Leadership
Monday Minute
Monday Minute // Worship Leader
4:17 PM
Any of us that are in Student Ministry no what this time of
year means. We are gearing up for Summer Plans! Getting ready for all the
different missions trips, camps, and conferences that you might take over the
course of the summer.
I know for some you take on the responsibility of putting on
your own camp! You spend all the money and the time and you put together a
great quality camp for your students. I know that sometimes finding quality
talent to lead worship and help create engaging and excellent environments can
be a really hard thing.
So I want to help you with that!
I am about to let you know about one of the best kept
secrets in the country when it comes to leading worship and engaging students
or anyone for that matter.
His name is Joshua Woodlief! (for more on him go HERE) In my
opinion he is one of the best on the country. And I hate to say that. Then it
sounds like we are making worship about talent and not about the chasing after
and honoring God! But I travel a lot of places. I have been to a lot of
conferences and camps. And I am sure of the fact that there is no one better!
Joshua has a great heart to lead students and people in
general in worship and see people encounter God in a new way. Is Josh talented?
Immensely!! He can sing the phone book. The guy can play and sing anything. But
what makes Josh so special is his passion and his heart to lead others in
worship. Even as talented as Josh is, he is not up there to be seen or to show
off. He is up there to lead people to worship of our God! Albeit I am a little
bias! I have yet to meet anyone that wasn’t blown away by Josh and his heart
and his willingness to lead worship. Not to put on a show but to truly
encounter God.
Here are 3 things that set Josh apart in my mind.
Talent – Josh is
annoyingly talented at music. For sure! But when I say talent I mean in his eye
for excellence. His ability to put together sets or to work in the context of a
set that has already been put together. Transitions and overall band
management. Josh has everything working like clockwork. I always tell him I
don’t know how he does it all when he up there.
Flexibility – Now
this hasn’t always been a strong suit for Josh. But over the last few years I
have watched him be incredibly flexible with the people he has worked with. He
responds really well to last minute changes and he will even do what he can to
creatively help you think of things even if it makes his job harder. He truly
has a servant’s heart when he is serving a church at a camp or a retreat. He is
always there to help set up and tear down. And not just his equipment. He does
a great job taking ideas and making them work and even making them better.
Excellence – Excellence
is doing the best you can with what you have! Josh always always always does
this. He will take any situation and do everything he can to make it the best
it can possibly be. He always works with band guys who are incredibly talented
and have the same heart as him. He always hits it out of the park. Josh is the
worship leader at oneChurch.tv. But every year he leads our fall retreat for
our students. And I am consistently blown away by his work ethic and drive to
be better and to use his gift for the calling God has on his life!
Now I don’t like to point out individual people on my blog.
Lets be honest it’s a little awkward to ramble on and on about the same person
for 500 words. But I feel this confident in Josh. You will not be disappointed.
And if you are. Call me. I will give you your money back. Yep I said it. And I
mean it. Im that confident that you will be more than pleased. Summer is
coming. Josh will only make things better contact him and see what God does!
To email him go HERE
To follow him on Twitter go HERE
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