Comments on: I Love It When My Worship Leader

By: MoPar

MoPar — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:18:42 +0000

When they pray for the church body (even the people that hate what they are doing.)

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:26:20 +0000

Thank you Shaun for voicing something that has been stirring in me for a while. Maybe we “Worship Leaders” need to try and understand how to allow people to experience worship in Spirit and Truth…anywhere, and everywhere, as a part of our lifestyle. If that doesn’t work for us…maybe we should be Music Leaders and appoint someone else as “Worship” leaders.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:51:59 +0000

I have to say I agree with Shaun. While I hate the whole “worship leader” vs. “lead worshiper” arguement (am I the only one who thinks it feels pretentious?) I do think we have unrealistic expectations of the worship leader instead of remembering that a HUGE part of worshiping God is us putting our hearts in the right place. A worship leader can’t do that.

When I can worship despite all the distractions, to me it’s no different then worshiping when there are none.

By: Joni

Joni — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:57:52 +0000

I believe worship/creative arts/music directors can definitely create environments that help point a congregation/group/audience toward God. Environments that turn our eyes off of ourselves, if even for a little while, and focus on God’s nature/God’s character/God’s words/God’s heart. And I believe that a responsibility as artists in the church is to be faithful to that calling/vocation/serving opportunity whatever that looks like individually. God moves. God completes. We serve.

By: Shaun Groves

Shaun Groves — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:15:12 +0000

I don’t believe a worship leader can get me to experience God. And I don’t believe in a next level.

Maybe it’s time for the worship leader community to invest in some new language. The old language which was once the new language unintentionally miscommunicates what “worship” is and what the role of the “worship leader” is.

You’re a brilliant man, Los. Perhaps you could lead the charge and use some different words with more accurate meaning. Would make for a killer post in your hands I think. Because words matter.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:29:47 +0000

I love it when the worship leader cuts the church’s grass. OK, that one was about me, but I think it’s great to see worship leaders (any church leader, really) submit themselves to someone else’s leadership in some area. Whatever kind of serving it is, I love to see leaders model being good followers.

By: drew

drew — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:27:22 +0000

breaks a G string

…on his GUITAR, you degenerates…

By: gene

gene — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:08:20 +0000

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i think it is sad that there were 100 more comments about what people hated than what they loved.

Christians need to have better attitudes.

i wonder how we’d feel if our Savior listed out all the things He ‘hates’ about us verses what He loves.

By: Scott Mills

Scott Mills — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:19:13 +0000

dewde Says:
July 15th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

“I love it when the worship leader gets genuinely lost in worshipping with us, making it feel as though they could be the person standing next to us just as easy as being the person on stage.”

LOVE IT. i would underline “[worshipping] as they could be the person standing next to us.”

downplay the onstage persona.
connect with your people.
be REAL.
experience TRUE WORSHIP with them.

By: Jan Owen

Jan Owen — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:54:46 +0000

thanks for telling us what you love….it was encouraging. many of the things you as attenders love are the things that are very important to me as a worship leader. they are what i really work on. i’m glad about that.

i love it when a worship leader (that is not me) worships very authentically and we forget about the time and are all focused on the King.