Worship Team
Church worship teams can range anywhere from simply playing music videos on the screen to full-fledged productions. There are pros and cons with any place you find find yourself on the spectrum. A music video will usually go off without a hitch, but it feels canned. The full-fledged production will sound incredible, but it often looses the "heart of worship". At CCTM, our pastor and worship leader have prayerfully considered where our worship will be on that spectrum.
Serving on the worship team is not a place to show off your skills. Your role is to lead the congregation into worshiping our Lord and Savior. We do that by singing well, playing our instruments well (or sometimes we just end up making a "joyful noise") but we want to drive people's attention to Jesus and not to ourselves.
"Paul wrote to the Corinthians that they should "do all to the glory of God". At CCTM, that is our heart for worship. We don't seek to draw attention to ourselves with impressive displays or flashing lights. As we lead people in songs of praise and worship, we seek to point all of the attention, not into ourselves, but unto Jesus. For He alone is worthy of all glory and honor and praise." - Robert Petersen
Set Lists
The worship leader will make a set list during the week. It will be posted into Planning Center. This is the same software we use for scheduling our team. You can download the Music Stand App to your iPad, log in with your Planning Center credentials, and you will have access to the lyrics and chord sheets for the song sets. If any changes are made, they will automatically update on your iPad. Don't have an iPad at home? You can see them on your web browser when you log into Planning Center Online.
In Ear Monitors
Our tech team has provided in-ear monitors if you prefer to use them. They are a wonderful tool to use so you can hear yourself better. You will want to provide your own in-ear monitor headphones, but the wireless packs will be provided. There are some decent in-ear monitors available online for pretty cheap. You will control what you hear in your ears using an iPad. The church has a limited amount of iPads for you to share, but feel free to bring your own if you have one. There will be links at the bottom on how to control your monitor mix from your iPad.
Vocalists
Please warm up on your way to church. This will help you sound your best! When singing into the microphone, it is best to be as close to the microphone as possible. You should almost be kissing it. You know what feedback sounds like? That high pitch squeal? There are three common reasons for it. The first is pointing your microphone towards the speakers. The second is putting your hands over the screen. The third is what happens when you don't get close enough to the microphone. That is because the audio engineer has to turn up the sensitivity of your microphone to capture your voice, but because you're so far away from it, it ends up picking up the speaker noise too.
Instrumentalists
If your instrument plugs in to the system, do not touch your volume knob unless the sound engineer directs you to. This will mess up everyone's mix, from your personal in-ear monitor mix, to the PA mix, to the live-stream mix. The audio engineers work very hard to get it all sounding its best, and that can be quickly ruined by trying to turn yourself up or down on your instrument.
Stage Lights
Don't be worried about the stage lights pointing at you. They are not there to draw attention to you. They are directed intentionally to provide light for our live-stream cameras.
Audio Engineers
Our sound/tech team wants you to sound your best and they are there to help you. The best audio engineers are musicians as well and know what it is like to be on the stage. Feel free to ask them questions and to ask for help from them. Their goal and intention is to facilitate the worship of our Lord and to minimize distractions.
Thank you for your heart in serving Jesus at CCTM!
Serving on the worship team is not a place to show off your skills. Your role is to lead the congregation into worshiping our Lord and Savior. We do that by singing well, playing our instruments well (or sometimes we just end up making a "joyful noise") but we want to drive people's attention to Jesus and not to ourselves.
"Paul wrote to the Corinthians that they should "do all to the glory of God". At CCTM, that is our heart for worship. We don't seek to draw attention to ourselves with impressive displays or flashing lights. As we lead people in songs of praise and worship, we seek to point all of the attention, not into ourselves, but unto Jesus. For He alone is worthy of all glory and honor and praise." - Robert Petersen
Set Lists
The worship leader will make a set list during the week. It will be posted into Planning Center. This is the same software we use for scheduling our team. You can download the Music Stand App to your iPad, log in with your Planning Center credentials, and you will have access to the lyrics and chord sheets for the song sets. If any changes are made, they will automatically update on your iPad. Don't have an iPad at home? You can see them on your web browser when you log into Planning Center Online.
In Ear Monitors
Our tech team has provided in-ear monitors if you prefer to use them. They are a wonderful tool to use so you can hear yourself better. You will want to provide your own in-ear monitor headphones, but the wireless packs will be provided. There are some decent in-ear monitors available online for pretty cheap. You will control what you hear in your ears using an iPad. The church has a limited amount of iPads for you to share, but feel free to bring your own if you have one. There will be links at the bottom on how to control your monitor mix from your iPad.
Vocalists
Please warm up on your way to church. This will help you sound your best! When singing into the microphone, it is best to be as close to the microphone as possible. You should almost be kissing it. You know what feedback sounds like? That high pitch squeal? There are three common reasons for it. The first is pointing your microphone towards the speakers. The second is putting your hands over the screen. The third is what happens when you don't get close enough to the microphone. That is because the audio engineer has to turn up the sensitivity of your microphone to capture your voice, but because you're so far away from it, it ends up picking up the speaker noise too.
Instrumentalists
If your instrument plugs in to the system, do not touch your volume knob unless the sound engineer directs you to. This will mess up everyone's mix, from your personal in-ear monitor mix, to the PA mix, to the live-stream mix. The audio engineers work very hard to get it all sounding its best, and that can be quickly ruined by trying to turn yourself up or down on your instrument.
Stage Lights
Don't be worried about the stage lights pointing at you. They are not there to draw attention to you. They are directed intentionally to provide light for our live-stream cameras.
Audio Engineers
Our sound/tech team wants you to sound your best and they are there to help you. The best audio engineers are musicians as well and know what it is like to be on the stage. Feel free to ask them questions and to ask for help from them. Their goal and intention is to facilitate the worship of our Lord and to minimize distractions.
Thank you for your heart in serving Jesus at CCTM!