Brandon Grissom Elevate Declaration:
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- We are loved by God
- We see ourselves the way God sees us
- We love everyone (even when it hurts)
- We do stuff that makes the world a better place
Greek > Proskuneo > Kiss
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- Romans 12:1
Junior High = Change
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- voice is changing
- new way of school
- body is changing
- everyone looks different - one showed up with a beard last week
5 needs of JR HIGH students
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- Physical - rapid growth, voice change, energy levels. Need to provide a place where they can move around and get out some energy - physical outlet
- Social - the primary thing of life. obsessed with connecting with friends. myspace, xbox live, texting, etc. Get them to talk to people - have a greeting time. (just had an idea - provide a card and pen and have them go to 5 people they don’t know and write down their myspace url or facebook name and invite them)
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- Saying at elevate - everyone here is cool. If you are attending here, then you are cool
- Intellectual - questions. They need a safe place where they can ask question. As a worship leader - no churchy language and explain songs! What does hallelujah mean?
- Emotionally - Face serious self-esteem issues. We need to provide an outlet where students can pray through their hurts. Set up prayer stations for students can go to during the service
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- They put down butcher paper and told them to write down prayer request - got some serious stuff. Kind of luck we did with our dirty secrets cards!
- Spiritual - they are questioning you, childhood faith, curious about what friends believe.
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Starting a band Vs Creating a worship culture
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- Student involvement vs Student ownership
- Limited Band Openings vs Unlimited creative serving opportunities
- Oldest, most gifted musicians get to play vs musicians are placed in bands of similar age and skill level
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- Older musicians give lessons to younger musicians
- True intergenerational - one 50 yr old who is an awesome example of service and being Christ-like
- authenticity should always trump relevance - you will lose your coolness - students care more about how real you are and not how cool you are
- One band vs multiple bands
- Live worship music vs Worship through music, arts, video, open-mic sharing, interactive experiences, and serving opportunities
- no adults allowed vs specific adults are chosen to provide intergenerational leadership to young artists
- Sing popular Christian songs vs Create original worship music, explain the “churchy” language of pop-christian songs
- Avoids “secular” music vs Embrace that “everything good” comes from God - therefore content can some from a variety of places, not just Christian radio
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- just said we could use radiohead
- Planning is optional vs Planning is vital
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- Quickly involve the first musicians that knock on your door vs Carefully create a process for recruiting retaining, and releasing artists
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- Build into yourself:
- Family first
- Daily scripture and quiet time
- Find people to grow with - meet weekly - I meet wednesday nights from 8-11
- Worship Privately
Take home stuff:
- Do we have anyone who can write songs?
- Recruit from outside of the church - where do I find them?
- Don’t plug in everyone - lay in the groundword - process for joining (almost done with ours)
- Audition - bring own equipment - bring a song they know - metronome for drummer - don’t do 4/4 do other signatures - everytime i point to them they do a fill and then get back to the song
- Find people to do the lessons
- Light of the world give students glow sticks
