Luke Abrams is a worship leader at Mars Hill Church in Seattle, WA. He began at Mars Hill when the church was roughly 100 people, and has seen it grow to over 2000. Luke makes his living working at Microsoft. You can download live samples of Luke's worship-leading at www.MarsHillChurch.org under the band name "Team Strikeforce".

When I was first asked to write an article on worship team recruitment and development, I felt I was probably the last person who should be writing on this subject. I mainly felt this because I really do very little recruiting. Very little of my time here has ever been spent trying to fill spots on worship teams (although early on I certainly endured my share of stress trying to find last minute subs). When it comes to recruitment of musicians, I honestly spend most of my time trying to figure out what to do with the many talented musicians who approach me to see if there is any need or openings on any of our worship teams. Now, I'm not saying that every week professional musicians are knocking at my door, but I do have very talented musicians approach me fairly regularly to let me know they're available.