10 Commitments of the Worship Team

A Healthy culture isn’t something that you can fabricate, it’s something that you “be”. Team culture isn’t just what we talk about, it’s who we are.

With that in mind, listed below are 10 of the cultural commitments that a worship team should make.

They are attitudes and commitments that we gladly encourage and expect of each other on the team and we think they are vital for any worship team! Each has a corresponding question we can all ask of ourselves that, I believe, will help keep the culture of our worship teams healthy and thriving!

1) Commitment to learning.

“How can I do this better?”

When I’m actively looking for opportunities to learn and grow in every situation, constructive criticism doesn’t come as an attack on me as a person but an answer to the question I’ve been asking all along.

2) Commitment to serving.

“How can I help you?”

No matter what we find in our hands to do, whether worship leading, operating a camera, changing microphone batteries, or anything in between, our first question to each other and to our church should be ‘how can I help you?’.  I’m here to help you, not the other way around.

3) Commitment to excellence.  (See Also: Excellence vs Perfection)

“Is this my best?”

Excellence isn’t perfection, but it is my best, and my best means always getting better.

4) Commitment to humility. (See Also: A Place for Fear In Worship)

“How can I demonstrate your value?”

Philippians chapter 2 highlights this so well. It’s a ceaseless mission to place value on the people around me.

5) Commitment to devotion.

“What fruit am I producing?”

Am I exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22) in my life more now than I was last year? If so, I’m devoted to the right thing.

6) Commitment to ownership.

“If this was ‘my problem’ what would I do differently?”

We bring solutions, not just problems. We fix things that are broken. We actively look for needs and gaps and we fill them.

7) Commitment to others.

“Who else can I include?”

I don’t hold tightly to “my thing” but actively look for ways to include others on the journey. This is our mandate. We are one body, each with a part to play (1 Corinthians 12).

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