Worship Parties
Through our Inside Out Worship Livestream we want to build communities of belonging for people who can’t get to the Big Red Barn for worship. We encourage and support worship parties where friends gather IRL (in real life!) to worship together along with the Inside Out livestream. It’s another level deeper from just you in your pajamas worshipping in your living room. (Read about other, lower-commitment ways to worship here.) We’ve got some ideas about how that could work, posted here. Ask Remi what it might look like for you to host a worship party—and/or help them figure it out.
Three Things to Know
The process for actually getting our livestream on your screen and in your speakers varies depending on what kind of tech you have. Here are some examples of how you might do it. If you think you don’t have the tech, don’t worry. An android or iPhone and a simple monitor can do it with only a $30 device (that we are happy to buy for you!).
We do beauty for our God who is beautiful. It’s our a missional priority—a pretty Big Deal! We have found that an atmosphere with some beauty is more conducive to a worshipful attitude than a fluorescent-lighting white-wall conference room, for example. You are, after all, a grown-ass adult imbued with the Holy Spirit of the Living Christ. And Christ is beautiful. And you are beautiful. So go make some beauty! You already know how.
Towards the end of the service, we will have time for communion: a celebration of Jesus’s last meal with his friends, commemoration of his death, and reminder to wait and keep remembering until he comes. All are welcome at the table of our Lord. Anyone and give and receive communion. Absolutely anyone. Here are some ideas for that commemoration in the space of your worship party.