What NOT to do when something goes wrong!
Sep 19, 2008 How To
Posted by
Russell Martin
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I found this video while I was reading through some of my favorite worship blogs and came across this from Consuming Worship. I watched the video and laughed… then I thought. Do I look like that when something goes wrong during worship? When the slides get behind, or the lights don’t come on at the right time, or I accidentally don’t put my capo on before starting God of Wonders? And If I run around and freak out then what does the congregation see? I learned a long time ago that there is usually very little you can do about some of these things during the worship service. And if I freak out, run around, frantically gesture then I will usually make things worse. The best thing is to make a mental note, smile and go on. Later I can go back and review the service and then I can work with the team to make sure things go better next time. Usually the thing that I thought was such a big deal, was hardly noticed or really did not matter much anyway.
So with that… what’s the biggest”disaster” you have had during a worship service, that you can look back and laugh about now, and what did you learn from it?
September 19th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I think it’s important to keep in mind that much of the congregation won’t know anything went wrong unless you show them it did…there are some that can catch ever missed chord etc. but still, freaking out will make it worse. I think I remember someone swaying and nearly fainting during a youth choir performance….other than that, forgetting words and chords.
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I just wanted to let you know that your blog has been an enormous help to my youth worship band director. I have also benefited from your blog. Your recent entries have addressed topics that we have been discussing.
Christ’s Peace.