Worship Venue Benchmark Trip
I had a great trip to California. Dan, Jason and I ended up visiting:
- Crystal Cathedral – mainly because it was close and we had time.
- Mariners Church – Just got to see their facilities, but great stuff – technical stage and wonderful outdoor space.
- Saddleback Church – We checked out one of their venues (Tent 1) and worshiped for part of a service in their main worship center on Saturday night.
- Rock Harbor – outstanding worship, similar to what we are thinking about for Sunday morning in the Student Center.
- North Coast Church – Venue worship in a way that I had never seen before, a main street feel with vastly different worship styles next door to each other.
Here is a slideshow from a presentation prepared for the senior staff retreat today:
For more pictures check out my photostream.
My questioned sounded weird in my head for some reason, and I couldn’t think of why it sounded weird, or how to reword it… but
Which church/worship style did you like best?
Joseph
April 15, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Rock Harbor by far – It felt the most like me, a place that I would want to worship on a regular basis. Invitational, experiential and emotive. Good stuff. I did want to experience worship at Mariners Church (Just added – forgot about it when writing!)
North Coast was completely out of the box for me in worship styles and venues, which was really cool as well.
Andrew Conard
April 15, 2008 at 9:48 pm