Chapter 14

          Tom Krauter writes this chapter mostly about caring for the church congregation, while also worshipping. As worship leaders, our job is not only to worship God but to minister to our congregation as well. We need to see others as more important than our own needs in order to be good worship leaders. By caring for the congregation, we can show our love for God through our love for others.

           At school, our congregation is our classmates, so we need to make sure we care for them. People don't care about how much you love God, until you show how you love them. If we can show Gods love to our community, they will understand how much we care for God, and understand our worship. They will feel moved to worship him as well.

Chapter 13

        Krauter is talking about what our priorities in life should be, and makes it clear that we need to be thinking about them. He begins the chapter which a list which is, loving God, loving our family, and working in your ministry. He said that we always need to be keeping this list in the back of our minds in order to make the right desicions. We may have our own priorities, but we need to make sure that we keep the ones Krauter has given us in mind. As leaders, we need to focus on these priorities in order to do an effective job.

       I feel like we could easily integrate this list in the band we have now. If we have God as our first priority, there's no way we can't be a bad leader. We can also integrate our friends in to the list of family to love. I know that our band is very close and if we focus on loving each other we can play better and lead better as a group. And we can work on our ministry by practicing on our music outside of class.

Chapter 12

God has given each person on earth at least one unique gift. Sometimes, we ignore our gifts, but if we do that, our talents will be wasted. Krauter emphasizes that we need to develop our God given gifts in order for them to be useful. In order to be effective worship leader we need to use the gifts he gave us, which for most of us is music, to glorify Him. We need to make sure our lives are not wasted by abandoning our talents.

I think God has given everyone in our band a special gift, and like I said earlier, most of us have musical talents. I am so glad that most of us have found the way to glorify God with our gifts. I think that most of us will end up finding a way to glorify Him throughout our lives, whether it is with music or without it.

Chapter 11

Tom krauter starts this chapter by explaining the pressure he felt while just starting on the worship band at his church. He said that he really didn't like having the pressure of being an example at first. He was focused on worshipping God, which isn't a bad thing, but he did not focus on letting others follow him, which is what leaders do. It may be tough to be a leader, but it is what our job is. If we are worship leaders, we need to focus not only on worship, but being leaders as well.

This can definitely apply this concept to our own lives as worship leaders. I think I do a good job leading my peers, but I think that I can always improve. It is really difficult to act in an exemplary manner in front of others while we are off the stage. Sometimes, being in front of the entire student body is easier than being a leader.