Church - A Big Production?
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 3:11 pm
Today I went to a special Christmas service at a huge church near my school.
By huge, I don't mean slightly big, I mean gigantic.
This service wasn't just a little service with singers and a simple nativity.
No. There were strobe lights and people dancing all over the stage and flashing things everywhere. It was like a rock concert.
Anna and Elsa and Olaf made an appearance, and at one point, paper fell from the ceiling to replicate snow.
There were comedy bits, and the nativity was only on the stage for like 5 minutes, and the focus was on the real animals on the stage.
For me, the whole thing seemed flat.
It didn’t seem like they were emphasizing the reason for the season, they were emphasizing how big of a production they could make it so people would come back next year or come to their church because of how much like a concert it was.
They had pictures with Anna and Elsa outside the service, and they have a Starbucks in the lobby.
SO I guess my question is, how much is too much?
This service I think was definitely too much, but maybe I’m just old-fashioned in that I’d rather not have 3 huge high def screens behind the huge stage and rock versions of classic songs and more emphasis on guitar riffs than the lyrics.![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
By huge, I don't mean slightly big, I mean gigantic.
This service wasn't just a little service with singers and a simple nativity.
No. There were strobe lights and people dancing all over the stage and flashing things everywhere. It was like a rock concert.
Anna and Elsa and Olaf made an appearance, and at one point, paper fell from the ceiling to replicate snow.
There were comedy bits, and the nativity was only on the stage for like 5 minutes, and the focus was on the real animals on the stage.
For me, the whole thing seemed flat.
It didn’t seem like they were emphasizing the reason for the season, they were emphasizing how big of a production they could make it so people would come back next year or come to their church because of how much like a concert it was.
They had pictures with Anna and Elsa outside the service, and they have a Starbucks in the lobby.
SO I guess my question is, how much is too much?
This service I think was definitely too much, but maybe I’m just old-fashioned in that I’d rather not have 3 huge high def screens behind the huge stage and rock versions of classic songs and more emphasis on guitar riffs than the lyrics.
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)