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WORSHIP + TECH TEAM FAILS: THE CLICK PROBLEM | Doug Doppler
Before we get started I wanted to extend a big thank you for taking the time out of your day to read [ WM ]. As you might have heard us say before, our magazine is a ministry, and the heart of ministry for me has always been about caring for people by talking about and finding solutions to the challenges we face. Some of these challenges are personal in nature, while others impact entire teams. In this magazine, we tend to focus on the latter since we don’ t have the privilege of getting to know you personally.
Each month I look forward to writing this column because as a former worship and creative arts director I’ ve been right there in the trenches faced with finding the solutions to a number of the challenges so many churches face. While we feel called to serve churches looking for solutions to all too often a common set of challenges, I and we don’ t take this lightly. We love to serve you and your team, and are grateful for the opportunity. We don’ t take this responsibility lightly.
THE CLICK This past month, I shared a quote from the Bethel Worship cover story( June 2018 issue) on our social media. Although I expected the post would generate a certain number of likes, I didn’ t anticipate how many people would tag a friend on their team. It became pretty clear that this topic is of great interest, hence why it became the focus of this month’ s column. Here’ s the larger quote of what Bethel Worship’ s Steffany Gretzinger had to say about using, loving, and deciding when to turn off the click …
[ WM ] Do you keep a click going when you break into times of free worship?
[ Steffany ] Yes! Most of the time. The guys that I play with all of the time are like family at this point. We travel together and we play at home together, and they know when to turn it off for me. I have signals that I give them when we’ re going into a new, creative space. If I feel like we’ re going to stay in one place, they’ ll leave the click in for me. But sometimes I’ ll give them the signal that we’ re going to create and try something new, and they’ ll turn it off for me. It helps to feel like we’ re taking a breath and we’ re starting fresh. Then, when
42 July 2018 WorshipMusician. com