Ron, My assumption that all who attend worship are capable of worship leadership is very much influenced by Leonardo Boff, and particularly his book, Ecclesiogenesis (Maryknoll. NY: Orbis Books, 1986). That book is a theological reflection on the Brazilian “Basic Communities” that arose in the 1970s and 1980s. I believe Boff articulates some significant insights about the nature of the church that are relevant for a faith community that has arisen out of the life of a church-related college. Of particular interest in this context are two statements from the book. On page 4, Boff asserts that “Christian life in the basic communities is characterized by the absence of alienating structures…” In the context of the life of a faith community on a college campus, this statement suggests that “alienating structures” should be avoided if at all possible. We should try not to create situations in which we tell any students that they are not qualified to participate in worship leadership. One way to do that is to maintain a distinction between liturgists (those who plan worship) and worship leaders. Care should be taken to ensure that worship services are carefully planned, authentic to the community, and self-consciously and appropriately reflective of the tradition of the Church. And I argue that part of that care, authenticity, and responsibility to the tradition is the implicit assumption that all members of the community bring gifts to worship. On page 27, Boff states that “Charism…may be understood as each person’s own function in the community as a form of manifestation of the Spirit within the community for the community.” Although such spiritual gifts are by no means limited to worship leadership, the careful structuring of worship services so that all participants may play a role in leadership reinforces the notion that all members of the community have been given gifts by God to be used to “serve on another” (I Peter 4:10). Three more quotes from Boff that are interesting in this context: “A community in which the routes of participation are cut off…cannot pretend to the name of community” (36). “As the basic communities grow, they themselves provide more and more of the services that meet their needs” (62). “By baptism an entire people becomes priestly” (69). At Pentecost, it didn’t sound like one or a few people talking. There were as many voices as there were people present. Services in our communities should include a similar variety of voices. JDW