One thing that we, as leaders, cannot do enough of is assisting those in the next generation, (no, not that next generation,) to rise up. This applies to all areas of life as far as I know: in churches, worship teams, businesses, learning how to be real men or women… No matter where we are, or what we’re doing, chances are that you’re not going to be doing or leading the same people the same way for the rest of your life. Things are always changing. People come. People go. You might come and go. But as a leader, it’s always important to be intentional about building up those who are going to come after you.

This last year has been bodacious as far as the band I’ve been able to lead at our junior and senior high youth groups. I’ve been blessed with a team with amazing musical talent and a heart for what we get to do every week. The only problem with this is that two of them are seniors and are leaving in a couple months to go to college out of state. Now, we’re in the position of building and raising up the next students to plug into the band and be a part of it for the next year.

How do you do that?

I’m not 100% sure. I don’t think there’s a twelve-step program for doing that. But I think it all begins with being intentional about it and not waiting around hoping someone will come along and be a clone of who is in the place now. It’s about taking those who are next under your wing and teach them, show them, push them, to listen to them, and adjust to them.

We’ve started the process of raising up the next musicians for our youth band. We’ll probably make mistakes. Okay, we’ll definitely makes some mistakes. I know I’ve already made some. But, this is a process and a cause that we need to invest in.

What things have you done or have people done with you to help raise up the next generation?

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