This is one of my all time favorite clips. I know it's old, but I ran into today by accident & couldn't stop laughing. The clip is produced like a
movie trailer – explaining everything which happens in nearly every contemporary
church in America
each weekend – eerily on target. I’m pretty sure NorthPoint made the video. Having
a laugh at our own expense is good! I cannot even begin to remember how many worship
services like this I’ve been responsible for. Old habits die hard, yes? Anyway,
watch this and allow it to subvert what we think it means to worship.
BTW, my favorite lines are:
WELCOMER: “Young, hip guy welcoming all with graphic tee and
cool glasses, I welcome everybody with arms wide open… revealing my tattoo. So
you know I have a past. Quirky transition to band, invite everybody to stand… let’s
do this.”
WORSHIP LEADER: “Feel free to give if you feel led, it’s
between you and God… but… we’re tracking it.”
PASTOR: “Long prayer so that the worship leader can get back
on stage.”
ANNOUNCER: “We call that – Growtivation”
The fake awards at the bottom saying “Winner: papyrus font
aware, informally dressed pastor awards, edgy t-shirt awards.” These guys are
good!
3 comments:
Is it possible to cringe and bust a gut laughing - simultaneously? I've lit many of these services myself, going for cool lighting effects within some pretty severe limitations at times.
Sometimes it seems that our best efforts to worship honestly and fervently must seem to our Lord like so much refrigerator art. Maybe that's all that we can do, like little children being wowed by a parent. Perhaps that's as it should be. Food for thought...
Yes! Here's hoping that God enjoys refrigerator art!
Ahahaha!! I love this so much!!! I like what Den said also - sometimes silly is all we can be :-D Love it.
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