Hot Topics in Media Ministry

In the last few years I believe that God has called me to be in media ministry or some type of technical ministry full time.  Week after week I see the need to be able to devote a lot more time to keep up and exceed the level of media we are using for our worship services.  If there is any other event or request that requires use of media or our technical gifts then we are really pushed for time.  Since our team is made up completely of non-paid volunteers or ministry partners as I like to call them, we all have full time jobs.  Some of us have very demanding full time jobs in a technical field that requires more than 40 hours a week most weeks.  Unfortunately the time we have to use to keep up our level of media use is taken out of our family time and personal time with God.  Yes, the work we do in media is for God but it should not take the place of our personal time with God in which we study His word, meditate, pray and listen.  Our family relationships also should not suffer for ministry.  Many times we just plain run out of time and the services are not what our congregation has come accustomed to expect.  The lack of consistency is painful for someone like me who believe we should strive for excellence.

Another area of discussion in media ministry is how to deal with people who are just not getting the job done.  Sometimes it is personality conflicts in which you have to learn how to deal with in a biblical way and sometimes people just do not have the technical aptitude or creative talent or both that think they do.  Fortunately I have not had to deal with that yet because we are team and a church that is just beginning to learn how important the technical side is to our ministries.

I bring all of this up to primer you for a post by Anthony Coppedge on his blog titled WFX Recap – Great Questions! The predominant questions posed to Anthony during the recent Worship Facilities Conference & Expo ,also known as WFX, is what I have brought up in the first two paragraphs of this post.  These are great areas for discussion.    Thanks Anthony!