So, I am the official/unofficial MOM for my church Youth dept... Reason being is that we don't have an official title such as MOM or MD but the position is the same nonetheless... Frankly I've actually been doing this for the same church for the last 2 years anyway it's just taken them this long to make it official.
We've got a youth choir, a girls group(or 3), a boys group (maybe 2), we've just added a dance crew (who prefer us to do their music for them) & a resident youth band.
This year we'll be doing 3 productions as well(We normally do 2 a year). So there's alot of music needed this year.
I haven't prepped AT ALL for this year.
Don't get me wrong - I know I need some form of direction otherwise I'll be aimless for the whole year. Which is NOT a good thing. I'm very much a musical control freak & can be very "clinical" & dictatorial in my approach to music. I see it is dependable, reliable & dedicated
as is the case over the last couple of years I have learned to be more accomodating & personal & encouraging
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Problem I'm having is simply that the musicians we have had (for the last 2 years) are so engrossed in personal issues, lazyness, just wanting to ONLY jam etc.
In the last 2 years we pushed ourselves to new levels of playing but its like a cycle - the level of playing goes up when their interested & down when their not.
Praying has certainly been a regularity & everytime I pray about this particular issue I get sense of calmness & just keep hearing the words "STOP", "WAIT", "BE STILL".
Seems to me like God is wanting me to just wait on our musicians. I surely hope so.
At the moment I'm unsure whether it's really God telling me to wait... or my insecurity about our musicians. I'm getting abit anxious because our first production is only 1 month away & within 2 weeks everyone will be back from holidays and wanting to get back into their singing, dancing & acting...
