Many
of us can remember the playground as a kid . . . lined up against the fence as
teams are being carefully selected. Were
you ever the last kid standing at the fence?
Feeling alone, uncomfortable, realizing that nobody actually wanted you
on his or her team, but inevitably you were taken as a consolation prize by the
captain who lost the rock-paper-scissors battle that started this whole thing.
In
case you were wondering, that is not the ideal method of building a team. Unfortunately, many times our Worship Teams
can be viewed as such. “Oh sure, they
only allow the cool kids on the stage.
Apparently once you reach a certain age you will be discarded from the
cool crowd. I sure wish I was part of
the cool crowd.”
Granted,
we need to get along with the people on our team, and trust is an absolute
necessity. However, working with people
from different backgrounds, demographics, status, and interests has many
benefits as well, each person brings with them a whole new level of
influence. I realize I cannot reach
everyone in our church . . . however, the more diverse people we have on stage,
the more opportunity for each person to find someone they can connect with
because of their own similarities.
1 Corinthians 12:12-14 (ESV)
12 For
just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body,
though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For
in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or
free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. 14 For
the body does not consist of one member but of many.
