Who will be the worship leaders?
Leadership is perhaps the greatest challenge in having a quality children’s church experience. Many churches make the mistake of rotating leaders every week – convenient for busy adults but unsettling for children. You might consider how you would feel if the preacher in your pulpit were different every Sunday. Faith is communicated primarily through relationships – with others and with God. Children need to relate to their worship leaders, and the worship leaders need to know the children. If you want to meet the worship needs of children, the leaders must know how to relate the worship experiences to all of the needs of the children. This cannot be done effectively through rotation of worship leaders. Teaching/leading styles as well as behavioral expectations vary from person to person. Children will continue to test their limits unless they know what is expected each time. The worship leader needs to make a commitment of one year for optimal effectiveness, but if that is not feasibl
