{"id":2030,"date":"2012-06-15T14:22:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2012-06-15T14:22:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:22:18","slug":"whats-your-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/2012\/06\/whats-your-question\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Your Question?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Today&#8217;s post is written by Jo Anne Taylor, Director of Music and Worship at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehemcov.org\/\">Bethlehem Covenant Church<\/a>\u00a0in Minneapolis, MN.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2012\/06\/Questions.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2030]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2033\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2012\/06\/Questions-181x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2012\/06\/Questions-181x300.jpg 181w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2012\/06\/Questions.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/a>In\u00a0<em>The Innovator\u2019s DNA<\/em>, authors Jeffrey Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton Christensen explore a concept called \u201cdisruptive innovation\u201d to show how individuals can develop the skills necessary to move progressively from idea to impact.<\/p>\n<p>By identifying behaviors of the world\u2019s best innovators\u2014from leaders at Amazon and Apple to those at Google, Skype, and Virgin Group\u2014the authors outline five discovery skills that distinguish innovative entrepreneurs and executives from ordinary managers: Associating, Questioning, Observing, Networking, and Experimenting.<\/p>\n<p>Covenant worship leader Jelani Greenidge focused our attention on the second of these skills this week, and asked the Better Together group to apply it to worship ministry. \u201cWhat are the questions related to your worship ministry that you&#8217;ve really been mulling over?\u201d Jelani asked. \u201cNo solutions allowed&#8230; this thread is ONLY for questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few responses. Feel free to add <em>your<\/em> questions about worship ministry to the comments section below. May God direct our churches toward answers that honor God and enrich our ministry together! \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do we make our worship time meaningful for the regular attendees and accessible for newcomers at the same time?<\/li>\n<li>How do we make it clear that worship is an embodied reality and experience and not just about words and emotions?<\/li>\n<li>How do we free people from the fear of getting it &#8220;wrong&#8221; and thus free them to participate openly and freely without being self-conscious?<\/li>\n<li>How can our worship experience team push our limits to provide more corporate worship experiences (outside of Sunday) using our *current* resources, while at the same time expressing the need for *more* resources? \u2026 You really want to over-extend yourself, because you&#8217;re called to ministry, and you have a vision. If you&#8217;re good at maximizing your limited resources, but long term you need some help to establish sustainable growth, often the comment you get is &#8220;oh, you guys seem like you&#8217;re doing so well already, we didn&#8217;t know you need more resources for the long haul.&#8221; Catch 22.<\/li>\n<li>How do we help people of all generations understand what Biblical, historical, relevant worship is when we only have a short amount of time on Sunday mornings?<\/li>\n<li>How can we include more people in the planning, creative process? 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