Your Heart of Worship

Here at LWC, David (our Lead Pastor) and I meet every Tuesday to plan our Sunday worship time. If everything is running smoothly, we plan 2 weeks in advance.

One thing that is important to us (though hard sometimes) is going over the good, bad, and ugly of the previous worship time. Sometimes, we have problems out of our control; other times we have problems because we had too much control.

My main contribution to Sunday morning comes down to music and media. David and I work to create a good atmosphere so folks can encounter God's presence.

I've been looking for some kind of evaluation tool that we could use to "rate" how well our music, media, etc. has gone. These so called "Worship Evaluations" aren't too hard to find. Rick Warren at Saddleback has a good one (http://www.pastors.com/RWMT/article.asp?ArtID=7193). Calvin College has one, too (http://www.calvin.edu/worship/planning/insights/12.php).

This one stood out from the pack, though. It was in the Sept/Oct issue of "Rev!" magazine (yes, even Reverends have their own mag). I found it again online at the Corinth UMC blog. (http://www.corinthmethodist.com/PastorsPage.dsp) It's an evaluation not of "worship," but the "worshipper." It got me wondering how I would measure up on an average Sunday:

Rank “1” as low and “5” as high. IMAGINE THIS IS GOD SPEAKING TO YOU!
___You prepared yourself for worship long before you arrived at church.
___You arrived on time for your appointment with me.
___You expressed your adoration of me with enthusiastic singing.
___You confessed your sin to me with complete honesty.
___You gave joyfully and sacrificially to the work of advancing my kingdom.
___You heard the announcements as invitations for your growth and my service.
___You humbled yourself in reverence at the reading of my Word.
___You recognized the unique Word that I prepared for you in today’s sermon.
___You gave thanks for the ways you saw me at work during the past week.
___You shared your needs in faith that I hear and can handle them.
___You opened your heart to my closing benediction.
(Adapted from Rev! Magazine Sept./Oct. 2007