{"id":8561,"date":"2012-05-10T07:36:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T07:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=8561"},"modified":"2019-07-31T10:06:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T10:06:29","slug":"top-ten-signs-you-lead-a-smaller-church-worship-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/top-ten-signs-you-lead-a-smaller-church-worship-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Signs You Lead a Smaller Church Worship Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. If I replaced my guitar strings, I\u2019d blow my budget. For the year.<\/li>\n
  2. The congregation follows the loudest singer in the room. Unfortunately, she\u2019s not on the team. Nor a great singer.<\/li>\n
  3. I entered a three-month depression after attending a national worship leader\u2019s conference.<\/li>\n
  4. The senior pastor is also the worship leader. And youth pastor. And custodian\u2026.<\/li>\n
  5. The room is too small to handle acoustic drums. The budget\u2019s too small for electronic drums. But this only matters when we have a drummer 5 times a year.<\/li>\n
  6. My most knowledgeable sound tech’s only training was DJ\u2019ing weddings when he was in college.<\/li>\n
  7. During worship, the average time between songs is proportionate to the number of music pages the pianist has to shuffle before she gives me the \u201cshould I go ahead and start the intro now?\u201d<\/em> look.<\/li>\n
  8. My musician schedule contains only three words: PLEASE SHOW UP<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  9. When a new musician to begins attending our church, the average time it takes for him\/her to be invited, auditioned and assimilated onto the team is about 4.7 minutes.<\/li>\n
  10. Worship Team<\/em>? I am<\/em> the team.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If more than one of those hits too close to home, you might be a small church worship leader. But don\u2019t worry \u2013 we\u2019ll commiserate together. I\u2019ll be writing a series of posts called Small Church\/Big Worship that focus on the challenges and opportunities (yes, there are some) for the small church worship leader.<\/p>\n

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    If you\u2019d like to dig deeper into Small Church\/Big Worship, I\u2019m starting a coaching group later this summer. It’s designed (and priced) with the smaller church worship leader in mind. You can learn more at WorshipTeamCoach.com.<\/p>\n

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    Jon Nicol is a worship leader and teacher <\/em>who loves helping people use their gifts and abilities to worship Jesus. Having served in both smaller and larger churches, including a few years at a multi-campus ministry, he has a heart for leaders with less-than-ample resources and volunteers. He lives in Lexington, Ohio with his wife, Shannon, and their three kids. You can connect with him at WorshipTeamCoach.com or at Twitter – @jonnicol.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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