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Team | Heart & Attitude | Production Roles

HEART & ATTITUDE

THINGS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
The difference between average and excellent is not skill, but heart and attitude. It is easy to promote someone with skill, but it is more effective for the church to look to training the people with a heart for serving the vision of the leadership.

CAN I WORSHIP?
In church - If we always attend church with a serving mindset, we will see extraordinary growth. Behind the Console? Ministry time must come from within us, if we are not worshipping in the task we are performing, how can we be part of the team leading others into the presence of God? Our role is to never miss a God moment in the service, and to take it to the congregation. In your own time with God - Unless our life includes time alone with God, we are heading in the wrong direction. Maintain a fresh relationship with Christ. The best times of my worship should be alone with God - do I reserve my best for my private time with Him?

DO I SUPPORT THE LEADERSHIP?
Submission is not submission until you don't agree. 'Submission' is literally under the mission. 'Division' is two visions. Matt 12:25 ? a kingdom divided will not stand. Ask yourself - Do I know the vision of my pastor & leadership team? What is the big picture I am serving? It is my role to find out and know my place in the picture and how it relates to the vision of the church I am planted in.

Prov 29:18 ? where there is no vision people perish. It is great for the pastor to have a vision, but unless I embrace that whole vision as my own and work out how what I do supports that vision, I will always be serving in a lower capacity than God wants me to.

Are we the "can do" department? The leadership must see us as the people who they can come to with a problem, and know that we will do our absolute best to solve it in a way that is consistent with the way they would have. Prov 21:29. "An evil man is stubborn, but a Godly man will reconsider."
If I am not supporting the leadership or serving the members of my team, then I am not part of the team, but a hindrance to the growth of the church. It is up to me to see the team move forward as a team.

DO I KNOW WHERE WE ARE HEADED?
If we as leaders do not see a picture of what we desire in our team, then we will never be able to head to a place of excellence. We must know where we want to head and then make a plan for getting there.

AM I GROWING THE TEAM?
Our role is not to keep what we are doing the same all the time, but continue to see the individuals of the team growing in every way. We need to realize that the team is people and it is our role to see them growing - whether they are part of what we are involved in or not. It is not our role to try and make someone fit in our department if they are clear that they don?t desire to be there. We will never be a team so large that we don't need others on the team, but we will make it work excellently with the committed team that exists now. Help others find their place in church life, don?t try and fit a square peg into a round hole.

AM I GROWING MY SKILLS?
Try new things at rehearsal - the service is not the place to experiment. "Good" is the stumbling block to excellent. Integrity needs no rules. An intelligent man looks for new ideas. 1 Chronicles 28:20-21 - "God will give me the resources I need to build his house." Colossians 3:23-24 - do everything to God & receive my reward from him! God has more resources than I have needs. Keep pushing the boundaries on your skill and knowledge ? see the challenge with a desire to perform well.

IS THE TEAM ABOVE MYSELF?
Be here to see the greater vision. Be prepared to pay the price to see souls won into the kingdom. Unless you are part of a team, the vision you are a part of will not outlast you. Keep teaching others to excel - so that they are better than you!

WHY DO I SERVE?
If I don't have a good reason, I will not be faithful to the Call of God on my life. I need to know the big picture of my life. Why do I do what I do? This will give me perspective when the tough times come. Am I called to be here - if not why am I here? Keep life simple. It is easy to look for complicated technical solutions, but by far the best are user friendly and easy for others to master. In the end all we do is about seeing people come to Christ. Keep this focus.

DO I TEACH OTHERS?
Train vocalists how to use a microphone; musicians on using foldback. Help them get the best from the equipment that we have - and know how to use it. Have a plan for each service or event rehearsal. Think ahead. Always be ready for the next thing. We can have any excuse or reason we like for not seeing things grow ? and they will work. BUT our service will be more effective for the Kingdom if we find ways to see past the problems, to a solution. You may not reach the ideal solution, but will be headed in the right direction, and further along the track to where your church is going than you otherwise would have been.

Team | Heart & Attitude | Production Roles