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.
Rev. Andrew Conard 
2 replies on “Worship Venue Benchmark Trip”
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?
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.