YFC ‘ETA Worship’ Training

16Feb11

At the end of January I met again with this years YFC ‘ETA Worship’ volunteers. For those that aren’t aware: YFC offer additional training to their gap year volunteers and this year four of them have chosen to be part of the worship training stream. We meet together several times over the year to look at and discuss all things ‘worship’.

Back in October we had a look at what the Bible has to say about worship in general and spent time thinking about the role that creativity, singing, and music have to play in the life of the Church.

This time around we kicked off with a very practical look at working with a band. We had a great time thinking about things like – how different instruments work together, how to get the best from different musicians, how to run good rehearsals, and how different songs can flow together. We then spent a day putting the theory into practice: working on different arrangements, singing, playing, and worshipping together.

The more reflective element of our time together involved thinking hard about what it means to be a worshipper. Going beyond singing: we explored our gifts, passions, motivations, and calling; we also considered what it means to ‘lead worship’ and what that looks like in terms of our whole lives.

It’s a real privilege to work with such a great group of young adults seeking to love and serve Jesus, not just through what they play and sing, but in every aspect of their lives – with everything they are and everything they do.

If you would like to find out more about the training side of what I do, please get in touch; or if you’d like to find out more about YFC’s gap year programme check out the website HERE. In the meantime I leave you with the verse from Romans that played a major part in much of our time together.

“Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering.” – The Message

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