The whole sequence was based upon what worship will be like in heaven. We celebrated through this giant sequence of music, singing, hand-clapping and finally dancing. It includes rolling images from Revelation of how heaven may appear. I felt it was very effective. It was a great teaching moment.
Experiential worship involves stretching the worshipper, no matter where they are at.
We had a service where we gave people an opportunity to come forward, take Communion, be anointed with oil and be prayed for. We could not foresee the people s response, but we felt that it was what God wanted us to do. We also have services planned in the next month when we will ask people to bow down during worship and another service where we give them the opportunity to worship through dance. An important point made by our Creative Arts Director is that having this kind of attitude with your worship is not dependent upon your preference of music style. This experiential worship can be carried out with intimate hymns just as easily as with the latest Delirious songs.