Love U Review
Feb/092
Who knew that a short little two-part series would rock so hard?!?
The buzz from Love U is still palpable. I thought that the first week (Love God) would be the most powerful of the two. Not so sure I was right about that.
In part two of the series, we talked about loving others. We radically rearranged our auditorium. Instead of all the chairs pointing toward the stage, we pointed the chairs toward the middle of the auditorium. Everyone could see everyone else. Most of the band played from the floor instead of the stage. I preached from the floor as well.
The point of it all is simple. There seems to be a misconception in the American church. People seem to believe that you go to church to watch and listen to whatever is happening onstage. There is a lot of spectatorship in the church today.
That's why we rearranged our seating. That's why our band wasn't onstage. That's why I preached off-stage. Because, like I said Sunday, the church isn't about showmanship. It's about service. It's not about listening to somebody. It's about loving everybody.
Instead of a group of spectators, the church is a community of servants who are there to love God and love each other. Really felt like that simple truth took hold on Sunday.
I loved Love U!
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3:48 pm on February 17th, 2009
Man, I love that idea. Were you completely in the round or was it more of a semi-circle? I've always wanted to do a service in the round, but not every side of me is good to look at. Ha ha.
3:51 pm on February 17th, 2009
It wasn't a complete circle. We weren't sure we could pull that off. It was a semi-circle, but the angle of the chairs was much, much sharper than normal. I almost always had my back to someone, so I had to make doubly sure to keep eye-contact with everyone throughout the message.