Designing a Worship Service
I read an interesting article from the Midnight Oil guys recently about the Main Idea. The challenge they give is a good one: “What is the single, central theme derived from the scriptural text that is the driving concept for every element in the service?”
Do you do this? You should be asking yourselves several questions when you put together a worship service (and yes, you should have a team who “puts together the service”):
- Why are we here?
- Why are we HERE?
- What do we feel God wants us to focus on today?
- How can we interweave that theme into every aspect of the service? Announcements? Worship songs? Worship backgrounds? Challenge? Videos?
These ideas, these concepts, are what all great churches do, and they are all part of pursuing excellence. A well-designed service is just that - well designed. Of course, we need to leave room for God’s hand to work in and through us spontaneously, and He will. But our worship should always be purposeful.
Worship in HD — Blog — Designing a Worship Service (Part II) said:
[...] piggyback on our past post, “Designing a Worship Service“, designing a worship service should happen with a dedicated, closed team of staff or [...]
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:00 am