How Easy
There's a part of me that I've decided will never go away. I'm not sure if it's an addiction or simply a mind trained to view things in a certain way. I can think like church™ on a moments notice. If you put me in the right atmosphere, I can be an idea man with the best of them.

Today Amy and I visited a church I where I worked for 8 years as a youth pastor. They were having their first service in a new facility (which they bought from another church). The sanctuary seats about 1500 and today there were about 1100 in attendance. We're still close to many families and individuals in the church and on the staff. It's kind of like a family reunion any time we get a to visit...takes us forever to get into a service due to the shaking of hands and hugs, and then we go through the same process when we try to leave.

It is an exciting time for them as they have moved into this nice facility. I have a hard time telling them that none of it impressess me...so I don't tell them. But it is funny how I can sit in a service and know instinctively what would make it "better". How the subs should be felt, not simply heard, in a space that size. I know how the video screens could be used more effectively. Heck, I even know what they should be doing outside the service. How the the lobby should be set up. How they should redo the room that used to be a library for the former church. What would make the children's area more attractive and efficient. Why they should have had a barbeque after the service for all the first-time visitors for this first Sunday in the new facility instead of sending them away. The ideas just don't stop. I guess I've been trained well.


posted by Jimmy at 7:37 PM | |