This post is part of Watercooler Wednesday's over on Randy Elrod's blog, Ethos.One of the changes that has come in worship the last 10 years has been the influence of stage design on worship experiences. I can remember going to a Technology For Worship Conference in Dallas about 1998 and just the brink of the wave coming could be seen in the use of visuals in worship.
Some decry the use of visuals in worship, saying that they distract from the message. However the church today doesn't exclusively meet in gothic cathedrals and traditional worship spaces. Some churches meet in schools or store fronts, some meet in community spaces and pedistrian spaces that lack focus on the religious or spiritua. This is where Stage design can transform a space and lend a helping hand to the experience.
I've been interested in this movement for quite some time. My venture into stage design began after that TFW meeting and then a move to a church with a new facility and space that cried out for something more than the mundane. Now our worship space is more traditional, but still we try to transform the stage to match the theme of the series.
Click the links below to find more churches doing stage design in worship. North Point Church in Atlanta has hired Randy Parker to be their lighting and stage design guru. Now that's a ministry position that wasn't open 10 years ago.
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