situations that you somehow get into.  Most of the time people seem to think that they are “called to be a _________ on a Worship Team”; fill in the blank with whichever position fits…guitarist, soloist, pianist, drummer, etc.  In fact, many of the smaller churches (mine included) think that because you can play an instrument or halfway hold a tune that you must be called to be on the Worship Team.  This has to be the best kept secret of Worship Teams that I think is also the biggest lie in churches today.  Being on a Worship Team requires so much more than being musically inclined.  The first thing that I look at when selecting new members is their heart.  Do they have a heart for worship?  Are they Worshippers on and off the stage?  Which are in turn followed by many more questions and then finally I ask “Are they musically inclined?”.

So without even practicing with the band, this person is set onto the stage, (usually at the last minute before a service) and the whole church quickly finds out that maybe this person was not meant to be on the Worship Team.

Steve Fee has a video that brilliantly portrays this picture.  Steve Fee is a Worship Leader at North Pointe Community Church and is lead singer of the band Fee.  Fee sings the songs “All Because of Jesus” and “We Shine” which on are most mainstream radio stations today.  This video shows just one of the many struggles that Worship Leaders will probably face.  So be ready for it because if it hasn’t happened to you yet, it probably will.