I've been thinking for a while now about how to more comfortably allow people to participate in worship. As a worship leader, sometimes you look out into the congregation and see people who maybe aren't connecting in a vocal or physical way. That doesn't, however, mean they aren't worshipful.
As I've spent a great deal of time speaking to people on how they worship, etc... I've found that some say:
1.) I am uncomfortable singing.
2.) I am uncomfortable raising my hands or dancing, or whatever physical form of worship is going on around them.
Why can't we be innovative as worship leaders and come up with some innovative ways for this group of people to be interactive in worship (if they choose).
Some ideas I have had are:
SIN & PRAISE BOARDS
1.)Place two coruplast boards up front of the auditorium on easels. One white and one black.
2.)The white board is the praise board. The black board is the sin board.
3.)Have black markers at both boards for people to write. (The black will show up invisible on the black board.)
4.)As the praise band plays a song related to forgiveness of sin and praise for the grace extended to us as sinners.... people would feel free to move about the auditorium and pray (for themselves or with others). As they feel led, they come to the front and write the weeks praises on the white board and give up their sins on the black board.
SIN SHREDDER
This one works similar to the idea above, except tables could be placed around the auditorium for people to write their sins on. As they feel led they could make their way to the shredder and shred them for good. Just how Christ blots out our transgressions. Also set up a microphone for people to spontaneously speak praises to the Lord while all this is going on. All the while, the worship team is singing or playing a relevant song.
What ideas do you have?
As I've spent a great deal of time speaking to people on how they worship, etc... I've found that some say:
1.) I am uncomfortable singing.
2.) I am uncomfortable raising my hands or dancing, or whatever physical form of worship is going on around them.
Why can't we be innovative as worship leaders and come up with some innovative ways for this group of people to be interactive in worship (if they choose).
Some ideas I have had are:
SIN & PRAISE BOARDS
1.)Place two coruplast boards up front of the auditorium on easels. One white and one black.
2.)The white board is the praise board. The black board is the sin board.
3.)Have black markers at both boards for people to write. (The black will show up invisible on the black board.)
4.)As the praise band plays a song related to forgiveness of sin and praise for the grace extended to us as sinners.... people would feel free to move about the auditorium and pray (for themselves or with others). As they feel led, they come to the front and write the weeks praises on the white board and give up their sins on the black board.
SIN SHREDDER
This one works similar to the idea above, except tables could be placed around the auditorium for people to write their sins on. As they feel led they could make their way to the shredder and shred them for good. Just how Christ blots out our transgressions. Also set up a microphone for people to spontaneously speak praises to the Lord while all this is going on. All the while, the worship team is singing or playing a relevant song.
What ideas do you have?
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