final session

this last session was a stool set format with Ross, Glenn, Paul, and Thomas Miller from Gateway. This discussion was on creating a "PRESENCE CULTURE" in you worship ministry.

-- The presence of God is what we are after when leading worship, nothing else.
--the presence of God is what makes us different that everyone else
-- We carry the presence of God everywhere we go.
-- Convince your people that they carry the presence of God. It doesnt just come from the pastor or worship leader. You bring when you walk into that sanctuary.
-- In order to have a presence culture we must have unity, we must create community.
-- stop coming to church for you, your coming to "come together". Don't isolate when you come to church. (THIS WAS HUGE)
-- God wants to have a conversation with us. Its a dialoge, not a one way conversation.
-- become a worship PASTOR not just a worship LEADER
-- You must pastor your worship team before you can pastor the congregation. WOW. SO GOOD.
-- if worship is not just music then why is it the only model we use

This conference was more than I expected. I can't explain in words how excited I am to implement stuff. Most of what I was challenged with was personal leadership stuff. There was so much that I learned how to be a better leader. I am overwhelmed with such good stuff. I have heard it said to wait 3 months before you implement anything from a conference because after 3 months what still sticks is what really meant the most to you. So I will be evaluating some things over the next months. Your worship team here at element church is so excited for the opportunity they have to lead you and we are excited for what we learned this weekend.

Tommorow is going to be a good sunday. Don't miss it. These next 2 weeks are weeks at element church you don't want to miss. Come ready to meat with God tommorow morning. He has extended the invitation and wants to meet with you.

Adam