ONE RED PILOT

So over the Christmas holiday we were able to leave our whole set up. It was amazing…so nice to be able to walk in, set up our gear, and start. Then after service just pack up, mingle in the foyer, and leave. Seriously…if you aren’t  a portable church don’t take that time for granted. Anyway…

Yesterday was our first weekend of the New Year and we had to set everything up again. Not a big deal but when we arrived, the school had started building a set for their new musical this semester (I believe they are doing “High School Musical”). That’s fine, we knew this type of stuff was going to happen, but we had NO IDEA…it was a total surprise. You may think…what’s the big deal…well, I’m gonna tell you. See the problem is we rear project, have a huge screen, and we need about 16 feet from the projector to the screen. As you can imagine, the new set the school was building took up about 12 feet of that 16 we usually use…yikes!  With limited time in the morning this really threw us for a loop. After a small moment of panic, we adjusted, moved everything forward (thank God for a big stage), and had the whole band in a very small space. It made for a very eventful morning but more than that a morning that gave me some great perspective…

God doesn’t need everything that WE think we need to do church. He doesn’t need a big stage, great lighting, big screens, or us being comfortable with our NORMAL thing. He needs TOTAL reliance on Him and HIS power and presence to make the morning slammin. Because let’s face it. When you put the big guy in control of your life…it can be a roller coaster at times. I look at it like this: the things we have are a blessing and I’m grateful to have these tools to minister to Charlotte and to be honest there are more things I WANT. What I realized though, is all I NEED is Jesus’ power and presence. As long as I have that, I’ll lead worship from the High School Musical set any day!

Happy 2009….it’s gonna be an amazing year for the kingdom of Christ!

Nate