Practical Ministry Skills Eight Reasons to Not Use Technology During Worship Quentin J. Schultze What you ought to consider before bringing multimedia into the sanctuary. See "Building Visual Media into Your Ministry" Training Pack

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Topics:	Changes in worship, Media, Multimedia, Technology, Visual arts, Worship ministry, Worship planning
Filters:	Pastor, Technology, Worship, Worship leader
Purpose:	Worship
References:	Psalm 45:1, Proverbs 8:32-36, 1 Corinthians 9:19-23
Date Added:	November 13, 2007
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A lot of churches have started to use multimedia technology in their services. But what often gets lost in the rush to have "the next great thing" is the question "why?" What will necessarily be gained and lost by incorporating multimedia into our services?

1. We want to keep our young people interested in worship. Who are we kidding? Most of our productions will be second-rate compared with popular culture—unless we limit our efforts to what is appropriate for worship and what we can do well. To the extent that presentational technologies are fitting for parts of your liturgy, why not involve congregational youth in the planning, training, and use of such technologies?
   
   

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