Comments on: What Are Your Sunday Morning Rituals? http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/09/what-are-your-sunday-morning-rituals/ Carlos Whittaker's Weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:05:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Steve Cuss http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/09/what-are-your-sunday-morning-rituals/#comment-305660 Steve Cuss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:26:29 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8529#comment-305660 Up at 5am, pray, look over the message, go through the whole "this sucks, I've got nothing useful here" pyschosis that most preachers experience. Out the door by 6:25am, Stop at supermarket for a pair of protein shakes to keep me going through the morn. At the building by 6:40am, unlock for our set up crew, set up til 8am, watch the band run through and marvel at their talent, fix any tech issues (yeah, our sound gear loves the temperature extremes!) then pray as a team at 8:40am, launch at 9am, do it again at 10:45am, come home by 1:30pm after tearing down feeling like a zombie. there is very little sexy about being portable, but I love what I get to do. Up at 5am, pray, look over the message, go through the whole “this sucks, I’ve got nothing useful here” pyschosis that most preachers experience. Out the door by 6:25am, Stop at supermarket for a pair of protein shakes to keep me going through the morn. At the building by 6:40am, unlock for our set up crew, set up til 8am, watch the band run through and marvel at their talent, fix any tech issues (yeah, our sound gear loves the temperature extremes!) then pray as a team at 8:40am, launch at 9am, do it again at 10:45am, come home by 1:30pm after tearing down feeling like a zombie.

there is very little sexy about being portable, but I love what I get to do.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/09/what-are-your-sunday-morning-rituals/#comment-298111 Jonathan Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:09:02 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8529#comment-298111 ....it's about a 20-year old ritual with me - up at 6, lots of coffee I have to sit quietly for awhile and wake up slowly - I need to get in the frame of mind for worship, and think through the morning. Then it's off for playing the organ and directing the choir followed by jamming with the band in the 2nd service. Home or out to Culvers for lunch, grab a nap then off to praise team practice (which is sometimes preceded by SundayPM leading worship if the youth band leaders have decided to flake) Usually home by 8, mostly useless until Tuesday when the cycle begins again. ….it’s about a 20-year old ritual with me – up at 6, lots of coffee

I have to sit quietly for awhile and wake up slowly – I need to get in the frame of mind for worship, and think through the morning. Then it’s off for playing the organ and directing the choir followed by jamming with the band in the 2nd service. Home or out to Culvers for lunch, grab a nap then off to praise team practice (which is sometimes preceded by SundayPM leading worship if the youth band leaders have decided to flake)
Usually home by 8, mostly useless until Tuesday when the cycle begins again.

]]> By: Scott P. http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/09/what-are-your-sunday-morning-rituals/#comment-297752 Scott P. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:48:09 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8529#comment-297752 Up at 4:15, leave home at 5:15, run through sound check, band rehearsal, cue to cue, and two services. Leave at 12:30, grab lunch with the family, and take a nap. Used to have set up and tear down every Sunday. Don't miss that! I get up earlier on Sundays than I do during the week for work! Everyone at work thinks that I'm nuts. I'd have to agree! Up at 4:15, leave home at 5:15, run through sound check, band rehearsal, cue to cue, and two services. Leave at 12:30, grab lunch with the family, and take a nap. Used to have set up and tear down every Sunday. Don’t miss that!

I get up earlier on Sundays than I do during the week for work! Everyone at work thinks that I’m nuts.

I’d have to agree!

]]> By: JRallis http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/09/what-are-your-sunday-morning-rituals/#comment-296542 JRallis Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:09:37 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8529#comment-296542 Sunday mornings are pretty much the same for me... -Wake up: 6:00am -At church by 7:00am for worship band practice (practice ALWAYS starts late and drives me crazy, but I'm always on time) -8:30 drumming during 8:30 service -10:30 drumming during 10:30 service -Noon trying to figure out where to eat for lunch -12:15 giving up on trying something new and going to the same Mexican food restaurant we go to every week Sometime after that...a mid day nap if I'm lucky. Sunday mornings are pretty much the same for me…

-Wake up: 6:00am
-At church by 7:00am for worship band practice (practice ALWAYS starts late and drives me crazy, but I'm always on time)
-8:30 drumming during 8:30 service
-10:30 drumming during 10:30 service
-Noon trying to figure out where to eat for lunch
-12:15 giving up on trying something new and going to the same Mexican food restaurant we go to every week

Sometime after that…a mid day nap if I'm lucky.

]]> By: JRallis http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/09/what-are-your-sunday-morning-rituals/#comment-296544 JRallis Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:09:21 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8529#comment-296544 I feel for ya with the early morning practice. We have an 8:30 service I drum at and we start sound check and practice at 7:00am. I feel for ya with the early morning practice. We have an 8:30 service I drum at and we start sound check and practice at 7:00am.

]]> By: evambrose http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/09/what-are-your-sunday-morning-rituals/#comment-296525 evambrose Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:31:34 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8529#comment-296525 I look forward to having a morning ritual. Not this season of life I suppose. But here's what I'd LIKE for it to look like when I get to a season with less variation in weekend schedule: Wake up around 8, wake up slowly, still comforted by the sheets and blankets but feeling the breeze of the ceiling fan. get up around 8:30 and enjoy a morning devotional or just getting ready with roommates or (perhaps by that time) a husband finishing breakfast/devotional/morning prayer/chat by 9:30 heading to church un-rushed and in my right mind by 10:30 to attend an 11 o'clock service. But maybe that's just my "amERICAn dream" lol. I look forward to having a morning ritual. Not this season of life I suppose. But here's what I'd LIKE for it to look like when I get to a season with less variation in weekend schedule:

Wake up around 8, wake up slowly, still comforted by the sheets and blankets but feeling the breeze of the ceiling fan.
get up around 8:30 and enjoy a morning devotional or just getting ready with roommates or (perhaps by that time) a husband
finishing breakfast/devotional/morning prayer/chat by 9:30
heading to church un-rushed and in my right mind by 10:30 to attend an 11 o'clock service.

But maybe that's just my "amERICAn dream" lol.

]]> By: Dan http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/09/what-are-your-sunday-morning-rituals/#comment-296499 Dan Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:10:46 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8529#comment-296499 i play guitar and my brother plays drums for both worship services 8:45 and 10:45, so the day goes basically like this. wake up at 7, give my brother a pre-wake up wake up shake, get myself clean, wake up the brother for real, make coffee, toast then butter corn muffins, hopefully get to church around 8 for run through, play first worship service, head over to kitchen to eat now cold corn muffins, play second service, sit in on sermon, go home where we nosh on some cheese and crackers, put a sporting event on tv, take a nap. i play guitar and my brother plays drums for both worship services 8:45 and 10:45, so the day goes basically like this. wake up at 7, give my brother a pre-wake up wake up shake, get myself clean, wake up the brother for real, make coffee, toast then butter corn muffins, hopefully get to church around 8 for run through, play first worship service, head over to kitchen to eat now cold corn muffins, play second service, sit in on sermon, go home where we nosh on some cheese and crackers, put a sporting event on tv, take a nap.

]]> By: darooda http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/09/what-are-your-sunday-morning-rituals/#comment-296451 darooda Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:57:25 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8529#comment-296451 Wake about 7:00 when the kiddo decides he's ready to be freed from the confines of his crib. Get some breakfast ready for him. When the wife comes down an hour later (her day to sleep in), I head out for my long run of the week. 9:00 or 10:00 depending on the run, I get breakfast, shower, play with the boy while my wife cleans up, then we head off to the grocery store. It's nice to go while people are in church, since the lines are shorter. Of course we go to church and lead a class on Saturday nights, so this might not be the discussion you were looking for.... Wake about 7:00 when the kiddo decides he's ready to be freed from the confines of his crib. Get some breakfast ready for him. When the wife comes down an hour later (her day to sleep in), I head out for my long run of the week. 9:00 or 10:00 depending on the run, I get breakfast, shower, play with the boy while my wife cleans up, then we head off to the grocery store. It's nice to go while people are in church, since the lines are shorter.

Of course we go to church and lead a class on Saturday nights, so this might not be the discussion you were looking for….

]]> By: Graham Brenna http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/09/what-are-your-sunday-morning-rituals/#comment-296332 Graham Brenna Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:07:27 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8529#comment-296332 This was last March <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoPmnnPUQ14" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoPmnnPUQ14</a> Still about the same. Wake up at 6:15, Starbucks. Get to church by 7:30 for our 8:00 traditional service that I usually don't end up sitting through because the sound board is so bored by it that it practically runs the 2 mics it needs to in it's sleep. Then my volunteer team takes over the rest of the morning services at our main campus (9:00, 10:10, 11:15) and I make the long trek 2 blocks south on the same road to our Celebration campus. That's where we have our 10:00am "Rockstar Church" as I like to call it. The stage is much more awesome now than it was in the above video. (picture here: <a href="http://twitpic.com/hl97w)" target="_blank">http://twitpic.com/hl97w)</a> That's the end of morning worship. Then I have a couple hours where I can grab lunch with friends before heading back to Celebration for our youth programs. This is my 10th year being a Jr. High mentor for Confirmation and my 2nd year being a Sr. High mentor. Those two programs sandwich our Sunday night worship service at 6:00 which is student led. I leave home around 7:15am and get back around 9:30pm on Sundays. This was last March http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoPmnnPUQ14

Still about the same. Wake up at 6:15, Starbucks. Get to church by 7:30 for our 8:00 traditional service that I usually don't end up sitting through because the sound board is so bored by it that it practically runs the 2 mics it needs to in it's sleep. Then my volunteer team takes over the rest of the morning services at our main campus (9:00, 10:10, 11:15) and I make the long trek 2 blocks south on the same road to our Celebration campus. That's where we have our 10:00am "Rockstar Church" as I like to call it. The stage is much more awesome now than it was in the above video. (picture here: http://twitpic.com/hl97w) That's the end of morning worship.

Then I have a couple hours where I can grab lunch with friends before heading back to Celebration for our youth programs. This is my 10th year being a Jr. High mentor for Confirmation and my 2nd year being a Sr. High mentor. Those two programs sandwich our Sunday night worship service at 6:00 which is student led.

I leave home around 7:15am and get back around 9:30pm on Sundays.

]]> By: Katie http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/09/what-are-your-sunday-morning-rituals/#comment-296293 Katie Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:13:52 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=8529#comment-296293 Not being a morning person I'm uber blessed to be on staff at a church where worship is Sunday evenings. Allows my Sundays to be relaxed and flexible (perfect for this introvert at heart who will spend the evening being extroverted and pouring energy into people) before heading to church no later than 3:00 to get the a/v ready for worship. No energy drinks or coffee needed here :) Not being a morning person I’m uber blessed to be on staff at a church where worship is Sunday evenings. Allows my Sundays to be relaxed and flexible (perfect for this introvert at heart who will spend the evening being extroverted and pouring energy into people) before heading to church no later than 3:00 to get the a/v ready for worship. No energy drinks or coffee needed here :)

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