Stage Presence and Authentic Worship
some excerpts are....
http://www.pastors.com/article.asp?ArtID=9026
Rick Muchow, pastor of Saddleback worship says: The worship leader exists to help the congregation worship and guide the worship team. Stage presence during worship is very important to address. We need to teach our worship teams how to be seen in order to encourage the congregation to engage in worship. There are three core areas to focus on in addressing stage presence: 1) casting vision, 2) eliminating distractions, and 3) being authentic.
Cast Vision: To address the issue of stage presence is to be clear about the purpose of our lead worshippers in congregational worship. Our role as a worship team is to help the congregation connect to God, and then stay out of their way.
.....(read the entire article)....then it concludes:
Christ's presence in someone's life will be their greatest treasure. Nothing else compares to that. An effective worship leader spends more time worshipping off the stage than on it.
There is a great verse in The Message that helps us to focus on the motivation for being a lead worshipper.
In 2 Cor. 3:16-18 it says, "Whenever, though, they turn to face God as Moses did, God removes the veil and there they are--face to face! They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And when God is personally present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We're free of it! All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him."
After reading the entire article in context....what do you think about 2 Cor. 3 being about worship leaders? Is it safe to view worship leaders as helping the congregation "connect to God?"
Robin
some excerpts are....
http://www.pastors.com/article.asp?ArtID=9026
Rick Muchow, pastor of Saddleback worship says: The worship leader exists to help the congregation worship and guide the worship team. Stage presence during worship is very important to address. We need to teach our worship teams how to be seen in order to encourage the congregation to engage in worship. There are three core areas to focus on in addressing stage presence: 1) casting vision, 2) eliminating distractions, and 3) being authentic.
Cast Vision: To address the issue of stage presence is to be clear about the purpose of our lead worshippers in congregational worship. Our role as a worship team is to help the congregation connect to God, and then stay out of their way.
.....(read the entire article)....then it concludes:
Christ's presence in someone's life will be their greatest treasure. Nothing else compares to that. An effective worship leader spends more time worshipping off the stage than on it.
There is a great verse in The Message that helps us to focus on the motivation for being a lead worshipper.
In 2 Cor. 3:16-18 it says, "Whenever, though, they turn to face God as Moses did, God removes the veil and there they are--face to face! They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And when God is personally present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We're free of it! All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him."
After reading the entire article in context....what do you think about 2 Cor. 3 being about worship leaders? Is it safe to view worship leaders as helping the congregation "connect to God?"
Robin