Guitar Workshops

a Worship Guitar Workshop will...

• Train your guitarist with little or no impact to your worship budget
• Build your guitarists confidence to move beyond the basic chords and strum patterns.
• Teach players to create guitar parts that emulate the modern sound of popular music
• Encourage and equip guitarists to become mentors of less experienced players.
• Help guitarists understand how their unique role complements the rest of the band
• Encourage participants toward a servant’s heart when it comes to their music and ministry

Typically...

• a 1/2 day workshop runs between 2 and 4 hours. A full day runs between 5 and 8.
• ideally, there’s between 5 and 15 people participating. Bigger than this is cool, it just means less hands-on time.
• the cost is $25 to $75 per participant, depending on length of time, content, etc.
• at least one person starts playing Stairway to Heaven.

Options for Hosting a WorshipGuitarWorkshop

The In-House
An exclusive workshop designed for guitarists in your church.

• Teaching is designed around the challenges and training needs for your players
• Hands-on and personal attention for each player
• Multiply your team: all or part of this workshop can be opened up to people in your church, which could encourage “closet” musicians to come out and potentially join your team.
• Costs can be covered by the budget, by the players, or by a combination of the two. These workshops can be formatted to work with most any size of budget. See Workshops on a Budget for more ideas to fund this.

The Open Workshop
A workshop open for to other churches in your community and region.

• Usually advertised throughout the community in churches, music stores, coffee houses, etc.
• There is very little, if any cost to your ministry. The participants cover the cost of the workshop through the registration fee.
• These workshops are designed to be specific in content and/or skill level, allowing guitarists to choose whether this content or skill level is right for them.
• Open workshops can be used to cover expenses for an in-house training. After a minimum number of participants have been reached, the remainder of the fee revenue can be applied to an event for your own players. 
• Drop the “Worship” & Attract the Lost. These workshops can be redesigned as non-worship training events to draw nonbelievers. It’s a tangible way the musicians in your church could build bridges to the community.