Weekend Worship 5/18 - too professional?
It is incredible how time flies. I really think it is helpful for other worship leaders to post their service orders for ideas and encouragement, so I will continue to do that even though I’ve missed about a month!
So I really believe that many churches today are run with too much of a “professional” philosophy which can give the idea that the congregation is just a spectator on Sunday. Sometimes a testimony time can be somewhat “scary” if the right people are given a mic. However, I think it is important to build elements into the service that combat this an elitist idea. Here is one that we used this weekend. We put a mic up front and I asked people to share scriptures that God is using in their life to challenge/encourage them. I asked them to begin lining up at the mic during the song. They began to share after the song. It turned out to be a very encouraging time! Some just read straight from the Word and others shared how the Holy Spirit had used a passage in their life. This was a great way for people to worship God by sharing the power of His Word in their lives.
1. Your Great Name We Praise
2. Forever
Greeting
Explain Mutual Ministry through the Scriputre
Scripture Reading: Psalm 145:1-7
3. The Wonderful Cross
Mutual Ministry through the Scipture (mic up front)
4. There is None Like You
Message: Pastor Dan
Offering/Announcements
5. Lord Most High
