Comments on: Worship Leader or Cover Band Singer? http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/08/worship-leader-of-cover-band-singer/ Carlos Whittaker's Weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:05:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: loswhit http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/08/worship-leader-of-cover-band-singer/#comment-315023 loswhit Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:09:12 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8379#comment-315023 good point!!! good point!!!

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/08/worship-leader-of-cover-band-singer/#comment-315011 Cheryl Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:34:11 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8379#comment-315011 You cannot tell that somebody is intimate with the Lord judging on how she tries to portray herself to the people. GOd looks at the heart, He is the Judge and the only one who can judge of every man's motive. You can say that someone is good because he tries to portray himself good, but you can't actually tell what is really on the inside. :) :) You cannot tell that somebody is intimate with the Lord judging on how she tries to portray herself to the people. GOd looks at the heart, He is the Judge and the only one who can judge of every man’s motive. You can say that someone is good because he tries to portray himself good, but you can’t actually tell what is really on the inside. :) :)

]]> By: Worship Leader or Cover Band Singer? « Robert Glenn Smith http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/08/worship-leader-of-cover-band-singer/#comment-292381 Worship Leader or Cover Band Singer? « Robert Glenn Smith Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:23:04 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8379#comment-292381 [...] that is headed in the wrong one. Now go be Jesus and show how He has changed your life offstage. Then maybe they’ll believe you when you sing about Him on stage. [...] [...] that is headed in the wrong one. Now go be Jesus and show how He has changed your life offstage. Then maybe they’ll believe you when you sing about Him on stage. [...]

]]> By: John Smith http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/08/worship-leader-of-cover-band-singer/#comment-291638 John Smith Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:53:11 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8379#comment-291638 The key word is "leader"...A leader will have willing followers right? The leader is forever working out salvation through grace like all the rest of us. Granted, if their personal experience comes from a cover band, they have a lot of room for growth and the challenges that playing / singing worship before others brings. Let's face it, there has to be excellence in talent and ability to work with other musicians. In my experience, the required skills to play and sing with a worship band are not common, but aquired through mentoring and experience from others. Cover band experience provides much of this. How many of us have "cover" background?, (and we serve in worship ministry) Are we "covering" other christian artist material in our services now? The key word is "leader"…A leader will have willing followers right?
The leader is forever working out salvation through grace like all the rest of us. Granted, if their personal experience comes from a cover band, they have a lot of room for growth and the challenges that playing / singing worship before others brings.
Let's face it, there has to be excellence in talent and ability to work with other musicians. In my experience, the required skills to play and sing with a worship band are not common, but aquired through mentoring and experience from others.
Cover band experience provides much of this. How many of us have "cover" background?, (and we serve in worship ministry) Are we "covering" other christian artist material in our services now?

]]> By: Jim http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/08/worship-leader-of-cover-band-singer/#comment-290759 Jim Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:29:55 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8379#comment-290759 ha...northwest bringing it home! ha…northwest bringing it home!

]]> By: Drew Causey http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/08/worship-leader-of-cover-band-singer/#comment-290690 Drew Causey Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:53:13 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8379#comment-290690 interesting, as always, los... honestly, if this is an issue with your worship leader, how did they get to this position in the first place? Your worship leaders (singers, musicians, pastors, pray-ers, designers, tech, whoever is involved in it all) shape the entire concept of the church's interactions with God. On and off stage. If they lead, their lives become a standard of sort that people look to as to how to live a life of faith. Like it or not, its true. So if your church has issues like this, perhaps your leadership should re-evaluate what it is they are communicating about what worship is and isn't, and what's important and what's not. if you allow the leaders to play a role (musician, etc...) without a genuine pursuit of holy living behind it, your church will justify the same thing in the way they live. and honestly, I've never thought once about having a "cover song" to play (though i guess its all covers in some sense if I didn't write them). Is that terminology that works in the way worship design is headed? do i need to smile evenly throughout every song because I don't know which one counts as the cover? ;) interesting, as always, los…

honestly, if this is an issue with your worship leader, how did they get to this position in the first place? Your worship leaders (singers, musicians, pastors, pray-ers, designers, tech, whoever is involved in it all) shape the entire concept of the church’s interactions with God. On and off stage. If they lead, their lives become a standard of sort that people look to as to how to live a life of faith. Like it or not, its true. So if your church has issues like this, perhaps your leadership should re-evaluate what it is they are communicating about what worship is and isn’t, and what’s important and what’s not. if you allow the leaders to play a role (musician, etc…) without a genuine pursuit of holy living behind it, your church will justify the same thing in the way they live.

and honestly, I’ve never thought once about having a “cover song” to play (though i guess its all covers in some sense if I didn’t write them). Is that terminology that works in the way worship design is headed? do i need to smile evenly throughout every song because I don’t know which one counts as the cover? ;)

]]> By: Keith Barger http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/08/worship-leader-of-cover-band-singer/#comment-290689 Keith Barger Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:52:23 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8379#comment-290689 I'm with ya Daniel. I'm not one to impose anything on anybody else. I'm too messed up for that. Those are just thoughts that I use to try to keep myself in check. And for the record, I use those because it's where I struggle personally. I'm with ya Daniel. I'm not one to impose anything on anybody else. I'm too messed up for that. Those are just thoughts that I use to try to keep myself in check.

And for the record, I use those because it's where I struggle personally.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/08/worship-leader-of-cover-band-singer/#comment-290678 Brandon Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:18:36 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8379#comment-290678 I'm not a worship leader. I do know our main worship leader here in KC acts more like a wannabe rockstar onstage than a worship leader. To me he comes across as not approachable. I do know a worship leader from the same church that I am in community with that doesn't act that way and is very authentic in his struggles and relationship with Christ. I'm not a worship leader.
I do know our main worship leader here in KC acts more like a wannabe rockstar onstage than a worship leader. To me he comes across as not approachable.
I do know a worship leader from the same church that I am in community with that doesn't act that way and is very authentic in his struggles and relationship with Christ.

]]> By: Daniel Roberts http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/08/worship-leader-of-cover-band-singer/#comment-290674 Daniel Roberts Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:51:14 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8379#comment-290674 This is really hard for me. I'm not a worship leader. You guys and gals who are don't make any sense to me. I've seen so much worrying about motives. While I think they're important, do any of us really know why we do what we do? Maybe this advise only works for non-worship-leader types, but love Jesus, love your neighbor, and kick tail at whatever it is you do. This is really hard for me. I'm not a worship leader. You guys and gals who are don't make any sense to me. I've seen so much worrying about motives. While I think they're important, do any of us really know why we do what we do? Maybe this advise only works for non-worship-leader types, but love Jesus, love your neighbor, and kick tail at whatever it is you do.

]]> By: Daniel Roberts http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/08/worship-leader-of-cover-band-singer/#comment-290672 Daniel Roberts Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:47:51 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8379#comment-290672 I agree, but not nearly as scary as the danger of imposing checkpoints on other people. Not saying you were Keith. Legalism just scares me. I agree, but not nearly as scary as the danger of imposing checkpoints on other people. Not saying you were Keith. Legalism just scares me.

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