Worship Leaders and the Local Church - Hospitality (4 of 5)
One of the functions of a worship leader that I have come across is that of a host in a home. Somehow, God has priviledged us to be involved in His house. We have the opportunity to welcome people into His house, get them comfortably situated, introduce them to new friends, and hopefully ultimately get them to ‘take their shoes off’ so to speak and be able to be at home enough to be open to knowing about their sin and the remedy of the Gospel.
With only a craving to become a nationally recognized worship leader, it can be very hard to cultivate the role of ‘host.’ Going from city to city, you have a new building, new stage, new crowd, new culture at times, and I’m sure it could be tricky to ever feel comfortable. Sure, you can be the host of the worship session for the evening, but I’m sure that there never is a total comfort level to be a fantastic host.
At our local churches, we know the people, we know the building, we know the capabilities and possible distractions of the sound and video system. We are fully equipped to welcome people completely into God’s house.
