Young worship leader, they love you. They really do. They just hate your music.

They love Jesus. They love their church. They just can’t adjust to your sounds. To you, it’s fresh and inspiring. To them, it’s ear plug worthy.

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Worship Leaders only work on Sunday mornings.

We all know this.

OK, maybe there’s a couple busy seasons around Christmas and Easter.

In all seriousness, what does a worship leader do all day?

Why do we have “full time” worship leaders? How can we maximize our time to make the biggest difference?

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Sometimes people don’t share your enthusiasm.

They just don’t care.

You pour your blood, sweat, and tears into developing a vision for your team, expecting a triumphant roar of applause only to hear the sound of a few sniffles & coughs.

Excitement turns to discouragement.

What do you do when your team resists your vision? When they don’t care, don’t seem to love God, and appear bored?

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Let’s face the facts. Wake up to reality.

Sometimes Sunday comes and the last thing you want to do is lead worship.

You feel depressed. You’re annoyed with how things have been going. The stress level is high. Or you’re just feeling lazy, right?

You’d rather stay home and watch LOST reruns for a week. Or a month. Or take a sabbatical for a while.

What do you do in that situation?

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We’ve all been there.

You’ve rehearsed the new songs for weeks. The bass line is killer. Harmonies tight.

The loop you you labored over for 49 days makes you prouder than a Dad at his son’s first baseball game.

You’re ready.

You lead worship and the congregation cheers wildly at your incredible performance.

Except for the fact that they don’t. At all.

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