{"id":3028,"date":"2009-11-02T10:10:02","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T10:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2019-08-08T09:07:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T09:07:42","slug":"practical-tips-and-ideas-for-visual-creativity-in-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/practical-tips-and-ideas-for-visual-creativity-in-worship\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical tips and ideas for visual creativity in worship"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do you look at when worshiping? Do you watch the band or worship leader, stare at a large white screen with song words or mumble into a book? Maybe you know all the words and end up just looking at the back of the head of the person in front \u2013 unless, of course, your eyes are closed!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The integration of visuals with worship and church life continues a great tradition we have of using visual aids. Traditional church buildings are often visually rich places with stained glass, carvings, artwork, banners, flowers and architectural elements (often with forgotten meanings or symbology). As more churches invest in projectors and screens, it would be a pity if they only had song words on them and nothing with added visual interest.<\/p>\n

The most obvious way of adding a visual element into a worship set is to use stills or video behind the song words and most presentation software will let you do this to some extent. However, what about taking this a step further?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Video can be mixed \u2018live\u2019 during the worship (i.e. unscripted from a collection of video clips) using VJing software or hardware. Visuals can be projected onto screens, walls, fabric, the roof or even organ pipes as well as where the song words happen to be. In this way visuals help to create an environment conducive to bringing people to worship not just a nice picture behind the song words. Here is an example from a Church of Scotland youth event\u2026<\/p>\n