If you're a worship leader, you're probably aware of all the responsibilities you have. There are a ton of them. And you know that, ultimately, you need to let go of some of them and hand them over to other people. The problem is that's really hard to do. The people you give responsibility to won't do things the same way you did them. They'll make decisions you wouldn't have made. They might even fail to complete the responsibility you gave them. So how can you "let go" and hand responsibilities over to other people?

Here are 3 keys to "letting go" in worship ministry:

1 | Train them well

It all starts with training people well. Most leaders find it hard to hand over responsibility because they simply don't know how to train people to do what they do. You don't know how to communicate how you pick a set list for Sunday. You don't know how to teach someone to lead a team.

Start by writing down all of the steps that go into the process. If it's picking songs for Sunday - it starts with communicating with your pastor. Then, you look for songs that tie in with the theme your pastor is preaching on. Then you pray through your potential set list. And so on... Breaking the responsibility into small chunks helps you better visualize how you need to train people.

2 | Start small 

When you don't train people well, you end up giving too big of a responsibility away to start with. So now that you have a system in place for the responsibility - don't give the whole system to the person at once. Slowly hand over a step at a time. Have them be the one who finds out what your pastor is preaching on this week. Then, work with them to craft a song list. Next week, have them communicate with your pastor AND pick out the songs by themselves. Keep adding small responsibilities until they can do the whole process themselves.

3 | Trust

When you train people well, start small, and slowly grow their responsibility over time, it's easier to trust them. That's the final step. Ultimately, you need to completely step away from the decision making process and trust that you have trained them enough to do the job you've given them.

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