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Worship Matters Chapter 28-32

This was 50 pages of reading, so I'm going to keep the summaries short.  In chapter 28, Kauflin talks about relationships and people.  God uses our relational conflicts to make us more like his Son.  It is important to be with others because they can see what sins you can't see, their contributions make worship better, and God encourages us when relationships are messy.  In chapter 29, Kauflin talks about the church.  Leading worship to a big group of people is bound to bring up disagreements.  Not everyone will like how you lead and will criticize you for it.  Others will love it and compliment it.  Whatever their opinion is, it is important to pray for them.  Also, take their compliments as encouragement and their criticism as a valuable correction. In chapter 30, Kauflin gives us five ways to help a worship team.  Establish your team with roles and standards, encourage your team, equip your team with the right skills, evaluate your team to establish a culture of humility, and enjoy your team. In chapter 31, Kauflin talks about how to interact with your pastor.  It is important to serve and listen to him.  If you disagree, stay or move on with your faith.  In chapter 32, Kauflin gives advice to pastors about how to pick the right worship leader.

There was a lot of valuable information in this part of the book.  The part that stood out to me the most was the advice to a worship team.  We have established our roles and standards, and we are equipped with the right skills.  I just think we need to work on encouraging and evaluating each other more.  I feel like we are too nice and if someone does something wrong, we feel like we can't say anything about it.  Conversation is key though.  If we talk through the mistakes and shortcomings in a mature conversation and not bossing each other around, I feel like we'd grow a lot as a team.  Lastly, it is important to enjoy the team.  We are graduating soon, so this hit me hard.  Will miss my worship team a lot. 

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