Innovate: Live Blogging Leading Worship - Jason Miller

Talking about worship leadership. Live blogging after the jump.

• GCC worship format
• weekend service
• focused for seeker
  
• midweek service
• deeper for believers
• one weekend a month for the youth
  
• This session is mainly about the Thursday setup
• Filters
• live in the tension between sensitivity and intentionality
• we all lean one way or the other
• intentional: worship planning - detail oriented - never deviate from the plan
  
• sensitive: who needs a plan?
• the answer is to know which moment is appropriate for each focus
• Psalm 78:72
• Integrity in heart - you're in tune with what's happening so you can lead from the heart
• Can't forget the details, but some moments require deviation
  
• remember what you're trying to accomplish
• what's the effect of what you're doing?
• does it achieve the goal or distract?
• more than anything else: God is worth everything
• just because people don't like to sing doesn't mean they're not spiritual
• the point isn't to get people to sing it's  to show that God is worth everything
• focus on the lifestyle of worship
• singing is still important - and it's one of the few things you can do in a group of 1,000 people
• what's helpful?
• more important than what's new
• more important than what's innovative
• some things are helpful for your church and others are not
• Sometimes we fail to teach what worship really is - both in the church and in the world
• what is worship?
• why is it important?
• what does it mean to sing together? Why do we do it?
• sometimes it's good to call a time-out and go back to square one
• 3 week series about worship
• no band first two weeks
• Week 1: Why do we worship together?
• is it optional?
• is it essential?
• Week 2: Being awake to the fundamental nature of God's presence when gathered together
• Week 3: all out music
• video (10:50)
• showing stained glass - made of lighting gels with words, written by the congregation on each piece.
• Q&A