5 Hacks For Attracting Worship Team Musicians

Many churches have a serious problem attracting and keeping volunteer musicians. Let's face it, getting a team of musicians to show up to church and play music at 8 AM on a Sunday can be a challenge. Usually there is sub-par monitoring, messy stages and lots of mind numbing songs to boot. Sometimes there are a series of unclear religious rules for stage and life we have to follow. Musicians can be under challenged or over challenged. We just can't seem to convince people it's worth it!

For years I struggled as a worship leader making it happen every week. About 10 years ago we made some significant changes in our worship culture. Now, in our church (125-175 attendance) we have 4 bands, 4 sound techs, 6 main stage worship leaders, and waiting lists for all positions. It's a wonderful blessing! Here are 5 quick hacks for attracting (and keeping) quality volunteer musicians at your church: