Anaheim 07

I attended the technology worship ministry track. We began in a big group with everyone attending a worship ministry track. Tim Neufeld led a discussion on what worship is and how important each part of a service is to that whole experience.

There are three types of people in a worship service. There are the directors, the actors and the audience. The directors are the worship leaders directing the congregation (the actors) to perform for an audience of one, God.

Every aspect of the worship service is important to create a beautiful atmosphere for worshipping the Lord. This is so important because we all love to worship. We all have to worship, young and old, rich and poor, all races and all religions. We were made to worship. As a person involved in worship services, our task is to help direct the worship to God. Some worship money, their job, sports, family, friends, music or endless other things. We are all worshipping something! Satan wants so badly to direct our attention from God.

When we broke into smaller groups we talked about the significance of our part. In technology we discussed ways that media and technology can help and ways that it can be distracting. The goal of media in worship ought to be drawing people in and aiding in worship. It becomes a hindrance when we move towards getting praise for our gift instead of drawing people to flow from one part of the service to the next.

Sometimes it can be difficult to always be behind the scenes and never get recognized. But the technical work is very important to the service. Using our passions and talents behind the scenes and helping others worship will be rewarded someday in heaven.

Worship is life. It’s not about choosing to worship but rather choosing who or what you will worship. The biggest thing I’ll take home will be the encouragement to be behind the scenes and remembering that things gone unseen on this earth will be rewarded in heaven.