fresh art for the church

here we find ourselves in a new year.  perhaps we could use some fresh thinking in the church.

in the church we have some of the most talented people the earth has to offer.  sadly so much of this seems to go untapped because a worship service only involves preaching and a few songs (and communion and scripture if we are lucky).  i firmly believe that the church is and should be about finding the most artistic and creative ways possible to express our love to our lord and savior.  since he has entrusted creativity and beauty to us we should use it to worship him.

here are some suggestions for possible artistic expressions we could be using in our worship services (and thankfully in some cases we already are!):

- drama (yes it’s already used to an extent. but how could we be more creative with it? integration into the sermon? acted out during songs?)
- painting
- dance
- creative bible/scripture reading
- hearing songs or scripture in different languages
- instrumental solos

these are just a few of many, many possibilities.  what can you think of? what do you do at your church? 

in so many ways, the church has allowed it’s creativity to operate inside of a small box.  perhaps we can reclaim that!

thanks for checkin in!

until next time, be thinking of what art form you can introduce to the church.

welcome!!

happy tuesday afternoon everyone.  this is the first post of my new blog.  if you’d like to know more about it, check out the “about” page: http://isaacschade.wordpress.com/about/. 

this blog will be solely devoted to matters of worship and worship ministry.  i will often post instructional videos teaching how to play various songs that i find useful and appropriate for corporate worship.  i will also post videos teaching how to do some elementary things on guitar and piano.

other posts will be thoughts and ideas on worship that i would like to share or would like to use to be thought provoking so that we can have discussions about what worship is.  because of my interests, much of this will be geared towards the musical side of worship. however, i would also like to discuss orders of worship, different artistic aspects, etc. 

at this point a third thing i will post on will be informative about new songs/music/albums coming out or new artists i have discovered.  some of these might also take the shape of review.

i will always appreciate feedback, both positive and negative.  i think the way we can be more creative and able to worship our creator is to bounce ideas off of one another and to have discussions.

in the next couple days i will start posting instructional song videos i have already made. 

thanks for checking in!  please tell anyone you know who might be interested.  please also email me (isaacschade@gmail.com) with any ideas or thoughts you might have.  thanks so much.

until next time, eat a nice healthy supper tonight. your body will thank you.