We are in a series in our church called “The Principle of Agreement” Pastor Dan is talking about how agreement is God’s plan to fulfill our lives. It has been going very well, and this past week we introduced an element to the sermon that had me nervous the entire message. As the message wound down, pastor announced that we were going to do an exercise that demonstrates agreement. We played a game of Simon Says with the entire crowd…and it was a hit! My fingers were crossed even as we played, not knowing how people would respond. We got the idea from Granger Community Church, and loved it. It fit with what we were teaching on, and it seemed to be a great way to add an interesting creative element to the message. We ordered the video from Granger, and then found out the audio only covered the intro to the video! Since we didn’t expect that, and didn’t want a video that went silent halfway through, our creative media director had to remake the entire video! Truly, we had no idea if it would go over at all. We pulled it off, and it was a learning moment for me. Here are a few things I learned from this experience:
1. Our pastor is not afraid to take a risk
2. The only reason something doesn’t work in a church service is because people have expectations of what church should be, and usually fun is not on the list
3. Our church does not have many of these people (if the response is any indication)
4. Pushing the envelope can be uncomfortable and nerve-racking, but is always worth it.
I will post the video soon…