 Good morning once again, very good morning, some of you are early in the morning in some parts of the world. Thanks for joining in, hope you all are doing well, healthy, it's wonderful to connect again this week. So let's start it, can I request one of us to please lead us in prayer and dive into the course. Anyone, please lead us in prayer, thanks. I would thank you for this morning, thank you for the grace of life and the assurance of faith. Thank you for the meeting of the brethren this morning, thank you for our pastor, thank you for the supply of the spirit of truth that in his mind he conceived the righteousness that you want him to communicate towards this morning. I thank you for my brethren, we bring everyone under the covering of the love of Jesus this morning and we say that class is going to be an poetry of the spirit of truth in our hearts, not in Jesus' name, amen. Amen, amen. Thanks. Right, so we'll start off with chapter five worship ministry in the local church and we'll start looking at the spiritual aspects. We've covered quite extensively the organizational aspects of a worship ministry from the role of the senior pastor to understanding the role of a worship pastor, the daily duties that go into it, the responsibilities that go into leading a worship ministry. The importance of organizing a worship ministry from the roster to planning the year out with every event, etc. And from budgeting to rostering your worship teams and being in line and sync with the vision of the senior pastor of the church, building a culture, all of that. We've looked at quite extensively in the previous chapter of worship ministry and the organizational aspect of it. So from in this chapter we look at the spiritual aspects of a worship ministry, most of the things that we've already discussed and some of the points might seem very repetitive or already discussed about are very basic and foundational. But I'm all about the basics. I'm all about the foundation. Something about the basics I absolutely love, even when teaching music. I emphasize the importance of the basics, the foundations, the fundamentals of it. And if you can just understand that, I think we can build on whatever we want to on the foundations of it. So the spiritual aspect of a worship team is, as you can see in your notes, is quite very simple. So what we expect of our worshipers, our worship team members is we encourage them to be worshipers on stage and off stage. Right, worshipers on stage and off stage. So in our church services, apart from the pastor or preacher, it is the worship team that has direct spiritual impact on the lives of people in the congregation. Can I say that again? Apart from pastor or preacher, it is the worship team that has direct spiritual impact on the lives of people in the congregation. If you remember earlier on in this course, I made a statement that says it's the worship team that sets the tone or the hunger level for the entire congregation. And so it's quite important. So hence the worship ministry is an important part of the spiritual ministry of a local church. Right, so a couple of things that as a worship team, we are worshipers both on and off stage with the lifestyle of worship. So remember I said some of these things will be very basic and almost like it's common sense kind of a thing, isn't it? But bear with me and we are worshipers both on stage and off stage. Why is something as fundamental or basic as that has to be mentioned? What is the importance of a statement like that to be made? Because as a leader or as a ministry leader, it is possible for us to think, okay, hey, you know, hey, that's common sense. If you're a worship pastor or a worship leader on a Sunday and you're leading worship, you know, we should go without saying that you should be a worshipper off stage as well, isn't it? But in a stressing on that teaching on that, you know, keep emphasizing on the importance of living a lifestyle of worship off stage is as crucial, isn't it? So that we emphasize that, you know, we emphasize that we are not a talented group using skills to perform, entertain or please people. Someone said, hey, we are worship leaders, not cheerleaders. Okay, we are not just a skillful music band or excellent church band that sings spiritual songs. We are not just a skillful music band or excellent church band that sings spiritual songs. We are worshipers first, right? That takes precedence over everything. We are worshipers. And everything that we do is worship and our lifestyle is a lifestyle of worship, right? The way we express our worship with our instruments is important, is worship, right? And so we encourage our people to be worshipers on stage and off stage. That hat never goes off. You're always the hat of a worshipper, so to speak. It is always on. So three areas of responsibility that comes in this category when you're talking about worshipers on stage and off stage, just living a lifestyle of worship. Three things that come under this category. One is a personal life and testimony. Commitment to the local church is the second one. And third, a personal accountability. So the second and the third point has been misplaced with the previous chapters. So once we cover the point one, a personal life and testimony, we will go back to the previous chapter. I'll give you the page number and sorry, I'll recollect it and share the notes with you in the stream section. Okay. So the first thing, a personal life and testimony, a personal life and testimony. And so guys, it's a question for us. It's a question for you all. Why is this important? Why is your personal life and testimony important as a worshipper? Because we represent Christ. Because we represent Christ. Because we are representing, right? Representing Christ to people around us, to our society, to our community, to the world around us. Isn't it? Okay. Thanks, Sri Kumar. What else? It's not a tricky question, right? According to Colossians 3.17, not only singing, whatever we say and whatever we do, do it onto the Lord as a thanksgiving. If you would like me, I can read that verse. Definitely, it's good. Now, it is not a program, but it is a lifestyle love. So testimony is very important. One second, sir. Sure. Thank you. Someone else can share. I'll just open it. Sure. No worries. Take it. Okay. In the meanwhile, I'm just going through some comments. Sir Benave, you're ready. You can go for it. Yes. One second, sir. 3.17, it says, everything you do or say should be done. It should be done to obey Jesus Christ, your Lord. And in all you do, give thanks to God, the Father through Jesus. And in the same chapter 3, chapter 25 verse also, it says, but remember that anyone who does wrong will be... No, I think it is. It also says, remember that you will receive your reward from the Lord, which he promised to his people, you are serving the Lord in whatever you do and say. Right. Thank you. Thanks, Rupa. Thank you. Yes, sir. When we say worship team, I believe this includes the instrumentalists too. Yes, sir. Yeah. Musicians too. Yes. It's not just the worship. It's the entire team. Right. Asha says, because to testify our God and who he is in our life, we are priests and witness of Jesus. Yeah. Okay. A personal walk with God. And once again, it can seem such a basic and a fundamental thing, isn't it? It is... Why do so many Christian leaders are targeted or made fun of to be very brutally honest or to be mocked on some of them or all of them, right? Because of their personal life and their testimony, isn't it? It's a contradiction on stage and off stage, isn't it? And so that's key right here is our personal walk with God along with skills he has given us is what qualifies as a worship team member. And so one of the key things that goes into that is a godly life. It begins with us being vessels of honor, living a life of holiness, right? Vessels of honor, living a life of holiness and consecration before God and maintaining a godly testimony before men, right? Living a life of holiness and consecration. Shri Kumar has mentioned as priests, right? Priests in the Old Testament, they were set apart, right? Their only duty was to minister unto the Lord. And so we see in the new covenant that we are royal priesthood, right? A holy nation. So it begins with us as a vessels of honor. And if you come down into point B, you see there's a small diagram or an image in page 57, an image of like a house kind of a thing. The foundation of it is being a vessel of honor, right? In the Old Testament, in the tabernacle of Moses and in the temple that Solomon builds, all the vessel, right? From the plate to the every furniture. And you know, even the thing that the priest would wear, the cup that they would drink from. Everything would have this inscription, holy unto the Lord. Every vessel would have this inscription, holy unto the Lord. That means it is separated unto the Lord, right? The foundation, the fundamental of it begins when we realize that we are vessel and there is this inscription on us that we are purchased with the blood of Jesus. And with that comes this inscription that we are set apart, we are holy unto the Lord. And Godly life begins at that journey, right? We are vessels of honor and we are called to live a holy lifestyle. And the holiness or living a lifestyle of holiness is not a cosmetic thing. It's something that we've learned in the first years and also in this course. It's not a cosmetic thing. As in, what do I mean by that? If you wear a white shirt and a white pant, you know, it's a certain community can say, okay, that you're holy. If you have a beard, you're not holy. I don't know if you wear a certain thing. Holiness is not a result of cosmetic. It's not something that is earned. Or, you know, it's holiness is a result of intimacy with God, with Jesus, right? It's the fruit, holiness is a fruit of our intimacy, intimate relationship with Jesus, isn't it? So that's the first thing, right? A personal life in testimony. We are called to live a godly life. We are a vessel of honor. And second is we see a spiritual growth, right? How do we keep building on a personal life and testimony? Once that the foundation is set, then you start growing, right? Three areas that are pillars in our life where we need to continuously grow, right? Continuously grow. The first thing is God's word. Rupa, I assume that you're still in the book of Colossians. Can you read Colossians chapter 3 verse 16? Please. One second. Yeah, sorry if I put you on the spot. No, no, not that. Three, 16. Okay. One second. Let the teaching of Christ live in you richly. Use all wisdom to teach and instruct each other by singing songs, hints and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Thank you. There's a version that says, let the word of Christ, right? Rich in your dwelling. Rich in dwelling you. Okay. So God's word continuously growing in God's word. It's, you know, it's not just taking a word or a verse that, you know, say the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. It's like, wow, okay, it's amazing. Yes, it's amazing. It's, you know, and we don't stop there and you kind of go through it, right? That's an example of us where some of us are satisfied with just a verse or a chapter or a book. And then you say, okay, this is enough and not wanting to make an effort to, you know, just go back to it. Read the scriptures more and more and more again, right? This is a book I recommend. I suggest it's one is the APC publication called God's Word. The other one is a book by this person called Gordon Fee. I'll just type it out there. It's a book by Gordon Fee. It's called How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth. I mentioned this because there's a difference between reading the Word of God and studying the Word of God. Right? So you read it for, you know, for your soul, for your spirit to be encouraged for you to be encouraged to be lifted up for you to nourish yourself. Right? So you read the Word of God. It speaks to you. It's alive. It's prophetic in nature. Right? So you read the word for that. And then you also set time to study the Word of God, like what most of you are doing in this course. What we do, kind of dissect things and we study the Word of God, isn't it? You know, we study, we take letters, say, okay, what's the background? What's the cultural background? Say, for example, Ephesians, okay, who's writing it? When was it written? Who's the audience that it's being returned to? What's their cultural background, their history and all of that? So that is studying the Word of God, isn't it? So God's Word is, it's beautiful. It's alive. And so we are called to continuously grow in it, isn't it? And my favorite Psalm on the emphasis of God's Word is Psalm 119. It's Psalm 119. Once again, forgive me if I've mentioned this before, but it has about 175, 76 verses. Sorry, if I, you know, it's 175 or 76 verses. And every verse of that Psalm has the words, ways, degrees, statues, promise, command, law, word, and all of these words simply point to God's Word, right? For example, Psalm 119 verse 105 talks about, thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path, right? What's other verse? Psalm 119 verse 18, open my eyes to the hidden things of your Word. Open my eyes to the wonderful things of your Word. Psalm 119 verse 9, it says, how can a young man live his life pure by living according to the Word of God? And like that, if you just go verse after verse after verse, every verse has these words, degrees, statues, word, ways, laws, commands, promise, all of that is pointing towards God's Word. And one of the historians says that Psalm 119 is a love letter to God's Word. It's amazing, isn't it? Someone would light a love poetry to the Word of God. And so we need to be excited about God's Word. We need to be, it should do something to us as like, wow, this is God's Word. It needs to excite us, right? So growing in God's Word, that's crucial. And then you see in God's spirit, we continuously grow in the spirit of God, right? Efficiency chapter 5, it's encouraging us to be filled with the spirit, right? Can someone read Ephesians chapter 5 verse 18, please? Shall I read it first? Yes, please. Ephesians 5 verse 18 says, and do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the spirit. Amen. Thanks, Anthony. Right, so most of the Christians, when we read that Ephesians 5 verse 18, we read it and say, okay, do not be drunk with wine. It's like, yes, absolutely brother. You know, we, I'm a Christian, you know, I don't do that. It's a command that I follow very strictly. But what about the second half of that command? It's, I don't want to say all the time. It's sometimes, most of the time, it's overlooked. We only look at the first half of the command. But the second half of the command is also, is be filled with the spirit, right? Don't be filled with this. That means you can't remain empty, right? You throw this out, you fill it with something of God, right? So we are commanded to be filled with the spirit. Our cup has to overflow. And then the third point there is our individual area of skill. God's word, God's spirit, our individual area of skill. And something about these things, I think, you know, David was, sorry, hearing something, right? You know, David was skillful in what he did, right? And there's so many others. You know, there's something about the people of those days, especially the shepherd men or women. When I was doing a study on Psalm 23, it says, the Jewish shepherds in that terrain, they were extremely good at slinging a stone. They were extremely highly skilled at slinging the stone. There's a verse somewhere in the Old Testament, I forget now. It says, their aim was so perfect that they could split a hair. And that's how skilled the shepherds were. And what they would do is, you know, if their sheep, if their flock is going astray or whatnot, you know, from wherever they are, the shepherd would kind of fling a stone at a rock that is close to the sheep. And so it'll tell them, it'll hit the rock and it'll tell them that they need to change the direction or not to go the other side. So they were skillful in what they did, isn't it? So the point here again is to keep growing in skill. And you never know where it's going to take you or in front of whom it's going to make you stand. Like it was David's skill, he was filled with the Holy Spirit. But it's combined that with his skill, made him stand in front of the kings, right? And it kind of started, you know, promoting his life. God's word, God's spirit are individual area of skill. Whatever it is, you know, you recognize your skill as. And the third point is personal life of worship. I cannot lead people in worship if I am not a worshipper. Amen. I need to be a worshipper in private if I am to lead worship in public. I hear an amen. I cannot lead people in worship if I am not a worshipper. I need to be a worshipper in private if I am to lead worship in public. Right. David was able to kill a Goliath in public because he was able to kill a lion and a bear in private when nobody could see. Right. Once again, just talking about the shepherd. When a shepherd takes his flock and goes to grazing them. Shepherd is all alone for 8 hours, 10 hours, 12 hours. He's gone for a long time and he's alone. He or she is alone with the flock. And you can imagine David just writing and pouring out some of the songs and psalms that he wrote when he is all alone and his audience were the sheep. Just in that private time, he's building that relationship with God. He's writing all these songs, his poetry, his love songs to him. And then it's in private that he kills a lion and a bear. It's an amazing story, isn't it? When he's telling in 1 Samuel 17, I think when Saul says, it's like, how can you go and fight this Goliath? I mean, David's response beautifully says, when a lion came and took one of my sheep, I went after the lion and held it by its beard. It's not me saying the Bible says it's okay. I think the New King James Version or NIV says, I held it by its beard. How close do you have to be to hold a lion's face by its beard? What's mean? You have to be pretty close to the lion, isn't it? Very close, very close, like uncomfortably close to a lion. Not most of us would want to be that close to a lion. But he says that's how he went after it. He held it by its beard and rescued its sheep. And this power in some of the things that in a private worship, it's in a private secret place. I'm teaching it to the choir now because most of you already know the importance of your secret life, your private life, your devotions and whatnot. Things are being defeated when your worship got along. And public worship is just an overflow of what you do in the private. It has to be an overflow of what has already happened in the private. My friend, Hari, his name is, and I'll never forget the statement that he made. He said, with intimacy, God will use you. Without intimacy, you will be using God. I'll say that again. With intimacy, God will use you. Without intimacy, you will be using God. What does it mean in our context? As a worship leader, I'm developing this intimate relationship with God. I'm getting to know Him. He's pouring out His heart to me. And I built that intimate relationship. And on a Sunday, I am leading worship out of that intimacy. It's just an outpouring. My cup is overflowing. But what happens? What about when I'm not building that intimate relationship with Him? So through the week, I have not read the Word. I have not spent time praying. I have not spent time listening or seeking His Word. Nothing. But on a Sunday, this comes, start leading worship. I'm sharing this because it's happened in my life. As a worship leader, I have gone through a week or weeks without praying or reading God's Word and lead worship. And there will be people who will come and say that, you know, I had a blessed time of worship. Now, what has happened there is I led worship without intimacy. It's almost like and I'm using God in a way how? Because God will show up regardless of your intimate relationship with Him in a public and a corporate setting. Why? Because God is good and He loves people. So He will show up to touch people regardless. But is that what I want as an individual? Which is nice. And I'll leave that to you guys. So I would always prefer the first one with intimacy. God will use me. It's always better and amazing and awesome. When God uses me, I am the vessel. And I want to be the vessel that God uses. So personal life of worship is... It can't be emphasized enough. So that's personal life of worship. Growing in skill and worship. Worship team members must continuously grow and work on developing their skill as singers, musicians and worship leaders. Again, if you are the worship pastor, have certain expectations or set certain goals to your team. Okay guys, in the first quarter of this year, I want us to see us grow in this. Let's take a simple thing. So if you have a team of musicians, say who do not know music theory, for example, who don't know how to build a major scale, I'm going to sound a little technical. Please forgive me, but these are the musical terms. So if you have a team that is young, they are beginners. If they don't understand music theory, if they don't know how to build a scale, what a major chord is, if they don't understand the difference between a minor chord or how to build all of those things, what are you going to do about it? So you set a goal. In this quarter, guys, we're going to focus on learning a theory, becoming good with it. And the next quarter, we aim at getting better and getting better. So you set some tangible goals that you can measure your team by. And so that's how you gauge growing in scale. So similarly, if you're not the worship pastor, the worship leader, if you're the senior pastor, you know some of the things that you can ask your worship pastor to work on. And you can ask them, does the worship team know about these things, these technical aspects of it? So that's the growing in skill and worship. E is growing in Christ-likeness and serving with humility. Worship team members must grow in Christ-like character. Efficiency chapter five, the chapter starts off by saying, be imitators of Christ. That amazing chapter that's such a popular chapter in the book of Ephesians, the whole chapter starts off by saying, be imitators of Christ. It depends on which translation you're reading. That's what it is, to be Christ-like in character. It's the Francis of Assisi. He said, preach the gospel at all times, and if necessary, use words. Preach the gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. He's simply saying, let your life speak. Let your actions speak louder. Let your actions display and represent Christ in our character, in our integrity, in who we are and how we serve. Once again, this is a brilliant quote by Bill Johnson. He says, rule with the heart of a servant and serve with the heart of a king. I'll say that again. Rule with the heart of a servant and serve with the heart of a king. Isn't that beautiful? And that's what serving with humility is, that you serve with the heart of a king and you rule with the heart of a servant. When these basic core values are driven, drilled into our worship team members, you have a very healthy worship team that is on the right track. That's on the right track. My formative years were the years between 2007 and 2009 where I was under a worship pastor. Some of you might know those in India, Sunny Prasad, who's actually the brother of one of the famous musician, Benny Prasad, who's traveled the world. So he was my worship pastor. Every Saturday, Friday and Saturday for two and a half years, the time that I was under his leadership, for two and a half years, every Friday, Saturday, he would drill us with God's word. He would instill the importance of God's word. That's all we did. Before we begin to practice a song for Sunday, he would just make us sit as six of us and just drill us the importance of God's word week after week after week. And those were what I would look back and see my formative years and instilling these core values, these basic fundamental things into other individuals of our worship team will do wonders for your ministry and the growth of your ministry. So those are those five simple pointers for our personal life and testimony, which is godly life, spiritual growth, personal life of worship, growing in skill and worship and growing in Christlikeness and serving with humility. Okay. Everyone good so far? Are you all okay? Learning something? Any thoughts or questions? As a worship leader, please share with us your daily personal time, reading the word, and your prayer life. So I am the morning person. My wife is not the morning person. Mornings are my time. I'm sharing this because I was just asking this question. So as to start with coffee, I need to have my black coffee early morning. 5 a.m. is my start. And what I read it basically depends on the season that I'm in or some of which where god leads me to be certain things, a certain book I would spend that. I will, I I leave the reading of a book to the evenings not morning. Morning times, I prefer reading the word of God. I think that kind of sets the tone for me. It works for me later on during the evening or what I've actually recently gotten to a habit is which I'm enjoying which I didn't think I would enjoy is audio, audio books. Get a headphones on and just go for a walk in the evening really jog in the evening. I put on the headphones and just play an audio book and I I've learned that I remember things that I hear and so that's amazing. That's my personal thing. I started early morning around that time reading God's Word. Yeah just spring in the tongue, spring in tongues I'm meditating on God's Word like through the day and then listening to an audio book so that's that's what it looks like crystal no problem anything else guys you want to add questions about what we just discussed any coffee lovers okay any tea lovers so I was just thinking as you were talking about the worship leader any ministry you are engaged in any ministry in any part of you know you're serving in the church I think these principles apply particularly everywhere I'm serving in the children's church and it is as important to touch these lives which are naive, which are fresh which are receiving unless we come with that anointing unless we are enriched with the word of God in our life that's like preparing the soil good soil for sowing the seeds so our lives prepare that soil and God works and he sees that we are putting in that discipline and effort otherwise you know we can go on I remember pastor I think pastor only said like churches without Holy Spirit are running for years so they can run you can be deceived you feel okay things are going of course there is an anointing that pastor carries and others carry you flow in that grace but you need your hard work also in that so that's what I'm experiencing that it's not just being a worship leader but in any ministry that you are smallest assuring also there is grace that people would see on your face when you are leading them to the seats and helping them find a seat you know they feel so comforted by your actions absolutely yes absolutely yeah I think that's you know spot on it it's applicable for every ministry leader those volunteers it's crucial you read in Acts chapter 6 it's the birth it's the beginning of the birth of the deacons and the elders from the chapter on your sea and they say that even those who were serving food were filled with the spirit of God it's serving food um yes Rupa go ahead I just wanted to add a point sir we are telling us but not only as a worship leader we are we are all worshipers and God needs each of us that heart of worship connecting to him in whatever we do and as a ministry that is secondary God wants our hearts to be connected to him in a heart of worship yeah thank you yes thanks for sharing that Agni as well yeah just again to reiterate a very basic fundamental point is see as you know most of us if not all of us most of us would be engaged in an area of ministry if not and if you're leading a ministry whichever that is say a worship ministry for example or children's ministry or teaching what's happening is you are giving like you are giving week after week day after day you are pouring out right what happens when you keep pouring out is if you the secret place the secret time your private time of worship and devotion what not is where you are refilling your inner mind your spirit if that doesn't happen you are in a very dangerous place on the path to what we call as burnout right you feel burnt out you feel like absolutely exhausted in your inner mind and that's when you begin to rely on yesterday's mana on yesterday's anointing on yesterday's experience on yesterday's revelation you know when you know when you don't have the private time so it's in the private is when there's new revelation new mana on your anointing being poured out fresh every day and so that's very important for us so just reiterating the point what we were discussing right and how many of you were able to download the publication power of commitment that I shared on the stream section it can be if you can go back very quickly to page 52 in your notes in your PDFs so this talks about the commitment to the local church page 52 in your PDF these points were supposed to be in chapter 5 it's kind of misplaced apologies for that so very quickly one just run us through the commitment to the local church which is in line to the second point of the spiritual aspect is you have to say about commitment guys why is it important anyone commitment what's the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word commitment sir you are responsible okay you are responsible alright what else being faithful being faithful okay being regular whatever maybe being regular okay being regular alright what is the word so what are some of the characteristics of a committed person what are some of the characteristics or the traits of a committed person accountable okay you're passionate you like whatever you're committed to do okay I'm just looking for the answer it says I am a committed person yes I am the definition of commitment for someone to say that you're getting an oblige to serve okay you know someone for me it's like when you true to their word faithful give total yourself into it sacrifice okay yeah that means they are willing to pay any price isn't it it's what sacrifices honest and genuine price willing to overcome all obstacles they are not shaken by challenges obstacles that come they're willing to overcome they don't give up they are focused so yeah I think that's kind of a challenge in this day and age I was just sharing this with a friend of mine last week you know in my time as a teenager and as a youth is weakened meant our time in church for us to give you know time to the church as in be the first ones to go on a Saturday set up everything the chairs the sound equipments and whatnot and the last ones to leave the church as in after packing everything and whatnot so that's what it looked like and it was not work it was not exhausting it was not boring or it was not okay now I have to go to the church because I gave my name for volunteering and it didn't seem like that but it seems like that in this day and age it's like oh I have to go to the church because I've given this name I have to go get this thing done there's a sense of lost excitement this might not be I'm just generally saying okay but this is something beautiful about commitment and and it is challenging if it was not challenging everybody would be a committed person right but then that's the beauty of it is a committed person is willing to overcome all of that right and so when we look at our commitment to the local church you know committed to the local church means you're committed to your church family to your church body is saying okay this is where I'm being nurtured I'm choosing to be nurtured to be cared and also to care for the other members of the church and to the church itself that I'm in line with that vision of the church and I'm also caring for the other members and I want to give back to the church by say volunteering in a certain you know when we talk about giving back to the church it's it's not just finances it's one of one of the aspects of giving but then giving back the time is more precious isn't it you're giving back your time to the church by saying I'm willing to serve in a certain area so with a certain team and whatnot so that is expressing your commitment to the local church and you know not saying okay one Sunday I'm going to be here the other Sunday I'm going to be in this church the third Sunday I'm going to be in another church fourth Sunday I'm going to be there that does not express your commitment to the local church is a crucial and some of the ways that you can express is you know choose to attend Sundays services you know all the Sunday services this is again coming to the context of worship ministry is that you encourage your worship team members is that they don't just show up to church on a Sunday that they are rostered to play they show up to the church regardless of them being rostered or not rostered they choose to come to the church and that is an expression of commitment isn't it connecting with the rest of the church family like cell groups or life groups personal meetings events conferences etc being involved in the ministries at APC volunteering etc it's coming down to page 53 is personal accountability we again emphasize this we encourage worship team members to have a mentor of their own because for their own spiritual growth as well some of the practical ways in which personal accountability can be expressed once again ensure that they spend personal time with God in reading his word in prayer in personal fellowship make sure that they are not walking in sin you build that personal rapport with them so that they are vulnerable enough to express what they are feeling what they are going through because the end of the day worship team members are still human beings and we should not forget that it's very important for us to keep a check on how they are doing what they are doing you know the spiritual life and what's happening in their take make an effort to know what's happening in their personal life the challenges that is there anything you can do and so that's building a culture of accountability it's all about the culture and then you check with them saying hey do you want to take a break because of what you're going through why don't you take a break and then you know just come back after this if there's something that you're struggling with you provide help you give them the pathway saying okay go to counseling seek help and then take a break and then come back once you're feeling a little better right so I mean that's just to summarize all the points that's mentioned there and the personal accountability so being committed to the local church personal accountability and personal life and testimony is just the beginning of us understanding the importance of spiritual aspects of worship ministry okay so what we'll pause here we go for our break and we'll come back in 10 minutes alright let's take care and see you all in 10