Regardless of your team’s skill level, every training will begin with creating a streamlined definition and understanding of what worship actually is.
Worship is not the stage.
Worship is not even music, in and of itself.
Worship is appropriately responding to God’s presence, His very nearness.
A foundational part of our response to Him is built on and stewarded by lives set apart for Him.
We are worshippers, true worshippers, and we do so in spirit and truth.
Together, we will build a foundational understanding of a heart for God that cultivates a heart to worship Him, not merely the pursuit of music.
first things, first
defining your team’s need
Below is a basic overview of trainings covered. Every team is different, and therefore every level is subject to flex based on the needs of the team.
Goal: Take a team from basic musical capacity to becoming confident in basic worship leading, solid set building, and execution.
Part 1
- Rehearsals vs Practice
- Organized and structured for flexibility
- Mary vs Martha (Waiting VS Preparation)
- Understanding your place within the music
- Monitors/in-ears: Creating a helpful mix
- Using click
- Intro to Number System
Vocals
- How to lead a song
- Understanding vocal dynamics
- How to lead a congregation
- Stage presence: Good habits and bad habits
- Leading a congregation
- Putting a demand on the people
- Worship Leaders vs Worship Dictators
Instrumentalists
- Basic music and band training
- Understanding band dynamics
Part 2
- Building a set list
- Understanding themes of worship
- Keys, tempos, and time-signatures
- Know yours and your congregation’s vocal range
- Setlist execution: intros, outros, and how to land/close
Foundations for Leading
level one
Goal: Building off of healthy foundations, take the team through becoming confident in “getting off the page”.
- Deeper dive into themes to create tags and medleys to introduce congregations to the feeling of spontaneity
- Deeper dive into keys, tempos, and time-signatures for seamless execution
- Tagging with other team members
- Learning to wait: giving pause and yielding to Holy Spirit
Vocals
- Identifying lyrical hooks within songs and spontaneous expression
- Vocalizing and singing in the spirit
- Discerning when Holy Spirit highlights a lyric
Instrumentalists
- Alternate chord progressions
- Finding and creating musical hooks to accompany singers and moments
- Deeper dive into musical dynamics is cultivating and stewarding moments
Intro to Spontaneous
level two
Goal: From copiers to creators, the team will learn to engage with and play off each other as they learn to navigate with Holy Spirit as a collective.
- Understanding the emotions of music
- Thinking visually: beyond music to the incorporation of sounds and noises to facilitate moments
- Create a space for the musicians to create music and sounds based on scripture
- Singing/Playing the Word: Harp and Bowl flow
- Discovering the sound of your house
- Biblical colors and the colors of sound (would
require stage lighting if available)
Creating a Soundtrack for Presence
level three
(As with anything with this many moving parts, countless nuances make and break the success of each individual and, therefore, the team. Much of the underlying work revolves around identifying and celebrating strengths and strengthening weaknesses. And like all tools, merely having them doesn’t guarantee success. It’s only through the practiced use of acquired tools that individuals and teams become strong and healthy.)