Michael Herman: Do you remember a key moment when worship became very real to you?
David Crowder: Yes, I do. I remember standing in the hall after a worship service in my home church. There were a bunch of us talking about the great worship service when a child came screaming down the hall with a nursery worker not far behind. It was quite a sight. It was at that moment that I knew I had to honestly ask myself, "Who had the more worshipful experience this morning? Was it me and the rest of the congregation singing in the sanctuary, or was it this college student who gave up her Sunday morning to serve so that parents were able be a part of the service?" That was a key moment for me to start tearing my mind away from the vocabulary we often use.

sean posted this little ditty from crowder and i wanted to comment on it, but i don't intend to take away his thunder; sean's the man, I just wanted to add to his thunder!
there are so many people in the collegiate church who don't understand this principle of service as worship. we ran into all the time at paradigm and ninethirty. i enjoy doing powerpoint and running sound and doing camera work, but it was like pulling teeth to get anyone to step up and help out. i'll never forget one guy telling me he didn't "want to miss the worship". I just wanted to scream and shout about how clueless he is to the whole concept of worship. By doing the jobs needed to get the services on the air and to make them flow so nicely, it requires people to commit their time and energy to that purpose. I would have loved to hear all of the Smith Band's music last night, but i was helping get paradigm on tv. i didn't sing or hear, but i was just as much a part of the worship as anyone else. it's just sad and frustrating that people don't understand that service is worship, as much as singing and raising your hands is.