Sanctus and Crossroads

Yesterday, we went to Laurel Church's new "emerging" service called Sanctus which is very "dark and edgy." This was their "Sample Service" for the launch on September 9th.

Laurel (where I had once been the youth pastor), is a 115 year old church with a rich heritage and many multi-generational families that have attended for decades. They are starting a new two service format: Crossroads, a mix service for more traditional folks that will feature hymns and choruses done with a small band and Sanctus, which is very contemporary and will have primary appeal to 20's/30's and teens.

The worship leader at Sanctus, Cami, is obviously extraordinarily gifted as a worship leader -- she's musically solid, and very warm, energetic and get's people involved. The band was awesome too -- it didn't seem like a brand new service. I would have thought they had done this for a long time.

There were a lot of new songs that I didn't know. Some were from a band called "Pocket Full of Rocks". I bought the CD -- I'll let you know.

It's interesting to me (but refreshing) that Laurel would do two services soooo different rather than traditional (hymns, organ, etc) and contemporary (adult contemporary style). Instead, they have a service with the mix and one that is very young adult in focus. It will be interesting to see where this goes over the next several months.

-Derek