experiments

i like trying new things. i like taking chances, especially in ministry. let me tell you about an idea i had. how about a church service with no music? rather than music, the time would be filled with scripture readings and testimony.

what do you think? would it work?

well yesterday i was in charge of the service and it was a great time filled with community, encouragement, building one another up. it was kind of like the original christian church. (minus the whole being in a traditional sactuary rather the house church.) i felt people really connected and we grew together. rather than the routine of singing the songs. we were able to hear Christians talk about there struggles and the recent healing of cancer.

i talked to many people before hand and mentioned the idea to them. some responded, "that is what our church needs." others, "i like experiments and the change of pace." my mom gave the response to which i thought more would respond, "yuck."

like my mom the universal church today enjoys the music part of worship. music today is a huge part of our culture. any town you go to you can be sure there will be coffee shops and bars that if they dont have live music on the weekends they at least have music in the background. we have radios in our house, cars, work place. we even pay for radio without the advertisements. countless people make their living off of making music. you can be a dj, a vj, a producer, advertiser, own a recording studio, direct music videos. you could work for magazine as a journalist, editor. you could put together shows like behind the music or you could just play the cowbell.

music in our society has taken over. if you say you are a music lover then they ask you what type. the typical answer i hear is that i like everything except country, or maybe i will hear hip hop or rap. now when you give the answer rock, people want to know what type of rock is it new rock, classic rock, alternative rock, emo or punk rock.

anyways back to the service. it was great people enjoyed it and it was a great time to love and worship God without praise and worhip.