There's A LOT to do in worship ministry.

You've got songs to plan. You've got chord charts to create. You've got rehearsals to prepare for. You've got speaking transitions to craft. You've got lyric slides to create. Need I continue?

Here's the thing though.

All of those things are meaningless if you don't take time to get to know the people you're leading.

Nothing you do will matter if you don't take time to build relationships with your church.

That's why it's so important to spend more time knowing people than doing things.

Getting together for coffee with that person who sits in the back row every Sunday is INFINITELY more productive than triple checking for typos on your lyric slides.

Hosting a game night for your worship team is INFINITELY more productive than making sure all the chords on your chord charts are perfectly lined up.

Here are 3 reasons to focus on KNOWING PEOPLE over DOING THINGS:

1 | People won't care what you DO until they know that you CARE

Alright - I kind of adapted that old Teddy Roosevelt saying, "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."... but it's true!

Relationships are the KEY to leading worship well.

You can play every song perfectly.

You can nail every transition.

You can eloquently pray.

BUT, as Paul says in Corinthians, if you have not love, you are nothing.

People don't care what you DO until they know that you CARE.

2 | Your relationships with people give you direction on what to DO

Not only does building relationships build trust with the people you're leading - it gives you direction on what to DO.

If you don't know the people of your church, you don't know what they need. So, you just make educated guesses.

You don't know what songs they need to sing.

You don't know what truth they need to hear in speaking transitions.

Spend time getting to know the people of your church so, when it IS time to DO things, you know what to do.

3 | The goal of ministry is PEOPLE not DOING THINGS

Our aim in ministry is not to DO THINGS it's to LEAD PEOPLE.

Yes, leading people involves "doing things."

But, "doing things" does not always involve leading people.

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