Like the games, music and lyrical theology will speak volumes to the students. This past week I have broken out my Metallica, Deftones, Red Hot Chili Peppers and other hard rock cds because I got a hankering from a youth ministry podcast that has had Metallica playing for the past couple of weeks as their intro music.
This is not a bad thing necessarily, but I have just thought that it is ironic that I have been hitting these bands harder than usual on my iPod because of a youth min. podcast when so many church folk would avoid it like the plague.
My point is that there is going to be something that is gained or lost from the music that is sung, or played during your events. Even instrumental songs can evoke a response in students. About 2 months ago we played a song that had the same intro as a well known song from Korn. We played this in the background and many students didn’t know there was even music going. However, we had a hand full of kids who perked up when they heard the intro. Three ran up to me and told me that we had to change the song because it was Korn and we couldn’t play it here. “How do you know this is Korn,” I asked. One of the guys got so embarrassed that I had caught him in what he really listens to. I told him it is all good because it was really a parody song by the Aquabats.
This week think about how you are using music to support your message. Maybe even let the music be the message and have kids draw, write a poem or create something from what they hear.
