As a worship ministry, we love to invest in the next generation of worshippers and worship leaders. I love helping the youth learn to use their musical gifts for the Lord by serving on worship teams! Starting as young as 5th and 6th grade, our Route 56 program gives the kids some opportunities to sing, and gives me an opportunity to identify kids with gifts and passions in worship through song. From there, I recruit them to serve on our kids’ worship and student ministry worship teams. Once they are in high school, they become eligible to serve in big church, and many high schoolers have been able to get some experience that way!
This past Sunday was a great opportunity for our youth to have some experience leading worship through song for our worship services. They did a great job, even with the challenges we ran into during the 9 am service. Eva did a great job staying calm and focused when the batteries in her microphone unexpectedly died. I’m so proud of her, and I’m glad the 2nd service went much smoother!
It has been so rewarding to have students that we’ve poured into now serving at other churches. Whether singing on a team, leading a worship team, or serving as a worship pastor, I love that we’ve been able to send out people to serve the church in other places!
This summer I’ve got another opportunity to invest in the next generation of worship leaders. We have two summer interns that will be working about 15 hours a week. We will be taking a deeper dive into the ins and outs of worship ministry. We are going to read some of my favorite worship books together, we are going to examine the Scriptures together, we are going to talk about song selection, planning services, leading rehearsals, shepherding volunteers, all the behind-the-scenes tech stuff, and much more.
I’m excited to pour into Kate Roseberry and Makenzie Jordan this summer as interns with our worship ministry. Both of them have already been serving with our worship ministry, so they won’t be new faces. I’m confident that these two young ladies will be serving in worship teams for decades to come, and I’m thankful for the opportunity to have a couple more interns. Would you consider praying for them and for our time together this summer? I’m asking God to use our time to equip them, to encourage them, to challenge them, and to inspire them to keep using their talents for the Lord and keep growing in their abilities.
- Pastor Kyle