Last weekend we went to Las Vegas. We is Traci and I, my mom and dad, as well as my brother, his wife and their baby. The reason we went was to go see Mystere. If you have not seen a cirque du soleil show before, you should try to see at least one.
The show was good. We also took advantage of some good and cheap breakfast buffets, a little slot machine here, a little roulette there, and had an overall good time.
The one thing that amazes me about the shows like Mystere is the live music. Since the guys on stage are doing acrobatics and such there is always a chance for a mistake. Well of course this happened while we were there, and the band did not flinch. Paying attention to what was happening on the stage they continued on with another buildup to the big stunt for a second time. Now I know they have done this for years as a group.... its still very cool.
I think worship would benefit if we were able to build teams like this. I am sure this is happining on a lot of teams already. First of all have enough practice so you are comfortable with the material. Have a plan ahead of time of sequence, what gets played when, where, buildups, quiet part etc. Third plan for moving away from the plan.... If the leader feels that something outside the plan should take place we should allow for that, practice that, have an idea ahead of time how something like that might look. This would allow a lot of freedom in the worship service and help to avoid the dreaded train wreck.
The show was good. We also took advantage of some good and cheap breakfast buffets, a little slot machine here, a little roulette there, and had an overall good time.
The one thing that amazes me about the shows like Mystere is the live music. Since the guys on stage are doing acrobatics and such there is always a chance for a mistake. Well of course this happened while we were there, and the band did not flinch. Paying attention to what was happening on the stage they continued on with another buildup to the big stunt for a second time. Now I know they have done this for years as a group.... its still very cool.
I think worship would benefit if we were able to build teams like this. I am sure this is happining on a lot of teams already. First of all have enough practice so you are comfortable with the material. Have a plan ahead of time of sequence, what gets played when, where, buildups, quiet part etc. Third plan for moving away from the plan.... If the leader feels that something outside the plan should take place we should allow for that, practice that, have an idea ahead of time how something like that might look. This would allow a lot of freedom in the worship service and help to avoid the dreaded train wreck.
While presentation isn't everything, we don't want to be distracting to people when they are trying to worship with huge blunders.
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That's a great couple of points Andy. I agree and I think that the more structure you have, the more flexible you can be - especially as the team grows in number, it's harder to get a larger group of people to follow and do the same thing... I think this is true in any type of leadership as well, not just worship bands. Good stuff.
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