Calling Tech Crew Wannabes
Submitted by Wayne on Fri, 2008-08-08 07:52.
Ballet
Have you been dreaming of an opportunity to serve the Lord in a worthy ministry? Have you been itching for a job that eats up all your vacation days and much of your sleep, breaks your back and wears out your feet, leaves you dehydrated and hungry, makes you a servant to all and master of none, and gives you plenty of opportunities to open your wallet in generosity? Then Praise In Motion Tech Crew is the job for you! Only true believers need apply.
You'll get to haul tons of sets, lighting, sound equipment, props, and more. You can haul marley (dance flooring), roll it up, roll it out, and tape it all over. You can route miles of power, lighting, and sound wiring. Then you can gaff those miles of wire (that means tape cords to the floor, walls, etc.). You get to hang, diagnose, and fix stage lights. You get to lift 75-lb. speakers high over your head--numerous times. Often, there are opportunities for some light carpentry (one of my personal favorites!). With experience, you may even get to help operate the fog machines!
Tech Crew is needed for two weeks each November and two weeks each April, Wednesdays through Saturdays (and a little on the last Sundays)--totaling 18 days, 12 weekdays. (There are certainly other opportunities, too, if you're seriously called.) It's a large commitment. There are only a very few number who commit to all this time. Most only show up Thursday and Friday evenings and then Saturday to help with the actual rehearsals and performances. However, help is most definitely needed and appreciated for all the hard work: load-in, setup, and load-out.
Why would someone sign up for such insanity, you ask? Praise In Motion is a company of dancers who could easily be professional yet pay to be a part of a ministry that tells the Gospel with God-given skill. It's an honor and a blessing to serve the audience, seekers and fans alike, the dancers, and the leadership. PIM's performances are spiritually encouraging and moving. Just as surely as there is no tangible reward for such service, the Lord rewards with blessings unimaginable. Won't you prayerfully consider joining Tech Crew and serving the Lord through serving PIM?
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Trusting my Father
I'm unstickifying this plea, and I'm removing it from the front page. Only in rereading this article did I fully realize the kind of demands placed upon the core of PIM's tech crew. Even of this core, I think only a couple are truly called to this service. (The others will close out this chapter of their lives when their dancing daughters move on.) In fact, because of the high demands on the small core of tech crew, and because of the tiny niche that is Christian ballet, I think the odds of anyone responding to this plea are more remote than one-in-a-million. The odds of finding anyone truly called to serve with PIM are many times less likely. The neat thing is, that's okay.
The odds are so slim, in fact, that only my Father can meet this need. Only He can see to it that the next PIM tech crew core member finds his (or her, I suppose) way here. What's even more awesome than this little miracle is that He is already insuring His will comes to pass for PIM. Too far removed from my experience to see it yet, I know He is hard at work, weaving a tapestry more beautiful than I could appreciate even after its completion. It's just exciting to know I'll see this little miracle come to fruition in His appointed time.