This is Labor Day weekend, and hopefully you are getting a bit of family time/time off to recharge and prep for the fall. As you head into your next season of ministry, you can do a couple of things:
- Keep everything flowing and provide decent services with the help of your team;
- Grow, get better, and move towards all the excellence you can muster, while helping your team to do the same.
I’ll be blunt – one of those options honors God and serves His church well, and one does not. Matthew 25:14-30 (the Parable of the Talents) removes any doubt – it’s crystal clear that God doesn’t want us to stagnate.
The same is true for our teams. As leaders, we have the responsibility to help them grow, not just to use them to get a job done. Take some time in the weeks ahead to sketch out a growth plan for each person, and for the team as a whole. What do they need? Is it training? Is it vision? Is it discipline/guardrails? Is it clarity of what the “win” is (this is often an area where teams are lacking)?
Evaluate – plan/strategize – and get the ball rolling!
“…use your rehearsals to extract. What can you pull out of your singers and musicians? As their leader, can you bring out the absolute best in them? Do they excel around you or are they held back? Remember, you’re not just their worship leader; you are their coach, mentor, and friend. Give them vision. Encourage them to practice something they think they can’t do..give them a challenge that will push their limits. Extract the best out of (them) for the glory of God.” – Jason Carson
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