How to Be a Good Serving Team Member
Weekend serving teams provide one of the best opportunities for people to feel connected at The Summit Church. Joining a group of people who serve together weekend after weekend is a primary way to make a big church feel small. And serving teams are an absolute necessity for our church to fulfill its mission of creating a movement of disciple-making disciples in RDU and around the world. As we serve, we all get to be a part of what the Holy Spirit is doing among us!
If you’re new to serving teams, here’s a general list of what healthy, helpful serving team members do:
- Grow as a disciple. Disciples are always growing to be more like Jesus. That means you should serve the church not because we need you to, but because you need to. Serving teams give you the opportunity to grow to be more like Jesus as you serve sacrificially for the good of others. So we serve not because we feel guilted into it, but with joy that we get to.
- Prioritize the gospel above all. Every serving team at The Summit Church commits to prioritizing the gospel above all and orients all activities to do whatever it takes to reach all people. Whether you serve in production, worship, kids, students, guest services, or prayer, every team member leverages their God-given gifts and skill sets to proclaim Christ in word and deed.
- Pursue Christ-exalting excellence. Jesus gave himself for us, and in all our serving, we offer back to him our first and our best. No matter what your task—whether changing diapers, helping guests, playing an instrument, or controlling the lighting—do it with the excellence that Jesus himself deserves. For all our teams, serving to the honor of Christ includes communicating your availability, being on time, preparing appropriately, and praying for God to move.
- Make disciples. As you serve week by week with the same group of people, you will naturally build connections through which you can lead others to grow as whole disciples. Sometimes you will lead your teammates, and sometimes they will lead you. Other times, you will lead the people you serve—like kids or students—but for all of us, serving teams give us a space to be disciples who make disciples.