Relevant worship backgrounds
So why is the “right” background so important? Well, for the congregation the praise and worship can be a very personal, intense experience. Our goal as a video team is to eliminate distractions and become “invisible”. At the same time I think the background can serve to enhance the worship experience. For instance, we have two backgrounds I like using that have the shadow of someone lifting their hands in praise. The first Sunday I used this background was on the song, “Thank you Lord”. As the music builds, we sing “With an outstretched arm, I will bless your name!” Now, my goal is not to count the number of people with their hands raised, we don’t measure our success outwardly. But the key here is relevancy. The background was relevant to the song - to the lyrics.
Another example is the song “Made to Worship”. It starts out with the line “Before the day, before the light, before the world revolved around the sun”. I like to use a soft background because it’s a reflective song, and subtle sunrise images or abstracts will a similar look work really well for this.
Are your backgrounds relevant?
