Critical Convictions!
Feb 27, 2012 Aviator Worship
If you have been in worship or church leadership for a decent amount of time, I am sure that you have come across peoples’ opinions of your service.
Some say they don’t like the music, others say the message is not deep enough, and some love it. Who do you listen to? Do you listen to anyone?
I think it is crucial to know who is asking the question and what your church’s vision is. If your church’s vision is to reach out to those that are lost then you may not want to wade so heavily on what the Christians are saying all the time. Do not misunderstand me, you should take everything in to account, but if a Christian tells you the music is to loud or heavy and a non-believer loves it, who are you trying to reach out to?
Also, do not forget that a lot of the time you can meet in the middle and please both. The bottom line is, is if you are trying to reach out to people and all the regular church goers love it and you have few new people/non-believers, you need to make sure you are appealing to the target audience to advance and grow the kingdom.
Tough stuff, God bless!
Weston Heflin
Worship Leader
Oh Crap Moments
Feb 27, 2012 Aviator Worship
We all have them, and we are all going to have them again. This Sunday night, I was singing a song and the only instrumentation was the click track for this particularly special song. During the chorus, the click track shut off. As soon as I was about to say “that’s all folks” it came back on, so I kept singing. It happened again in the second chorus.
Those are the oh crap moments I am talking about. The moments when you do not have a back up plan and your “wing-it” function in your brain is not working.
Now do not get me wrong, during rehearsals we practice all of the songs without click tracks in case everything goes wrong. We also practice what to do if the click turns off in the middle of the song. What we did not practice is what to do if the click goes off in the middle of the song and no instruments are on stage.
It is always important to plan for the worst case scenario so you know how to make it the best case scenario. You NEVER know what is going to happen.
A musician once told me; “over prepared is prepared”. My brother tells me: “Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance”. Which ever one sticks with you will help you. Do everything you can to iron out problems before they happen.
Prevent it and you won’t have to resent it.
Weston Heflin
Worship Leader
Aviator Students
Set List Week of 2/26/12
Feb 23, 2012 Aviator Worship
Here is what our Worship Teams are up to this week!
Derby:
- Resonate – School of Worship
- How Great Thou Art – Paul Baloche (First service only)
- He is Lord – Hillsong Live
- Evermore – School of Worship (Second service only)
- Healer – Kari Jobe
North Wichita:
- You Deserve – Hillsong Live
- Forever Reign – Hillsong Live
- The Church – Elevation Worship
Wellington:
- Magnify – Fellowship Church
- Made For You – Building 429
- One Thing Remains – School of Worship
Aviator Students:
- 1992 – Spoken
- Broken Heart – Falling Up
- Came to My Rescue – Great Commission
- We Rejoice – Elevation Worship
As always you can check out these songs on iTunes! Enjoy and see you this weekend!
-Aviator Worship
Storm Watching
Feb 23, 2012 Aviator Worship
Today it started storming very intensely and out of nowhere. Many people in the office at the time went to watch it.
I think sometimes we are so caught up in watching the storm rather than getting through it. When satan starts reigning down hell, are we just going to stay inside and hope it passes or are we going to push through it?
I think it is important that we push through the storm but always take God with us. God is our umbrella. He sent His Son to take the beating. If you go out alone, you will be beat down by hail (hell). God has taken that beating for you, so don’t waste it. Don’t be afraid. Push through the storm.
Weston Heflin
Worship Leader