Billy Cox posted an interesting list of things that most worship pastors would like to tell their senior pastors:
6. If we could afford to play/sing all the time we would.
5. In our minds, music is valuable in its own right and not just as means of filling your sanctuary.
4. We think and feel very deeply, so we can tell whether you really appreciate us or not, yet we are insecure, so we might let you exploit us for awhile...and shame on you if you do.
3. We love music and we worked hard to develop our skills, so it's frustrating to us when you ask us to perform alongside untalented people who love only the spotlight.
2. For us, doing music is its own reward, and you don't need to pressure us, heap praise on us, fawn over us, nor guilt us into doing what we already love to do.
1. Nearly every other church within a ten mile radius of my home is starving for capable musicians...and I choose to share my God-given talent with your church.
OK, all you worship leaders (I speak as a former one)... is this an accurate list? What would you add? (Feel free to post anonymously if you wish on this one). And the final question? What don't you just tell him these things? :)
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