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Written by Andrew Cook
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
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As a worship leader and musician it can be so easy to get too much into the music. The technical details of "that really cool guitar effect", or that awesome vocalization, or that awesome bass line can start to become king again, and I'm more worshipping my new skills than focusing on what's important for the people in the chairs. Remember that audiences are ignorant when it comes to "music technical things" and we have to remember the basic needs of the people in the chairs on Sunday morning: 1) To be captured and engaged with God; 2) To experience "moments" with God; and 3) To be transformed by God.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 23 March 2009 )
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Written by Andrew Cook
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Tuesday, 17 July 2007 |
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Have you ever listened to a CD and turned it off because “all the songs sound the same”? You don’t know why, but listening to the same thing over and over again is very annoying and distracting. It’s like the old “water torture”…you place someone’s head underneath a dripping faucet and keep a constant dripping, never changing the frequency or pressure, and they’ll do just about anything to get away from it!
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 19 July 2007 )
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Written by Tom Kraeuter
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Sunday, 01 March 2009 |
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 “I’ll take ‘Church Stuff’ for one hundred dollars, Alex.”
“The answer is, ‘That’s the way we’ve always done it.’” “Hmmm. How about, ‘Why do most churches do things the way they do?’” “Right!” The majority of churches today have the same general order or format for their services. Some of the elements may change periodically, or from church to church, but, overall, the corporate gatherings are very similar. Everything in the services leads to the climax: the sermon. Certainly, there may be other segments of the service that occur after the sermon—an altar call, communion, benediction, announcements, etc.—but the high point is the sermon.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 29 August 2009 )
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