Guidelines for Participating in Worship Leadership:

Each youth participant will lead an aspect of worship (listed below) in a public setting, such as a worship assembly, Bible class, small group, devotional, Vacation Bible School, camp/retreat, or some similar setting. The following criteria should be followed.

• Participants in grades 3-12 may register for the Worship Leadership event. There will be two standards of achievement for this event: grades 3-8 will form the first grouping, grades 9-12 a second grouping.
• A public setting is defined as any occasion that is regularly scheduled and where there is an audience. Random impromptu sessions orchestrated for the sole reason of giving a young person an opportunity to fulfill the requirements for this event are discouraged. The spirit of the Worship Leadership event is to encourage the participation of young people in the active services of the church. Special occasions like V.B.S., camps, retreats, etc. are valid occasions for awarding Worship Leadership participation.
• Participants cannot count activities used for the Bible reading Pre-Convention, Service Challenge/Ministry, or other events toward their participation in the Worship leadership event. These are unique events and requirements for each must be achieved separately.
• Using the Worship Leadership Award Certification Form linked to this event, participants will keep a record of their activities with verification from an adult who was in attendance. A date and description for each service opportunity must be supplied on the form. This form must be submitted to the event coordinator by the Pre-Convention Events submission deadline.
• Eligible activities for recognition include: leading prayer, song leading, reading Scripture, serving and/or preparing the Lord’s Supper, preaching/teaching, assisting with multimedia, and giving the welcome/announcements. The judging criteria given below explain the totality of what is expected for awards to be granted in Worship Leadership.

 

Judging Criteria:

Grouping #1: participants in grades 3-8 must do the following:

• To be awarded GOLD: Complete a set of activities from 3 categories.
  1. Category A – Prayer: must lead prayer on at least 2 occasions.
  2. Category B – Song Leading: must lead a song on at least 2 occasions. The occasions are counted, not individual songs that are led.
  3. Category C – Scripture Reading: must read scripture on at least 2 occasions.
  4. Category D – Preaching/Teaching: must deliver 1 lesson in a public assembly. A lesson is defined as being a presentation of least 12 minutes in length.
  5. Category E – Lord’s Supper: must serve or prepare communion on at least 2 occasions.
  6. Category F – Multimedia: must assist on at least 2 occasions with the A/V operation of the church, including sound system, video projection/recording, website development, social media management, etc.
  7. Category G – Welcome/Announcements: must deliver the service welcome and/or announcements on at least 2 occasions.
• To be awarded SILVER: Complete a set of activities from 2 categories.
• To be awarded BRONZE: Complete a set of activities from 1 category.

Grouping #2: participants in grades 9-12 must do the following:

• To be awarded GOLD: Complete a set of activities from 5 categories.
  1. Category A – Prayer: must lead prayer on at least 4 occasions.
  2. Category B – Song Leading: must lead a song on at least 4 occasions. The occasions are counted, not individual songs that are led.
  3. Category C – Scripture Reading: must read scripture on at least 4 occasions.
  4. Category D – Preaching/Teaching: must deliver 2 lesson in a public assembly. A lesson is defined as being a presentation of least 12 minutes in length.
  5. Category E – Lord’s Supper: must serve or prepare communion on at least 4 occasions.
  6. Category F – Multimedia: must assist on at least 4 occasions with the A/V operation of the church, including sound system, video projection/recording, website development, social media management, etc.
  7. Category G – Welcome/Announcements: must deliver the service welcome and/or announcements on at least 4 occasions.
• To be awarded SILVER: Complete a set of activities from 3 categories.
• To be awarded BRONZE: Complete a set of activities from 1 category.

 

Submission Protocol:

Submissions of finished Worship Leadership entries should follow these guidelines.

• Submissions must include a Pre-Convention Events Cover Sheet (listing all participants from the church in this event) and a Worship Leadership Award Certification Form for each participant in the event.
• Click on the event director’s name posted at the top of this page, or visit the CONTACT US page, for information on how to submit materials to the event director.
• All required materials must be submitted on or before the pre-convention submissions deadline (postal submissions must be post-marked on or before this date).
• Do not send entries in a manner that require signature receipt.
• The event coordinator will send confirmation of receipt of the submission to the church coordinator.
• If applicable to the participant(s), a LTCSW Special Needs or Concerns Form should be submitted to the LTCSW Special Needs Coordinator by the registration deadline.