Can't think of an appropriate title!

Disclaimer: All references to worship in this post refers to musical worship. As ministry head of One Voice, I think most of you know how much I dislike abusing the word worship to simply mean musical worship. So here is a discalimer.

Okay, I'm actually quite enraged as I am writing this. There were some comments on Clayton's blog which I cannot take lying down. So, Clayton, no offence to you, I hope you understand better after reading this. And for that matter, anyone else from PMCYM who is reading this.

Worship?? - youths think that worship is not "power" enuf?? As in you can "feel" the Spirit during main services at cornerstone??

In my honest opinion, that one statement alone is reason enough for me to shut down One Voice. In fact, I once told myself if there ever comes a day in which any one of our youth says to my face that worship and music are equivalent. I would shut down One Voice. Why? Because One Voice would have failed in serving it's purpose.

Honestly, I do not know what is being insinuated by the two questions marks after the word worship, since the opening of the post starts with "this problem is really becoming obvious to the youth of PMC".

So our worship (musical worship that is) has a problem? You want to know what I feel? OF COURSE IT HAS A PROBLEM!!!!! If you can find me a church that DOES NOT have such a problem; then you've found the "perfect church". The problem is not the music, it's not the sound system, it;s not band... it's the people! Who claim to be worshippers!

Youths think that worship is not power enuf? --- This, to me, seems to imply that there are youths who treat worship as some kind of commodity that the worship team provides. If that is the case, then I think the worship team should be fired, since we are so lousy at providing worship. (Note, I AM being sarcastic.)

And some can "feel" the Spirit at services at cornerstone. Right. If music is so essential to "feeling" the Holy Spirit's presence, then I think Jesus never felt the Holy Spirit's presense His whole life. But that is nonsense! Jesus and the Holy Spirit are both God. They are the same (in some loose sense.) Music in the church never became a prominent way to worship God until the last 200-300 years.

By the way, did you know what Satan's specific giftings are? Do you know what Satan's strength is? It's Music. He was the chief worship leader (you can say) in heaven before his fall. And he still uses this strength today to distract Christians from what God really wants us to do!

God did not tell us to lay back in church, warm the pews, jump up and down to Hillsongs and Planetshakers all our lives. He told us to make disciples of all nations!

And Satan knows that the more we jump up and down, sing songs, have "power" worship and continually "feel" the Spirit in church; he wins. He wins simply because we are not doing what God really wants us to do; and that is to out there and make others believe!

I'm not sure why Cornerstone was mentioned, but let me say this. I know the youth pastor's there personally. And trust me, they have the same problems as us; in fact worse! And the youth there make the very same complains over and over again. And I cannot think of any church who isn't like this.

This is the nature of a consumerist youth culture today. I agree with what Elaine and Jacko said 100%. The youth leaders would gladly let any of the younger youth take over. In fact, we strongly encourage it! This is PMCYM, not Amy's YM.

So my challenge to any of you is this, if you think you want to make a difference to PMCYM. Then make one! If you are really serious, speak to us directly. If not, I don't think you are serious; and like Jacko said, don't complain.