God is good. He is really, really good. So good, in fact, that He would spur plenty of teens to lift up his name in worship. In fact we have 2 fully loaded praise bands in the Maximum Impact ministry, completely lead by teenagers.
I once talked to a youth guy at a mega church who told me, “I don’t think it’s smart to turn something like worship over to your students. I mean we are looking for quality and some high school students just can’t produce what we’re looking for.” My response can best be evidenced in what takes the stage every Wednesday night, but I verbalized it like this, “That’s too bad. Because I’ve seen the opposite to be true. When you release students to lead they will blow your minds!”
We are blessed to have extremely talented students in our ministry. These students can play instruments with the best of them. As of now we have guitarits, bass guitarists, drummers, key boardists, and we even have a fiddle player… if you’ve never moved before in worship you can’t help but move when these guys lead. Awesome!
I can honestly say I am extremely blessed to be in a church that values worship and supports my philosophy of allowing teens to lead. If you’re ever free stop by on a Wednesday night and join us as we approach the throne of God with energy, excitement, and passion!
Oh, by the way, I didn’t mention how cool it is to play with them. Truth is they are doing such a great job they have been asked to lead worship on Sunday mornings and evenings periodically. I get to play and sing with them. And THAT is an absolute pleasure. Be on the lookout for the high school worship bands in the near future.
We lead worship this Sunday – October 24 at Re:Gen. 9:00 A.M. in the gym!