My church knows how to worship. They bring it on the big services. The youth band brings it. They are on par with anyone out there. That being said, there are nights we go unplugged with just one singer with no mic for the sole purpose of finding the heart of worship.
I am not one to tell others how it is to be done, but I will say when something is stupid. Here is stupid: I used to live outside a YoungLife camp, which is in no way stupid, but instead is awesome. At this camp, a retreat group came one winter and set up shop. The worship "experience" they had was a famous Christian recording artist and instead of just projecting the words up and letting nature be the background, they set up LCD TV's that covered a giant wall behind the band that just played ridiculous videos. I am not 100% sure, but I don't think Jesus would worship like that.
My best worship in my life happened at a camp I used to work at. 400 kids, adults and special needs campers crammed into an 80 year old building worshiping to an unplugged guitar. Jesus, I feel, would worship like that. God was there and he was easy to see because I was not distracted by all the things of the world.
While I am all for awesome big worship, I am also a fan of simple worship. A moment when it is me and Jesus. That is where awesome worship is.
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