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Hi everyone! It's great to have the guitar family back together! My guitar dream is to be a part of the worship band at church and I wanted to ask those of you who have done this for all your best advice. Basically what I want to know is - how good do you need to be? What skills do you need to have down pat, what skills are more important, and what should I be practicing? I've been playing for a couple of years now and I have been taking lessons every week for about a year and a half. I recently bought some books with play along tracks to worship songs and have been working hard on those, but I know they are no substitute for playing live with others. (I don't have any experience playing with others, and I don't know anyone else here who plays.) I have talked with one of the guitarists about meeting to play together but he's very busy and we've not been able to coordinate it yet. I want to prepare myself as much as I can to serve in this way, if I were blessed with that opportunity... so I'd like to hear from experienced church players on the board. What do you wish new players in your group knew? What skills do you need the most? How do you keep from overplaying and keep it all "just right"? Steve mentioned the ability to listen to other players and play something that compliments them - I'd definitely like to hear more about that. Thanks for any thoughts you could provide - I have nothing to go on but lots of desire and practice time, hopefully I will get there one day.