Band Review Guide

As Mars Hill has grown, it has gotten harder and harder to follow up with our nearly 20 bands and give them feedback on how they are doing. We have setup our Campus Pastors as the resident ‘Worship Pastor’ at their campus until another worship pastor rises up, and they interface with their respective Band Leaders, but most of their time is spent syncing on very big picture campus vision and relational/spiritual issues. This leaves a gap on the practical side and we are seeking to find new ways to review a band in a really pragmatic way.

Our Band Development Team created an online review form that allows trusted people to offer encouragement and constructive criticism to bands in order to help in ongoing growth/development of a band once they’re consistently playing on a Sunday.

Pastor Tim, Campus Pastors, a variety of Campus Production Managers (tech guys!) and I will go to this online form after worshiping in song with one of these bands and comment on a variety of things - from leadership ability and musicianship to the quality of the songs being sung.

Hopefully this document can be helpful to spark ideas to other churches out there who are looking to improve the quality of their time spent in worship together. I welcome your ideas, thoughts, and comments here.