UN-Together-Ness: How to Cope When Your Worship Band ISN’T Your Small Group

June 29, 2009 in words of encouragement with 2 Comments

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In a previous “Together-ness” article I shared how great an experience it can be when your worship band is, in essence, your small group. In my opinion, the worship band can be one of the most closely knit group of friends within a church group because of their shared purpose, interests, and talents.

UN-Together-ness

However, there are times when the only time we see the people in our worship band is when we are in church. What happens when rehearsal is really the only opportunity to connect with others but there’s just not enough time set aside to go any deeper than just sharing a few songs together (while serving the congregation)?

Nothing can be more disheartening than hearing about other bands or groups who have amazing connections and friendships and then looking at your own situation and not seeing those happening. I’ve been there myself.

Read the full article over at The Worship Community.

About Russ Hutto: Russ & his wife, Lydia, live and work in the beautiful Golden Isles region of SE Georgia. You'll find him designing in print for WYIM Publications during the week. He is also the Creative Director of HPP Publishing which includes song development, catalog management, and the development of songwriter relations and publishing. On the weekends, he's usually volunteering in the Worship Ministry at St. Simons Community Church or traveling to help smaller churches with Worship Ministry Development.

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2 Responses to “UN-Together-Ness: How to Cope When Your Worship Band ISN’T Your Small Group”

Brian Peters July 2, 2009 at 9:16 am #

Untogetherness is what I have felt for a long time as part of the worship team until very recently and now you are leaving. This is what is making your leaving very bittersweet for me. I just can not explain this feeling I have.

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Russ Hutto July 2, 2009 at 9:30 am #

That can be tough. Which is why I wrote this post.

I KNOW that there are people who aren’t in “togetherness” – I know that there are lonely people in the world. I also know that there are small steps we can take as individuals and families that help promote togetherness.

Keep your chin up, and keep doing what you do. Take opportunities to invite people into YOUR world and remember that not everyone just naturally “fits” into a specific group of friends.

I’m sad to be leaving such a great group of musicians, singers, and ultimately friends as well. We’ll miss you guys!!

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