I love going to see a good movie. Heck, I love going to see a mediocre movie. I'm just a huge fan of film.
When imagining what this team might look like 9 years ago or so, I knew the world was becoming more video-oriented (youtube was still sort of new) and that if the church was going to communicate in a language the world could understand, film was a key ingredient.
And so in our church of 200-250 people, we would create between 20 and 40 original videos a year depending on the vision for a particular series or service. Here are some of the ways my team members came up with to use video effectively:
1) Original background for songs. When the choir sang "God of Wonders" we created a background that was timed to the music. Then when it became a congregational song, we continued to use it behind the lyrics we sang. Another favorite of mine was "How He Loves." Oh, and "God of This City." Guess I had a lot of favs.
2) Music Videos. Sometimes there was a song we wanted to use but it didn't seem like a good choice for a solo or choir or congregation piece, so we'd buy the song and set video to it. These were often very powerful moments.
3) Drama on Screen. We sometimes wrote original scripts and then, to use locations or to ensure the best performances (you can do multiple takes on video, not in live theatre tho!) we would film the drama and show it before a sermon. I remember one time we did a play on "National Treasure" movies and taught about the incredible value of the Bible. It's one of my favorite examples of this because we sent a team of students on a "treasure hunt" and filmed them all over town. Then, as we watched the video of them walking up to the front of the church building, we stopped the video and they walked in to finish the script live. I absolutely loved the integration of video and live theater. It was really effective!
4) Baptism Videos. Lots of churches do these, and I'm so glad we did them too. The benefits are many, but one of the things I wish we'd done is give each person a copy of their video testimony along with a video of them being baptized. Maybe that's something you're already doing. I just didn't think of it 'til after I'd left. There's no doubt that there are times it serves our faith journey to remember clearly how we were rescued by Jesus. These videos can do that well.
5) Other. I'm not even thinking of another way we used original video, but there probably were others. That's the nature of the creative process. We were not just trying to find ways to make videos. We were trying to find ways to communicate Biblical truth. Video was a servant. If there were other ways we could imagine serving the objective, we'd find a way to make it happen. That's part of the joy of the creative process.
A note, now that we've watched a handful of years go by. The videos available (free or inexpensive) are now myriad. That wasn't the case when we built this team. I go to www.worshiphousemedia.com almost every time I plan a worship gathering. There are other great resources. Be sure to check out a variety of them to see which may resonate with your church best.
But don't sell out to mass-marketed videos completely. There is still something amazing about seeing video that is unique to your church. For example, when we dedicated our refurbished worship space, we used the song "God of This City." There is a guy in that church who flies helicopters for a living. So I grabbed the camera, strapped in to the passenger seat, and we flew over OUR city, OUR church, and when we sang those lyrics with that video in the background... well, you can imagine. By the way, cost of such a project? $3 for the tape and several hours of time on the part of a handful of people.
I loved what Cara and her folks did with this part of our team!
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
One Creative Process 5, Vocal Coordinator
I struggled with whether or not to include this position on the team. I'm a vocalist. Been singing/leading worship for decades. So why would I need someone else on my team to coordinate the area of music ministry I'm most adept at doing?
Three reasons:
1) Team is better. As long as we had a manageable size team, I wanted people in every role possible.
2) My own weakness. I don't like asking people to do things. That's a pretty terrible shortcoming for a worship pastor! So out of my weakness, I asked one person to ask lots of people to sing.
3) Developing leaders. I knew I would not serve Memorial Baptist Church for the rest of her history. I wanted to cultivate other folks who could carry on the ministry--or at least provide continuing with whomever would be hired to follow me there.
I'm so glad I did.
Why is team better? In this case, here's just one reason. Other people think of songs I don't. Because of the way we crafted our services, we had weeks to hear, remember, and imagine. So team members would come to our planning meetings with songs in mind that I might not think about. I don't know about you, but I'll bet there have been dozens of times that someone would come to me after a service and say, "You know _________ (song) would have been great in todays' service!" NOW you tell me? Having another voice in the team helped us think of more possibilities.
Why not just buck up and ask people? Well, I did. But the more we play to our strengths and let others play to their strengths, the stronger our ministry. So the things I did well, I did. And then the person on the team could do well what they did well. And then we all excelled. (Not always, of course!) In my observation, most churches do not think this way or build teams with this in mind. Life is better when we do, though. Promise.
Why develop leaders? SO many reasons. In fact, I see a series of blog posts on that topic somewhere down the road. But for now, let me just share with you why it was such a big deal at this church at that time. When I left--actually, it was the reason I left--there were no funds available to hire a replacement, even a significant part-time person. But you know what? The Vocal Coordinator from my Worship Arts Team (Debbie) was an UNPAID servant, and she could keep serving. She knew what to do. She had done it with excellence. And though the model had to adapt to my absence, she was able to stay and lead well after I left. Circumstances at most churches will not mirror my story, I'm sure. But even if someone had been hired shortly after I left, what a treasure to walk into a team with capable leaders already in place!
One more word about this role on the team. We were not only trying to get the best person to sing the best song at the best moment in the service, we would also consider how to stay in touch with and care for those who were a part of the worship ministry. Having someone besides me who was available to those who sing was highly valuable. In this case, it was even someone of another gender. That was certainly a bonus!
Team. Team. Team. It's a better path to meaningful and creative ministry. No doubt.
Remember, for help with developing this kind of ministry in your church, just shoot me a message. I'd love to walk with you as a Worship Coach and unleash the power of teamwork and creativity in ways that work in your place of ministry!
Three reasons:
1) Team is better. As long as we had a manageable size team, I wanted people in every role possible.
2) My own weakness. I don't like asking people to do things. That's a pretty terrible shortcoming for a worship pastor! So out of my weakness, I asked one person to ask lots of people to sing.
3) Developing leaders. I knew I would not serve Memorial Baptist Church for the rest of her history. I wanted to cultivate other folks who could carry on the ministry--or at least provide continuing with whomever would be hired to follow me there.
I'm so glad I did.
Why is team better? In this case, here's just one reason. Other people think of songs I don't. Because of the way we crafted our services, we had weeks to hear, remember, and imagine. So team members would come to our planning meetings with songs in mind that I might not think about. I don't know about you, but I'll bet there have been dozens of times that someone would come to me after a service and say, "You know _________ (song) would have been great in todays' service!" NOW you tell me? Having another voice in the team helped us think of more possibilities.
Why not just buck up and ask people? Well, I did. But the more we play to our strengths and let others play to their strengths, the stronger our ministry. So the things I did well, I did. And then the person on the team could do well what they did well. And then we all excelled. (Not always, of course!) In my observation, most churches do not think this way or build teams with this in mind. Life is better when we do, though. Promise.
Why develop leaders? SO many reasons. In fact, I see a series of blog posts on that topic somewhere down the road. But for now, let me just share with you why it was such a big deal at this church at that time. When I left--actually, it was the reason I left--there were no funds available to hire a replacement, even a significant part-time person. But you know what? The Vocal Coordinator from my Worship Arts Team (Debbie) was an UNPAID servant, and she could keep serving. She knew what to do. She had done it with excellence. And though the model had to adapt to my absence, she was able to stay and lead well after I left. Circumstances at most churches will not mirror my story, I'm sure. But even if someone had been hired shortly after I left, what a treasure to walk into a team with capable leaders already in place!
One more word about this role on the team. We were not only trying to get the best person to sing the best song at the best moment in the service, we would also consider how to stay in touch with and care for those who were a part of the worship ministry. Having someone besides me who was available to those who sing was highly valuable. In this case, it was even someone of another gender. That was certainly a bonus!
Team. Team. Team. It's a better path to meaningful and creative ministry. No doubt.
Remember, for help with developing this kind of ministry in your church, just shoot me a message. I'd love to walk with you as a Worship Coach and unleash the power of teamwork and creativity in ways that work in your place of ministry!
Thursday, February 7, 2013
One Creative Process 4, Stage Design/Environment
What context is to learning, environment is to experience.
Here's how Andy Stanley said it in his recent book, Deep & Wide: "In most communication environments, it's the presentation that determines interest, not the content."
So if we want folks to learn the gospel, to learn the teachings of Jesus, to learn to obey the things he taught, environment can serve that goal in magnificent ways.
This was one of the most creative parts of what we did at Memorial. It was sometimes a very big deal--like when we recreated the Central Perk coffee shop from the TV show Friends--and sometimes a very subtle thing--like when we simply brought the season of fall inside, using bales of hay, mums, and fabric. But it was always to create interest among the folks who chose to attend that day.
You know, there's increasing conversation about environments in church and in education circles. One of the places that has built an entire approach to church on this concept is North Point Community Church near Atlanta, GA. Andy Stanley's Deep & Wide has lots more great stuff about how essential creating an environment is. I commend that book to you highly!
There was a lot of anecdotal evidence that all of the time, effort and money was worthwhile at Memorial. First, it created interest. When people walk into church wondering what might happen, they come with a holy expectancy. Environment helps a great deal with that.
There were also times, many times, when the setting for worship simply communicated beauty. Which reminds me of one of my favorite--and classic--definitions of worship: "Worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; the nourishment of mind with His truth; the purifying of imagination by His Beauty; the opening of the heart to His love; the surrender of will to His purpose – and all of this gathered up in adoration, the most selfless emotion..."
Often, the "set design" was connected to a drama sketch. The most memorable around our town is probably when we recreated Narnia throughout the worship center. I sure wish I had pictures of that!
Sometimes it was a throw-back, like when we did a series we simply called "The Game of Life."
Of all team members, it was this one that required the most work per series. Thankfully, I had folks on my team who loved what they got to do for God and His church, and they had a blast creating sometimes simple and sometimes complex stage designs.
One more picture, this one from a special event that happened long after I left the church. But it was in the re-purposed worship space and shows a totally different feel. This part of what we did truly created the context for a worship encounter, it helped us have a sacred space in which the Holy Spirit was invited to do His work. I loved how God manifested His creativity through our teams through our environment!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
One Creative Process 3, Teaching Pastor
There's no way this whole team-thing could have worked without Chuck. He didn't just assign things to us, he was creative with us. He had a clear and compelling vision for what he wanted the Sunday morning gathering to look like. He planned his sermons really, really well. He was a leader of leaders in that he trusted me/us. He gave of his time, sometimes in ways that were over the top. When our team took 5 day road trips (3 of them) he went along.
Did I mention that we couldn't have done this without him?
Back to the creative process part, though.
First, Chuck came to our brainstorming meetings with a brilliant balance of preparedness and openness. He knew what he wanted to teach, but he also knew he would get valuable input that would help him connect with the congregation. He worked very hard to be able to answer our questions about his content. We would establish goals for each series as well as each service. We got better and better at being able to ask questions Bill Hybels has used for years--what do you want the congregation to know? to feel? to do? Of the many places Chuck did his job well, this was near the top.
Our teaching pastor would use time in November and December to gather ideas and suggestions about what to preach about the following year. Then as Christmas calmed down and before the new year wound up, he would spend time sketching out sermon series for February through January. These were loosely held, but well thought out plans. Sometimes things would change considerably. Other times, there was no need. Most of our series were 4-6 weeks long.
One of the things I admired about Chuck was that he allowed me to lead the Worship Arts Team. And he didn't do it well because it was me, he did it well because he trusted his leaders to lead. All of us. There were some meetings that were 3 hours long and he would only talk for 10 of those minutes. He let us do our work, was informed by what we did, had a blast with us--we laughed so much my abs were sometimes sore--and he was a member of the team led by one of his staff members. This was a fantastic dynamic to be part of. For him, for me, and for the team.
Another thing that really helped was Chuck's ability to think through the end of sermons. How should it end? What does this sermon call for us to do? And given those things, what should we sing/do after the sermon?
When we took our road trips, Chuck was great at learning from effective churches. He didn't emulate them, but while keeping his identity, he continued to learn from others.
Back to our process. He agreed with James McDonald (author of Vertical Church) that the teaching pastor can't delegate the rest of the worship gathering and focus only on the preaching. Instead of delegating, and rather than dictating, Chuck chose participating. It made all the difference.
Next time, Environment/Stage Design. And coming after that, other team members.
Did I mention that we couldn't have done this without him?
Back to the creative process part, though.
First, Chuck came to our brainstorming meetings with a brilliant balance of preparedness and openness. He knew what he wanted to teach, but he also knew he would get valuable input that would help him connect with the congregation. He worked very hard to be able to answer our questions about his content. We would establish goals for each series as well as each service. We got better and better at being able to ask questions Bill Hybels has used for years--what do you want the congregation to know? to feel? to do? Of the many places Chuck did his job well, this was near the top.
Our teaching pastor would use time in November and December to gather ideas and suggestions about what to preach about the following year. Then as Christmas calmed down and before the new year wound up, he would spend time sketching out sermon series for February through January. These were loosely held, but well thought out plans. Sometimes things would change considerably. Other times, there was no need. Most of our series were 4-6 weeks long.
One of the things I admired about Chuck was that he allowed me to lead the Worship Arts Team. And he didn't do it well because it was me, he did it well because he trusted his leaders to lead. All of us. There were some meetings that were 3 hours long and he would only talk for 10 of those minutes. He let us do our work, was informed by what we did, had a blast with us--we laughed so much my abs were sometimes sore--and he was a member of the team led by one of his staff members. This was a fantastic dynamic to be part of. For him, for me, and for the team.
Another thing that really helped was Chuck's ability to think through the end of sermons. How should it end? What does this sermon call for us to do? And given those things, what should we sing/do after the sermon?
When we took our road trips, Chuck was great at learning from effective churches. He didn't emulate them, but while keeping his identity, he continued to learn from others.
Back to our process. He agreed with James McDonald (author of Vertical Church) that the teaching pastor can't delegate the rest of the worship gathering and focus only on the preaching. Instead of delegating, and rather than dictating, Chuck chose participating. It made all the difference.
Next time, Environment/Stage Design. And coming after that, other team members.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
One Creative Process 2, Worship Pastor
Here we are in part 2. if you didn't read "The Creative Process," you might find it helpful as an overview.
The role of Worship Pastor was mine to fill. I could not have done what I did without the tremendous support and trust of my pastor and my friend, Chuck. I'll talk more about that in my next post.
Before most meetings here's what I'd do:
Coordinate the meeting time. We scheduled each meeting so everyone could be there. I would send out a dozen options that the pastor and I were both available to meet, then ask team members to let me know when they could come. As soon as I'd heard from everyone I would find the best way to spread out our meetings and send the schedule to the team. By doing it this way we had "perfect attendance" at more than 95% of our meetings. This proved to be a huge dynamic as we built the team.
Prepare for the meetings. Before almost every meeting I would send an email to everyone with a reminder of the time, a summary paragraph of the work we were meeting to do, and an agenda. One of the things we usually did was discuss a book about worship/worship planning. So I'd remind them of their reading assignment. If anyone had tasks they had committed to do, I might remind them of those as well. My goal with this pre-meeting communication was evident: to help everyone succeed.
Facilitate the meetings. Those first two tasks were just that--tasks. But this one, this was fun! We started with a substantial devotional/prayer time. Max Lucado taught me something profound about prayer and productivity. Peter's sermon at Pentecost didn't take long. It was effective not by the length of the sermon, but the amount of prayer (weeks) that preceded it. In our meetings there was plenty of "work" to do. But invariably, when we prayed as long as we felt like we needed to--sometimes 30 minutes!--the work went faster and better. But there was more.
We had a blast. We laughed a ton. Every meeting. Belly laughter. It was Godly joy in action. Meetings were almost always focused on one conversation at a time, but it was because no one wanted to miss out on that conversation. We were engaged. We were creating. The details could be worked out after the meetings--that's why the folks on the team were leaders. I trusted them to figure out HOW to implement WHAT we decided together to do. And if they needed help, they knew they could count on me to do everything I could to help them. Oh, and if they wanted the input of the team, they just asked. There was great freedom to speak up and speak out in our meetings. I have learned that this isn't always the case. With a healthy team, it always is.
Recap the meetings. Depending on the nature of each conversation, I would send notes, pictures of a whiteboard, and a summary of what needed to happen next. Again, this was to help them succeed, not in any way to micro-manage or control them. If you have any doubts, let me know and I'll give you their names so you can ask. My job as the leader was to serve my team members, to do everything I could do to resource them, to support them, and to cheer them on. I loved being that guy. Loved it.
Carry out assignments. In our context we each had different tasks depending on the meeting, the services, and the series. I wrote most of our drama sketches. I coordinated a lot of personnel. I prepared music. I contacted those outside the church who might be part of our plans. (guest painter, high school drum line, etc.) And whatever else the creative process demanded. If the unpaid servants on my team needed something done that was a "work day" function, I often did that.
I can't figure out how to put this in part of the rhythm of what I've written already, but let me add that one of my most enjoyable functions was to be a spiritual coach to these folks. I learned more from them than they did from me, no doubt. But as a member of the pastoral team, this was my team. And I pastored them. I gave biblical counsel. I prayed for them. A lot. I believed in them. A lot. And I trusted them. Completely.
No wonder we had a great time, yes?
Next time I'll talk about the role of my team leader, the Teaching Pastor.
The role of Worship Pastor was mine to fill. I could not have done what I did without the tremendous support and trust of my pastor and my friend, Chuck. I'll talk more about that in my next post.
Before most meetings here's what I'd do:
Coordinate the meeting time. We scheduled each meeting so everyone could be there. I would send out a dozen options that the pastor and I were both available to meet, then ask team members to let me know when they could come. As soon as I'd heard from everyone I would find the best way to spread out our meetings and send the schedule to the team. By doing it this way we had "perfect attendance" at more than 95% of our meetings. This proved to be a huge dynamic as we built the team.
Prepare for the meetings. Before almost every meeting I would send an email to everyone with a reminder of the time, a summary paragraph of the work we were meeting to do, and an agenda. One of the things we usually did was discuss a book about worship/worship planning. So I'd remind them of their reading assignment. If anyone had tasks they had committed to do, I might remind them of those as well. My goal with this pre-meeting communication was evident: to help everyone succeed.
Facilitate the meetings. Those first two tasks were just that--tasks. But this one, this was fun! We started with a substantial devotional/prayer time. Max Lucado taught me something profound about prayer and productivity. Peter's sermon at Pentecost didn't take long. It was effective not by the length of the sermon, but the amount of prayer (weeks) that preceded it. In our meetings there was plenty of "work" to do. But invariably, when we prayed as long as we felt like we needed to--sometimes 30 minutes!--the work went faster and better. But there was more.
We had a blast. We laughed a ton. Every meeting. Belly laughter. It was Godly joy in action. Meetings were almost always focused on one conversation at a time, but it was because no one wanted to miss out on that conversation. We were engaged. We were creating. The details could be worked out after the meetings--that's why the folks on the team were leaders. I trusted them to figure out HOW to implement WHAT we decided together to do. And if they needed help, they knew they could count on me to do everything I could to help them. Oh, and if they wanted the input of the team, they just asked. There was great freedom to speak up and speak out in our meetings. I have learned that this isn't always the case. With a healthy team, it always is.
Recap the meetings. Depending on the nature of each conversation, I would send notes, pictures of a whiteboard, and a summary of what needed to happen next. Again, this was to help them succeed, not in any way to micro-manage or control them. If you have any doubts, let me know and I'll give you their names so you can ask. My job as the leader was to serve my team members, to do everything I could do to resource them, to support them, and to cheer them on. I loved being that guy. Loved it.
Carry out assignments. In our context we each had different tasks depending on the meeting, the services, and the series. I wrote most of our drama sketches. I coordinated a lot of personnel. I prepared music. I contacted those outside the church who might be part of our plans. (guest painter, high school drum line, etc.) And whatever else the creative process demanded. If the unpaid servants on my team needed something done that was a "work day" function, I often did that.
I can't figure out how to put this in part of the rhythm of what I've written already, but let me add that one of my most enjoyable functions was to be a spiritual coach to these folks. I learned more from them than they did from me, no doubt. But as a member of the pastoral team, this was my team. And I pastored them. I gave biblical counsel. I prayed for them. A lot. I believed in them. A lot. And I trusted them. Completely.
No wonder we had a great time, yes?
Next time I'll talk about the role of my team leader, the Teaching Pastor.
Monday, February 4, 2013
One Creative Process
Creativity is over-rated.
Creativity is under-utilized.
Creativity is too much work.
Creativity is a waste of time.
Creativity is reflecting the creative nature of God.
Creativity is for big churches.
Creativity is for creative types.
Have you heard (or thought) all of those things around your church? I have!
So here's the deal. I think creativity is indeed reflective of our great God. I am convinced it can lead to moments of transformation and wonder, as Nancy Beach sub-titled her great book. I am aware of many times God used a creative expression in worship to touch the soul of someone. (When David played his harp for Saul, for example.) And despite the objections, creativity is worthwhile in our services. It really is.
And it takes work. It takes time. It takes teams.
And it is worth it!
While serving in Frankfort, at Memorial Baptist, we developed a troupe of folks--the Worship Arts Team. We developed a creative process that worked really well for us.
For us. At Memorial BC in Frankfort.
As with most models, it was developed for the heritage of that church in that town. I wouldn't suggest adopting it, but I sure would encourage adapting it. If it serves you, use it!
I'm going to take the next several blog posts to describe what we did. We sure didn't get it all figured out. And we seldom got all of the pieces to work just the way we wanted. But we had a blast. We worked really hard.
And we saw lives changed.
So I think it's only right for me to share some of what we learned.
Here's how the series will unfold.
First, the functions of the team members. This is where it all began and what made it work; the team.
Second, the 4 step pattern we developed to actually create the services.
Third, a summary of the challenges and rewards of our process.
This will take a while, as of now, 15 posts. But each will stand alone, so you won't have to read for long each day and you can step in and out along the journey. I just hope it serves you to learn some of what we learned!
For help with your church's worship ministry, shoot me a message. It's why I created Worship Coach in the first place! (502.229.0114 cell; RodEEllis@aol.com)
Creativity is under-utilized.
Creativity is too much work.
Creativity is a waste of time.
Creativity is reflecting the creative nature of God.
Creativity is for big churches.
Creativity is for creative types.
Have you heard (or thought) all of those things around your church? I have!
So here's the deal. I think creativity is indeed reflective of our great God. I am convinced it can lead to moments of transformation and wonder, as Nancy Beach sub-titled her great book. I am aware of many times God used a creative expression in worship to touch the soul of someone. (When David played his harp for Saul, for example.) And despite the objections, creativity is worthwhile in our services. It really is.
And it takes work. It takes time. It takes teams.
And it is worth it!
While serving in Frankfort, at Memorial Baptist, we developed a troupe of folks--the Worship Arts Team. We developed a creative process that worked really well for us.
For us. At Memorial BC in Frankfort.
As with most models, it was developed for the heritage of that church in that town. I wouldn't suggest adopting it, but I sure would encourage adapting it. If it serves you, use it!
I'm going to take the next several blog posts to describe what we did. We sure didn't get it all figured out. And we seldom got all of the pieces to work just the way we wanted. But we had a blast. We worked really hard.
And we saw lives changed.
So I think it's only right for me to share some of what we learned.
Here's how the series will unfold.
First, the functions of the team members. This is where it all began and what made it work; the team.
Second, the 4 step pattern we developed to actually create the services.
Third, a summary of the challenges and rewards of our process.
This will take a while, as of now, 15 posts. But each will stand alone, so you won't have to read for long each day and you can step in and out along the journey. I just hope it serves you to learn some of what we learned!
For help with your church's worship ministry, shoot me a message. It's why I created Worship Coach in the first place! (502.229.0114 cell; RodEEllis@aol.com)
Friday, February 1, 2013
Coming Posts...
Just wanted to share a couple of things with my regular readers--for whom I am very grateful, by the way.
1) Starting next week I will be reducing my posts from 5 a week to 3. I think I will have some additional responsibilities that will take me away from writing quite as much. Follow my personal Facebook page if you'd like to keep up.
2) I have two major themes I'd like explore next. Each will be a series of 10-15 posts. The one I've been developing is an overview of the Creative Process we used effectively at Memorial Baptist. I'll go through the team positions/responsibilities and how that team actually came up with their great ideas and the resulting service designs.
The newer idea is an overview of worship leading. I think it will be called "Lead with Understanding." It just really struck me this morning how vital it is to understand the text so you can communicate the text, to understand the platform team so you can lead that team, the church so you can lead the church, the community so you can be part of transforming it, etc.
So which would you prefer to read first? Creative Process? Lead with Understanding?
1) Starting next week I will be reducing my posts from 5 a week to 3. I think I will have some additional responsibilities that will take me away from writing quite as much. Follow my personal Facebook page if you'd like to keep up.
2) I have two major themes I'd like explore next. Each will be a series of 10-15 posts. The one I've been developing is an overview of the Creative Process we used effectively at Memorial Baptist. I'll go through the team positions/responsibilities and how that team actually came up with their great ideas and the resulting service designs.
The newer idea is an overview of worship leading. I think it will be called "Lead with Understanding." It just really struck me this morning how vital it is to understand the text so you can communicate the text, to understand the platform team so you can lead that team, the church so you can lead the church, the community so you can be part of transforming it, etc.
So which would you prefer to read first? Creative Process? Lead with Understanding?
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