Worship Team Expectations and Covenant—The use of written expectations and covenants for worship teams is often debated in the worship community. A wise pastor once said, “You can’t hold people to a standard if they don’t know what it is.” These documents are not intended to be legalistic or a barrier to serving, but rather a chance to let volunteers and leaders be on the same page. It’s also an opportunity to encourage healthy team culture, i.e. we work as a team, our identity is in Christ, not our gifting, worship is a lifestyle, etc. These sample documents include points from churches who were willing to share expectations as well as things a former pastor and I wanted to include. This is certainly not a one-size-fits-all document, and I recommend tailoring it to what your church needs. I have included the PDF for ease of browsing, and the Docx if you would like to copy and paste anything that works for your ministry. Expectations—PDF, Docx; Covenant—PDF, Docx.

Worship Team Interest Form—It may be helpful to you to have a starting point for people who express interest in being on the worship team. I found it helpful to gather some background information, so I could prepare for our first meeting and audition. This form was originally created in Forms in the Planning Center Online People database, which I highly recommend for ease of collecting information if you have a PCO account. Sample Form PDF.

Worship Music Challenge Survey—If you’re interested in incorporating song feedback and suggestions from congregants, a Worship Music Challenge is a great way to include them. Encouraging your congregation to listen to worship music outside of Sunday morning can minister to them during the week, help them learn songs before you introduce them, and help them think of what songs would minister to the rest of the congregation. Even if they connect with songs that aren’t congregational, this exercise can still help you know what types of songs and/or themes are speaking to them, which can then inform your selection of songs that are congregational. This can also be very helpful if you have a more traditional service, but there is interest in incorporating some new songs in worship. If this sounds like something you would like to do with your church, feel free to use this Worship Challenge Survey PDF.