Bad Behavior

Bad Behavior: "I saw something at a gig recently that didn't dawn on me but that I've seen over and over in the church and can now put into words what the disconnect is. I see this happen a lot where pastors will ask one of the tech guys to do something, they will put roadblocks in the tech guys way to prevent them from doing a great job and then ride them for not doing what they asked them to do. My first thought is to slap the pastor up side the head.

Wadda-ya-doing? But then I have to remember that ignorance of how we do things and what resources we use and need for the job we do, the best thing to do is sit down and talk with them and explain how their actions are affecting our ability to do ministry and how changing what they do can help us to do a better job so that people can hear about Jesus in a distraction free environment. There are waaay too many examples of this, all of these and more have happened to me but I've listed only a few below.

• Guest pastor speaking and he shows up 2 minutes before service without any time to set levels or EQ on his mic.
• Sermon slides that arrive 30 minutes before service and have to be re-formatted.
• Last minute set change that includes a special song being performed with a guitar and mic that haven't even been tested or levels set.
• A video is going to be shown but it showed up during the first song of worship so we couldn't test play it.

Got any colorful examples? Add them to the comment section.

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