First, I understand what worship is vs. having a show. I understand that worship is leading people to a place to recieve. That is not the issue. The issue I have is worship is boring. It is boring for me and for my teens. Even though both myself and one if my children are on the praise team. I play guitar and she sings. I am not the leader, neither is she and we both understand our place in the grand scheme of things. Still, it is boring for the youth group and the younger adults that are still around. The leader and pastor consider our church more traditional and because of it, we sing Baptist hymns. Each Sunday morning a song or two is added that is more modern, but it sounds like an old hymn.
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You're in a dying, irrelevant church that's focused solely on the needs of its older, long-time members. I see it everywhere around here. I started playing praise music at a church like that but I just couldn't take it after a while. Don't try to change the church. Instead, find yourselves a more-modern church where you and your daughter can serve and be excited about it because you're playing songs that are on Billboard Christian and Praisecharts. That's what I did, and now I play at three campuses of a well-known multi-site, at least twice a week and sometimes three, chasing after the unsaved. Big stages, big lights, big sound systems, big productions, monster video screens, huge energy going out from us to the worshippers and 50 times more coming back to us on stage, to the point where it's sometimes emotionally overpowering for us. Who's in the seats? Everyone from 14 to 80, every one of them alive, smiling, hands in the air, singing with us, and super happy to be there. It's the most amazing thing I've ever experienced. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is exactly where God wants me to be. You and your daughter would love it. We have a 7th-grader (female) playing keys on two of our teams. She's incredibly talented, and always super excited to be there.
Most modern churches' web sites will have a link to contact the worship team so you can set up an audition. Also check out their Facebook pages.
Most modern churches' web sites will have a link to contact the worship team so you can set up an audition. Also check out their Facebook pages.
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I won't deny that there is a spiritual issue. I also see selfishness. Selfishness from an see generation who refuses to allow a younger generation to worship freely. I stead, it is "stick to our music, our rules". That is quenching the Spirit and keeping young people away.
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Indeed.
I lived thru this war once. (1960s-70s) Traditional congregations had a hard time dealing with guitar based "Jesus Music" and hippies coming to church in blue jeans. So brand new denominations (Calvary Chapel, Vineyard) were established, along with a rapidly growing number of independent non-denominational congregations.
The Catholics at least moved to accommodate with the introduction of "guitar masses."
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