Journey

Well if anyone out there really reads this blog, and I must say at the moment I don't think anyone reads it but if you do then you will realize by now that most of my posts either are about or come from experiences with our choir at church. This past week the conversation turned to "how we are a worship leading choir." The more I thought about the choir leading the congregation the more I realized that our time of praise and worship should look like a journey. If we are to lead then someone must follow. People will not follow for long if we lead them around in circles or we stop too long by the side of the road or if we keep getting them lost. I think right now we are leading the congregation in circles and I think as the leader of the choir that I must be leading the choir in circles as well. The congregation will follow the choir but the choir will follow the director. To me it has the makings of a huge collision with all of us going in circles. By circles I mean that I lead the choir the same way each week........we start out in the same way and try to get to the same place each week and then we come back the next week and start all over again. I guess that would work if we were giving tours to tourist. So over the next few weeks I hope to learn more about leading the choir and the congregation on a journey rather than in circles. So as I learn more I will post more.

Sherri