Worship Team Expectations General Expectations: To participate on the worship team, you must consider FaithBridge to be your home church. Being an active member of the FaithBridge family means: Participate regularly in our weekend worship gatherings (even when you are not scheduled to serve). Be committed to church through membership and embrace the church s strategy for growth. Be involved in a connection group. Practice/Rehearsals: Arrive at rehearsal on time ready to play/sing. If you need to arrive early to setup, please do so that we can begin rehearsal on time. Learn music before coming to rehearsal. Rehearsal is where we put all the pieces together and smooth out any rough parts. You should practice and know your parts prior to the start of rehearsal. Show respect to other team members and follow the direction of the worship leader. Communication: Communicate in a timely manner. (i.e. When you are placed on the schedule in planning center, please respond as soon as possible. This will greatly help in the planning process.) If you know dates that you will be unavailable, please block them out on planning center. Musical Ability: Seek to develop your skills as a musician. (Never stop learning). (Please see attached listing basic skills needed for each position on the worship team.)
Character: Strive to live a life worthy of the Gospel of Christ (Phil. 1:27). Live in accordance with the worship values of the team along with the beliefs and doctrine of Faithbridge Church. Remove yourself from worship leadership if you are unprepared musically, spiritually, have unresolved sin issues or a broken relationship that needs to be mended. Presentation: Attire should be appropriate and reflect our desire that all attention is given to the Lord. Worship team members should demonstrate a stage presence that is authentic, confident, and energetic.
Vocalists: Basic Skills Needed For Each Position on the Worship Team Function To provide vocal harmony with the worship leader and other worship vocalists. They also model worship for the congregation by maintaining an attitude of worship while singing with the team. Their focus is on God, not on performing. Be able to sing on pitch. Be able to hear and sing a harmony part for a given melody (i.e. should be comfortable learning parts by ear.) Be able control vocal elements such as volume and vibrato in order to blend with the worship leader and other vocalists. Acoustic Guitarists: Function To provide rhythm support as needed by the worship leader. Have a good knowledge of open chords and barre chords. Should have good working knowledge of the guitar neck. Be able to play different strumming patterns as called for by the given song. Must own their own guitar with electronic pickup. Ability to arpeggiate chords is desirable. Electric Guitarists: Function To provide rhythmic support and sonic textures as needed by the worship leader. To play specific parts (lead lines) for songs as needed. Skill set Have a good knowledge of major and minor chords and basic scales.
Must own their own guitar and equipment, and be able to reproduce tones consistent with modern contemporary music. Ability to arpeggiate chords is desirable. Bass Guitarists: Function To produce bass content and rhythmic support as needed by the worship leader. To play specific parts for songs as needed. Have a good working knowledge of the neck (i.e. know the nots on the first five frets of the neck on all strings without looking). A knowledge of basic scales would be useful. Should understand basic rhythmic divisions: quarter notes, eighth notes, triplets, etc. Drummers: Function To provide solid rhythmic foundation for the worship team. Must be able to hold steady time against a click track. Be able to play a variety of basic quarter note and eighth note rock drum patters. Others: 2 beat (boom chuck), and 6/8 time signature beats, etc. Be able to control dynamics, such as volume, while maintaining consistent tempo. Keyboardists: Function To provide sonic textures and keyboard parts for the worship team.
Must be able to hold steady time against a click track. Be able to read simple chord charts. (Reading music is desirable but not required). Be able to play in a style consistent with modern contemporary music. Should know chord inversions and be able to find different chord voicings. Should have familiarity with general modern keyboard architecture (i.e. how to recall patches, find different sounds, use modulation wheel, etc.)