A quick one for a Friday morning… Once the rehearsal begins, every worship team should have a “No Noodling” rule. In case you’ve been blessed enough to be unfamiliar with the concept, noodling is when a song stops, and the various instrumentalists start replaying a section…or running scales…or playing riffs from their favorite songs to impress each other, etc… I have been guilty of it in the past, so I call myself out, as well.
When a rehearsal pauses, it’s usually [hopefully] for a reason. The leader is pausing to work on a section, or work with an individual. It makes it very difficult to hear instructions being given when players are jamming full volume. If you simply must noodle [to “warm up,” for example], turn your volume down. All the way down… : )
Hmmm - well, let's see...
I'm a Christian, a husband, a dad, a son, a pastor, a consultant, a musician, a writer, and bits and pieces of a bunch of other things. My work life has followed three main phases - business to teaching to church. I was the Weekend Services Pastor for nine years at Northview Church, an awesome church in the Indianapolis suburbs. I used to work for Willow Creek, another awesome church in the Chicago area. Plus I've written for various magazines and websites, and other freelancy sorts of things... My life mission is to help the church be as excellent as it can be.
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