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A DIFFERENT KIND OF THURSDAY NIGHT THING
If you haven't heard, TNT (Thursday Night Thing) has gotten a makeover this year. We've been talking for a few years about changing up the look and feel of our midweek gatherings. The purpose of TNT was always to be something a little different (than our typical Sunday gatherings). We wanted to engage the Gospel on a more personal, sometimes more challenging level and we wanted to stretch the typical model for what a church gathering usually looks like.
We had done that for several years but then TNT had gotten into a bit of its own rut. So we decided to change things up a bit.
First of all, we've decided to approach the same bit of Scripture on Thursday's as we do on the preceding Sunday. We hope this gives us a chance (and a challenge) to study this Scripture from more angles and that it would have more time to dwell in our hearts and minds than before. This is also a much more manageable pace for us as a teaching team and allows us to give each bit of Scripture more space in our planning.
As it pertains to worship mosaic in particular, we've also decided to schedule bands less consistently. We hope to give each week more "space", which will make room for other types of worship and other ideas to grow and to happen. We think we'll have a better chance at connecting people to each other and forming an atmosphere of close community this way.
So, different than last year, we will not be scheduling a regular rotation of bands for TNT. We'll be playing it by ear, instead. Some weeks we won't sing songs and we'll worship in other ways. Often we'll have a more stripped down musical situation. And then some weeks we might sing 10 songs with a full band! The idea is to not be locked into a rhythm quite so much. Instead of a schedule, we want to create a pattern of openness, connectedness and spontaneity.
WORSHIP MOSAIC CALLOUT
Our Worship Mosaic callout will be this Thursday, September 6th after TNT at 9pm. If you're interested in learning more about worship mosaic, this is your chance. We'll talk about time commitments, expectations, etc. Be there!
THE MORE YOU KNOW...
Welcome (for the first time, or welcome back...)! Whether you've been a part of worship mosaic in the past or this is your first time or if you're still unsure whether you want to be involved yet, I want to get some information out there for you to know about this coming year.
There are a couple of ways to get involved with Worship Mosaic. You could play in a band, you could run sound, you could run the computer or you could be an artist. Musicians and techs are put on a schedule while artists can attend shared work spaces and are sometimes commissioned for special projects, etc.
Worship Mosaic is a substantial time commitment. Make sure you've got the time to spare. We're all counting on each other to show up to practices and services (even if you had a late night or have a test coming up) - it takes all of us to make the wheels turn, so to speak.
Those interested in taking part in a band or running sound or the computer should fill out a form. New musicians will participate in auditions within the first month of school. Techs are not required to have experience but if you'd like to run sound, it would help to have an ear for music!
If you're an artist other than a musician or a tech, check out our shared work spaces or contact me for more information.
You can find more information on what we believe about worship and the arts on our ETHOS page. At the bottom of that page you can find more detailed information on musicians, techs and artists.
CHECK OUT THESE LINKS: Form for musicians and techs Artists' Shared Workspace ETHOS of Worship Mosaic About Bands About Techs About Arts
-Duane
Pushing Boundaries
There has perhaps not been a more fertile time (at least in the last few hundred years) to push the boundaries of our art. It’s easier and more accessible than it has ever been to produce and distribute your art. You write and publish books for free, independently, from your computer. You can share your photography with millions of people - from your computer. You can record and share your music to anyone in the world - from your computer. The soil is ready.
Are artists in the church taking advantage of this time? Are we taking risks and creating authentically new, innovative things?
Are You Creating Today?
Creating is hard work. Even if you don't feel the powerful impulse of God's creativity dwelling in you today - are you practicing creativity? Are you preparing yourself for when a creative spark or idea arises? Are you prioritizing time to practice your craft?
Some nice thoughts on songwriting, what makes a song special and how to glean inspiration.
Each Sunday the church gathers to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. This is never more apparent than on Easter. But a single day hardly seems adequate to celebrate Jesus’ life, mourn his death and rejoice in his resurrection. What if we could be more intentional about remembering Jesus passion? What if we created a season of reflection, internalizing, grieving, recommitting and rejoicing?
This year we want to provide you with an opportunity to create a season of intentionally reflecting on the events of Jesus’ life and our salvation. Over the next four weeks, we will be giving you some resources to reflect and remember. Each week we will provide Scripture, Art and Actionables.
Download this week’s file here.
Service Mix 01
All Sons & Daughters. Good stuff. EP out now.
THE DARK SIDE OF THE LENS
Where does your heart beat hardest? "If I only scrape a living, at least it's a living worth scraping."
June 26th - the power went out 15 minutes before our gathering.
...so we gotta sing it.
Working on a new (old) drum kit for the big room. Yes, that's a batter head on the front of the kick. I wanted to see how a white resonant head would look.
