We have a lot of diversity at my college, and I want to be able to do new stuff, but not just the stuff I know.  I want our worship to be very diverse…but I don’t know how to learn new songs and be effective at leading them. 

(Leah Doolan - William Penn University, IA)

When I asked the question “What is worship” to my team I received a lot of general answers:  Dancing, Singing, A Lifestyle, Prayer.  Beyond that they couldn’t specify nor give examples of how they “worshiped” God apart from singing.  If you asked anyone straight out “is worship just music” they would immediately say “no” but couldn’t elaborate.  Our time together as a team was mostly seen as “practice” and was only seen as important when we had new songs to learn.

How can I get our worship team to grow in number (especially when the basic musical instruments are taken)? 

(Guillermo Ares – Washington University, MO)

I am a student leader at a college ministry.  We start our Bible Study with a time of worship every week.  However, sometimes people are distracted during this time, eager to keep talking to each other or bothered by a lot of stuff going on in their heads (like tomorrow’s test or the argument they just had with a friend).  At times, we've even found music to be a distraction from truly worshiping.

(Guilermo Ares - Washington University, MO)