I have been having a great time working more with the service this past month and I finally feel like we know what is going on more than half the time.
I have been doing some thinking about flow lately and wanted to know what you thought on some things:
-To transition from jam session/recorded music time, have Elizabeth welcome folks to the service and to stand, but with either jam session music in background or the beginnings of our opening song. That way we flow right into worship with no musical breaks.
-If our opening set lends itself to this- seamless transitions between songs using fills or interludes or whatever to minimize the pauses between songs. I think our current pauses are not that bad but the more we can eliminate them the better.
-Moving from sermon time to prayer time: When Dave preaches he always ends with a prayer. During this time could the band be making it's way back up front? When the prayer is finished then the prayer song can immediately start.
This could be a little different when I preach or we have a guest. I am thinking after the sermon I can do a sort of invitation to prayer and maybe lift up some issues for folks to be reflecting on. The band can be coming up during that invitation and the song can begin on cue.
I also like the idea of bringing back the "prayer sandwich" where we do a couple verses before joys and concerns then close out the time with the rest of the verses. This would help move us better into the offering/announcement time.
Well let me know what you think. You certainly don't have to agree, but I do get the final say :)
Thanks again everyone, for all your flexibility and effort into this service.
-Rob
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