We have a (very) large screen that we use as a video (or still) backdrop during worship songs, sermons, etc… We often use looping backgrounds during worship songs, matching faster (or more busy) motions to faster or busier songs.
Lately, we’ve had a few discussions about the intensity of our images…
It’s not that we’re putting anything questionable up there – in fact, most of the motion backgrounds that we use are solidly Christian imagery, or simply abstract. It’s just that – with a screen this big – too much motion has the potential to be distracting, or maybe even to make people sick!
What we’ve found recently, however, is that a few of the motion backgrounds that we’ve been worried about beforehand have actually been our favorites once the worship team and lights, etc… have been added. The moral of the story? Don’t wimp out – give it a shot.
[A caveat here: We DO NOT push the envelope just to push it. If we go “high energy,” it because we’re trying to engage people, and get across how exciting a relationship with God can be!]
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I'm a Christian, a husband, a dad, a son, a pastor, a consultant, a musician, a writer, and bits and pieces of a bunch of other things. My work life has followed three main phases - business to teaching to church. I was the Weekend Services Pastor for nine years at Northview Church, an awesome church in the Indianapolis suburbs. I used to work for Willow Creek, another awesome church in the Chicago area. Plus I've written for various magazines and websites, and other freelancy sorts of things... My life mission is to help the church be as excellent as it can be.
Oh yeah - the name's Greg. Greg Wallace. But not the race car driver or the major league pitcher or the British celebrity chef. Just the creative worship guy. Hi.
It's my hope that these ideas, musings, rants, raves, etc... will inspire you. They're just my opinions - but again, I hope that they'll help to inspire you. Because the church really, really needs inspired creative types. If you're a creative type (and most people are, deep-down), ask God for help. Then take any ideas that are useful to you - borrow them, nab them, use them, adapt them - and make them into something greater...
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