The Burn: Long Island Guidelines
This Burn is our fast of time and feast of affection. It is a wonderful opportunity to draw together as the Body of Christ and offer the gift of worship in unity and love. We are intentionally coming together as an answer to Jesus’ prayer for us to be One with Him and each other. Let's come ready to offer adoration to the One who loves us.
ALL of the arts are welcome to present an offering! Let me know if you have something you want to present. If you are interested in leading a set of worship, please let me know at Gworship9@yahoo.com.
There are no stars here before the Lord. Everyone is invited to participate in worship and prayer. You may jump in musically provided you are able to yield to the leader and work with your instrument in a larger group. (Sorry, this is not the place for beginners to try out an instrument although we encourage you to learn!!)
I. Prayer: We pray the Bible.
A. All prayers should be biblical, edifying, encouraging prayers – blessings, thanksgiving, supplications and petitions before the Lord.
B. Testimonies of the Lord’s work are worship! We love them! Please share but keep it concise/to the point. Make sure it is in line with the movement of the set. If you are unsure, ask the Burn Leader.
C. Prayers are to God alone. He knows the deal. Please do not explain your prayers, teach/preach from your prayers or yell on the microphone.
D. Please do not correct the “body of Christ” or the world either subtly or overtly.
E. Please do not address or take on satan or powers and principalities. That arena belongs to God.
F. Healing through deliverance should take place in private if at all possible to protect the dignity of the brother or sister that is being prayed for. Ask for help from the leadership and we’ll take you somewhere safe.
G. For order and love’s sake, the Burn/Prayer Leader in cooperation with the Worship Leader is the one who gives instruction for the larger group if there is an opportunity for ministry.
II. Worship Leaders: Decide in advance if there is a leader or two or if you want to wait and see if someone is feeling "anointed"
III. Whoever is leading needs to be comfortable with communicating clearly, be comfortable holding their gifts for flare and talent in check to serve the larger group and be very patient with those who will jump in even if they are not really sounding as nice as the leader may like or being as sensitive to the Spirit as they would prefer i.e., they need a gentle touch !
IV. The instructions for your set (keep them short and simple) and overall directions need to be given up front before everyone jumps in so they are confident and they know how to follow you when you are changing direction and can signal you if they are inspired.
V. Come prepared with one, two or three really simple songs and a few 2, 3 or 4 easy chord progressions that are also in easy musical keys to follow. You may teach new songs, but most of the songs chosen should do two things:
A. Convey your heart and yet
B. Be familiar to everyone in order to act as a diving board so that the worship can spring from it corporately and spontaneously.
VI. Leaders: please bring a copy of the music with lyrics in simple "chord" notation (e.g. G, Am, C, D, etc. ) and we'll either make enough copies for everyone or if you would like I can set up the screen and they can be posted.
VII. Leader(s) need to come at least 30 minutes early so there is enough time to make copies and make last minute changes. I have LOTS of music and if you get a last minute change in your spirit, you can scan the “library” and it will give us time to adjust.
VIII. Chord Progressions: The chord progressions will be useful for following the Holy Spirit in free spontaneous worship without losing people along the way. It will also pave the way for prayer. I know that many musicians may be able to jump in without instruction but when there is a large group that has never worked with every person in the room musically and they are not all as free or familiar with the same music.... that leads to a lot of insecurity. This is about love and preferring one another. There are varied skill levels, spontaneity levels and worship streams/preferences at play. Taking this step of restraint prefers others and offers some safety and stability until everyone is confident.
IX. Chord progressions should be communicated clearly and out loud so everyone can follow regardless of their skill level. Not everyone will need it but at least those less adept at improvisation musically will still feel valued and a part of the larger tapestry/symphony.
X. If, as a team, you would rather wait and see who is "anointed" that night - that works too but then everyone coming out should to be encouraged in advance to bring ONE easy song with a chord progression and then wait and see how the Holy Spirit leads.
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