Music Ministry - Shifting from Expert Musician to a Collaborative Format that Promotes Congregational Participation - Rev. Joe Graumann. Episode 89

As worship styles evolve, many congregations find themselves at a crossroads: do we continue with our traditional music ministry model featuring an expert musician – the Minister of Music – who performs the music expertly for the congregation to receive, or do we shift to an emerging collaborative model of music leadership favoring a minister of music with leadership skills that encourage congregational participation in the worship music?

Rev. Joe Graumann, a young clergy person with musical gifts himself, shares how his congregation navigated this crossroads in this episode titled, “Music Ministry - Shifting from Expert Musician to a Collaborative Format That Promotes Congregational Participation.”

• Shifting from doership to leadership by the music director;
• Gaining congregational buy-in;
• Maximizing the congregation’s musical “light”;
• Aligning how we do music with our theology;

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