Substitute Worship Leader for Rent

This past weekend, I got the awesome opportunity to lead worship at a sister church to ours. They were in need of a team every week for October, so they called up our worship pastor and asked if we could send someone to help them out. Yesterday it was me, two singers, and a really great team of instrumentalists. Seriously, I could have never done it without them. I don't know much about how the musical stuff goes - I just sing along - so all the transitions and repeats and stuff were all up to Dave the Awesome Pianist. It was fun. :)

I might get to lead next weekend too, but I don't know for sure yet. If I'm not leading, I am for sure singing back up, so I'm looking forward to that too.

Last Thursday, we all practiced, and afterward I was so nervous about the weekend, that I was sick to my stomach. I almost went home, but we had practice for our church's worship team, so I stayed. I'm glad I did. The rest of the singers prayed for us, and the Worship Pastor gave a little speech about how it was his vision for our church to be helping other churches that may not have the same resources that we do (meaning volunteers or technology or information, etc). After all that, my nervousness went away completely. I've been singing in front of church since I was a kid, and never been not nervous, but this Sunday I wasn't at all. It was fun to go to a completely different church, and worship with completely different people, but the same songs and the same God. It was cool. I would totally do it again.