Everybody loves breakfast

Another team building activity we've been trying for a few months is 'Worship Team Breakfast'.

We wanted to get the team together on a Sunday morning with enough to set up, sound check, and pray together. It's always a challenge to get everything ready in time and starting the service on time was usually pretty loose.

We decided to start a team breakfast at 8.30 on selected Sunday mornings. I know what you're thinking, 8.30 is pretty hard core for a 10.00am service! But never underestimate the pulling power of a pain au chocolat or the mighty cheese & ham croissant with coffee! We generally get about 70% of the team there for breakfast where we discuss the plan for the day, pray and enjoy breakfast together. Then we set up, get the music in order and sound check (the most valuable time we have with the tech guys!).

Getting together early allows us the time to be fully prepared, prayed up, and even able to start the worship 15 minuets before the main service begins. Unsurprisingly, the worship as people are arriving really helps set the tone for the service, and people feel 'warmed up' and ready to enter into worship by the time we properly open.

Breakfast is another great way to give back to the team and thank them for their commitment. Pretty simple really, considering the food only costs £7 a week! The bigger cost is hauling your ass out of bed a little earlier - but you've got to lead by example, and I'm more than happy to be the one serving my team at breakfast!