And so it begins...
We had our first gathering as an "official" church today and it was awesome. At first it was looking like it was going to be a train wreck. Our set up crew was an hour late so there were 3 of us setting up but we made it happen. Our sound guy that we've been getting to help out with some training didn't think we started till next week. Soooo...we set it up and figured it out ourselves! Phew...that was a tough one but we did. Then the projector wouldn't work! It was just one of those days. Six weeks since our last gathering was a little too long and I felt really rusty with getting everything done before the gathering. Nonetheless, we pulled it off. We never did get the projector working, which was a little depressing because of all the video that we had, but we made it work...no video/lyrics and all!
The vibe after the gathering was great. we are trying to employ a 15 minute exit strategy...where everyone takes fifteen minutes to get out of the theatre and meet at least 1 person they've never met before...so far it seems to be working.
I'm just stoked that we are meeting weekly now. Now it feels like there is some consistency and we can build some momentum from week to week instead of month to month.
The vibe after the gathering was great. we are trying to employ a 15 minute exit strategy...where everyone takes fifteen minutes to get out of the theatre and meet at least 1 person they've never met before...so far it seems to be working.
I'm just stoked that we are meeting weekly now. Now it feels like there is some consistency and we can build some momentum from week to week instead of month to month.
Hey Pasta
Does that mean we have to be out of there in 15 minutes or do you mean we have to stay for at least 15 minutes? I was confused...but I guess that's not difficult...but I did stay for more than 15 minutes.
Posted by
Anonymous |
9:17 PM
No we aren't trying to kick people out in 15 minutes. In fact, we are intentionally trying to wait for as long as we can to start taking stuff down so that people don't get the vibe that they have to leave. It just means that we have to take down extremely fast but it's worth the pay off of having everyone feel comfortable and connecting with other people. So often we just come to consume and then take off because we are scared of letting anyone into our space cause they might find out who we "really" are. we don't want that to be the case here. So we practice the 15 minute exit as a way of invading others space...haha.
Posted by
Dan Richardson |
9:06 AM
Praying for you guys yesterday....I almost skipped out of church to make it down to the theater!
Happy Birthday Dan! Should be an interesting year hey...
Posted by
jeremy postal |
11:22 AM