TENT OF DAVID

Worship & Prayer Teams

  • WORSHIP LEADER

    MINSTREL

    You play and sing skillfully as you minister unto the Lord. You’re able to flow in the spirit, even if using sheet music or chord charts. You are skilled, prepared and have spent time in His presence and reflect His glory. You are given to His Word in secret, so you’re able to carry a worship set or lead a team in public. You commit to work in tandem with a Prayer Leader to unify all in the Tent according to John 17 via the Harp and Bowl model found in Rev. 5:8. You minister unto the Lord regularly without an audience. You currently serve, or have served on a worship team. You are submitted to leadership and work for the sake of unity at a local body or fellowship that meets regularly

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  • MUSICIAN

    SUPPORTS MINSTRELS

    You support the worship leader/minstrel on the set, but you may not be the lead musician. You desire to use your gifts in a team setting to skillfully play with others to usher in and cultivate an atmosphere where His presence abides. You work for unity in your sound & volume, and complement other instruments. You practice your instrument at home weekly, and currently serve, or have served on a worship team and are part of a local body or fellowship that meets regularly. You are open to being placed on a team for ministry unto the Lord.

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  • SINGER

    SUPPORTS MINSTRELS

    You support the worship leader/minsterl but are not a lead singer, but use your gift in a team setting to skillfully sing and blend with others to usher in and cultivate an atmosphere where His presence abides. You work for unity in your sound, volume, and projection, and complement/harmonize well with other singers. You practice at home weekly, and currently serve, or have served on a worship team and are part of a local body or fellowship that meets regularly. You are open to being placed on a team for ministry unto the Lord.

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  • SOUND TECHNICIAN

    SUPPORTS WORSHIP TEAM

    Friendly, attentive, and always ready to be a team player. You ensure the worship leaders can concentrate on spiritual leadership, thus freeing them from worry of feedback, or technical issues with mixes or volume. You serve the people of God by clearing the path for them to see, hear and respond to Him. Can run from an iPad system, and currently serves on your production or sound team at a local body or fellowship that meets regularly.

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  • PRAYER LEADER

    LEADS OTHERS TO PRAY

    You lead others to pray in a spirit of unity that declares WHO God is; His character, nature & attributes found in the Word, and agrees with WHAT His Word says. The scriptures are the basis of your prayers, and you have made yourself familiar with the heart of intentionality to foster unity in the Tent of David with the Worship Leader. Your heart posture is one who is submitted to leadership Following the 8 Prayer Watches as your guide, the Tent of David Worship & Prayer Leaders commit to work in tandem to unify all in the Tent according to John 17 via the Harp & Bowl model laid out in Rev. 5:8. You currently serve or are being discipled as a prayer leader on a prayer team of a local body or fellowship that meets regularly.

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  • EXHORTER

    EXHORTS WITH SCRIPTURE

    An exhorter will be prepared with passages that support the 8 Prayer Watches. They are uplifting and edifying when they read during long pauses of silence, but they are sensitive to the flow of the worship leader & prayer leader who may be letting a song ‘breathe’. are signaled by the worship leader or prayer leader to fill in the gaps to not let one moment fall to the ground. Exhorter/Bible readers bring edification through His Word, but do not lead prayer. You are currently a part of a local body or fellowship that meets regularly.

    Ezra’s Platform - public, cover-to-cover Bible reading designed to “declare truth over our land”. This is also a public place in the Tent you can read the word at any time without signing up for time slot.

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  • GATEKEEPER

    GUARDS THE PRESENCE

    A Gatekeeper is available as the ‘manager on duty’. They are aware of the atmosphere surrounding the tent, and they are attentive to not permit distractions to interrupt the worship. They are gentle in spirit, loving in action, yet are charged to protect the atmosphere by kindly asking others to move conversations outside the tent. They attend to the physical needs of the tent, especially those serving and will communicate things out of their control to the overseers promptly. They work for unity and are part of a local body or fellowship that meets regularly.

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  • VISUAL/LIGHTING TECHNICIAN

    SUPPORTS THE WORSHIP

    A visual/lighting technician uses technology as an instrument to remove barriers, create atmosphere and help people encounter God without distraction. Their behind-the-scenes work is most successful when it goes unnoticed and the focus stays on Jesus, the message and the Spirit’s leading rather than the tech itself. They work for unity and are part of a local body or fellowship that meets regularly.

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SIGNUP FORM

8 PRAYER WATCHES

Earlier this summer, the LORD spoke about dividing each day into 8 Prayer Watches.

The impact: ONE Body who would DECLARE who He is, with POSTURED hearts to remember who we are, and PRAYING AS ONE… WILL shift a city!

Each Watch carries three simple points of agreement:

DECLARE- Who He is. We begin with God. Each Watch declares one of the name and attributes of the Lord through worship and scripture.

POSTURE- Who We Are

Before we contend for what we want God to do, we posture our own hearts before Him. Each Watch calls us, as ONE BODY, into a shared bibilical posture— thankfulness, forgiveness, humility, peace, justice, teachability, fruitfulness, & reconciliation.

PRAY AS ONE— What We Pray For

From that place of worship and surrendered hearts, we come into agreement in prayer for a specific sphere—the Church, Unity, Freedom from Idols, Peace, Government, Schools, Businesses & Families. Throughout the Watches, we will also be praying for the nations of the World.

NOTE: You do NOT have to lead and entire 3-hour Watch. A Watch is a 3-hour window, but you may serve for a 1-hour portion of that Watch. If you are able, take 2 hours… if you feel led, take all 3. Regardless, when the leaders change from one person or team to another, the Watch doesn’t change. We continue carrying the same declaration, heart posture, and prayer focus so that there is a seamless flow of worship and prayer rather than starting over every hour.

REMEMBER: You’re aren’t signing up to lead your own worship set—you are taking your place in one continuous offering of worship and prayer with the Body of Christ.

Entering in…

When we talk about serving on the worship and prayer team in the context of the Tent of David, we must realize there is a place to enter in. If you’ve ever studied the Tabernacle of Moses, or the pattern that God showed to him on Mt. Sinai, you know that there are 3 parts: the Courtyard, the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. It could take someone years to fully understand the depths and detail God put into the pattern He set before Moses for the children of Israel. But let’s focus on the Courtyard. When you entered there, you had a purpose; It was to bring a sacrifice. The sacrifice could have been a sin offering, but it could also be a grain offering of thankfulness. Regardless of what you brought with you as you entered, remember God sees your heart concerning the sacrifice. Are you entering in broken and bearing a contrite heart for the sin that separates you from Him? Maybe you are stepping through that gate with a heart overflowing with gratefulness and thanksgiving for all that He has done in your life. It’s all about the way your heart enters in. God looks on the heart. Even the woman with the widows mite blessed Jesus more than all the other gifts in the treasury, because he saw her heart to give all she had. That’s really all He wants…He wants all of you. All of your burdens, all your cares, and all of your tears. He wants all the pain, the rejection and every broken piece. He can surely handle everything you have as you enter in.

So before you enter in, give that to the Lord. We want clean hands and hearts. Never be afraid that He will judge you for what you carry to the altar. He just wants you to trust Him to bring it all so He can take it from you, wash you with His Word and invite you behind the veil to see His face and commune with Him. This place of meeting with the Lord and the team who serve as the priesthood represent the heart of the Vision. He came as our High Priest to make a way into encountering Him and restoring us to right relationship with Him…This is why He came, remember? Enter with your heart first, and enter fully. He is omniscient, and He knows when you’re holding back anyways, so don’t waste another minute… enter in!