Not Another Canned Performance

What a wonderful day! Church, we are so tremendously blessed to have such a spirit-filled, gifted and talented praise, worship, and music ministry team! What an incredible blend of voices and a beautiful portrayal of the resurrection of our Lord we experienced yesterday...Two words describe you all -- YOU ROCK! So many times when we hear or see a worship presentation at Christmas or Easter, all we see is a 'canned' performance put on with special sound tracks, lights, enhancements and all the 'fluff'. Nothing wrong with that I guess, if that's what you enjoy... But there always seems to be something missing... the emphasis is on the performance instead of the praise... forced smiles, grimaces, hand motions, etc... One thing that was truly evident this Sunday - we did not experience just another 'canned' performance. And the professionalism, talent, heart, truth, and the spirit of worship blew us all away!

What a great job by the 'live' band. Colby and Tyler are such 'fresh' and inspiring additions to the team. You know guys, the Spirit that plays and sings from all of you is so overwhelming at times, it's almost as if the melodies emanating from the stage are gushing forth from heaven! I'm not kidding! I realize that I'm probably a bit biased, (a wee bit don't you think?) but I know I'm not the only one that feels this way. Thank you for allowing God to use your gifts and talents in such an unselfish manner. It's obvious that you are doing what you do for the glory of God.  Oh yeah... and the sound and lights team ROCK as well... Way to go guys! Way to pipe out the voices and instruments in such a balanced, clear manner. I've been in a lot of places where you could hear the background vocals of the music track being played so loudly you couldn't tell if anyone was even singing 'live'. In fact, they could have been lipsyncing or mouthing the word "watermelon" and no one would have known because the recorded voices on the accompanyment CD was all that was being heard. And people walked away from the performance thinking "what a great job those guys did". But really all they experienced was a "cranked up" sound track and a cast of people putting on a charade. In other words - "another canned performance". The Mountain View Team can't be accused of that... People leave the church overwhelmed by the raw emotion, purity, and professionalism of a LIVE presentation, not a MEMOREX rendition. not only thinking, but knowing you all have once again managed to "raise the bar" of excellence! Sound team - thanks for amplifying the voices and blending the music in such a way that each person's voice is heard. I'm sure God enjoys recorded music too, but a canned performance somehow falls short of worship "in spirit and in truth", don't you think?  Keep it up guys! Great job!

PS - I'm certain  I'll receive calls and emails about people who have left the church being offended over this post because of the way things may have been done in the past - TOUGH... send them to someone who is interesting in your whining. 

Thank you Lord for your blessing and your grace... Thank you for your favor and preservation...  Your grace still amazes me.

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