3 Ways to END Rehearsals

Have you ever considered how you END your rehearsals? We think about the middle of them a lot, and sometimes the beginning (I wrote about starting rehearsals well here), but what about the end? Do you just pack up and go home or is there more to it? Have you ever put much thought into it? Maybe you should! How you end rehearsal could impact you begin Sunday morning!

 Here are 3 ways you should consider ending your rehearsal:

 1.    Vision for Sunday

 I try to end every rehearsal I’m in with vision for Sunday. A lot of this comes up as we’re rehearsing songs that night, talking through transitions, and so on, but at the end of rehearsal I like to try to give a quick overview of what the set will look like. I’ll also try to loop in some spiritual direction. I might talk about a particular song and how I’m praying God will you use it. Or I might discuss a theme running through the set and why I chose that theme. The point is this: I want my team on board with where we’re going! To do that, they have to know where we’re going! Finishing rehearsal this way helps keep the vision top of mind.

2.    Prayer

Prayer is such a great way to capitalize on the time you have with your team! It’s a great opportunity to share prayer requests, praise God for answers, and really connect over what God is doing in and around the team. Just last week after our rehearsal we had an incredible time of prayer as a team. It began with a few prayer requests and then a prayer for Sunday, but soon just about everyone in the room was jumping in to pray for something for someone. It was such a great picture of how our teams should interact! 

3.    Community

This one can be tough – but try ending early once in a while and taking your team for ice cream or something. Be more people centric! (I wrote about that a little bit last week. Read it here!) A couple weeks ago I went out with just a couple people from my team after rehearsal. We hit up the local waffle house and just talked. I got to get to know them better, heard about their lives, and even picked their brains about the church and the worship department. It was fun! And there was no agenda! It was just fellowship. Make some time for that! Around our church we often say that community off stage breeds chemistry on stage. We’ve seen it to be true! 

My challenge to you is to intentionally do at least one of these things to end your rehearsal this week! Watch how it changes Sunday morning!