5 Ways to Utilize Margin in Your Worship Planning
If you missed yesterday's post check it out - it's all about how to create margin.
Let's assume you've taken the necessary steps to create margin in your planning and now you have extra time. The magic only happens in the margin if you know what to do with it. So, what do you do with it?
Here are 5 things you can do with margin:
1 | Get ahead
With margin you can get ahead in your planning. Instead of planning your set at the beginning of the week, what if you had a whole month's worth of worship sets planned out. How would that feel? In the process, you'd create margin for the additional weeks because you wouldn't be spending time planning worship sets. Margin creation is exponential.
2 | Run through the set list
When you're running out of time, it's easy to rely on your giftedness and trust that you'll be able to get through your worship set. But with margin, you can run through your set in advance. That eliminates problems and allows the Spirit to move in your preparation. Running through the set list allows you to test new ideas and ultimately lead worship better!
3 | Listen to recordings and analyze
You could listen to recordings of your worship team and analyze them. Ask the questions: What sounds good? What could sound better? How can we fix it? - Implement a plan at your next practice and see your worship team improve because of it!
4 | Prepare transitions
Margin allows you to prepare transitions. You'll have time to the think about what you want to say before you have to say it. How are you going to welcome people? What's your transition going to be between the 2nd and 3rd song?
5 | Develop a plan for practice
Your team loves when you have a plan for practice. Something more than just running through the songs for the week. People like to see progress. Develop a plan that honors your team's time and allows them to improve musically.
What would you focus on if you had 30 minutes more to plan for worship? Let us know in the comments!
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