I thought it was a disease that only plagued children's ministry leaders. Yet it appears that Moore College lecturers too, are not above the 'crowd control prayer'.
The most memorable version of this I've witnessed occurred at KYCKstart back in about 03 or 04.
2500 youth were staring to yell out one of those deafening WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA! crowd cheers every time the MC up the front said ANYTHING. Went something like this;
MC: Are you excited about it? Crowd: Woot..wooh! MC: O come on - are you EXCITED ABOUT IT? Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA! MC: That's better are you EXCITED ABOUT IT? Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA! MC: Alright that's awesome Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA! MC: We're going to read the bible now Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA! MC: No come on, lets bring it down a notch Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA! MC: You can't cheer at everything I say from here on Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA! MC: No seriously guys. Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA! MC: This isn't funny anymore Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA! MC: We have to bring it down guys Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA! MC: look, I'm going to pray now for us Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA! MC: (over the top of the ever growing noise) Heavenly Father, we pray that you would speak to us now, and help us concentrate as your word is read to us, Amen. Crowd: WOOAAhh....
And finally, there was sufficient shame in yelling out any more to dissuade even those worked into an impossibly inescapable frenzy.
'We pray that our students would stop revealing our secrets to the world on their blogs...'
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The most memorable version of this I've witnessed occurred at KYCKstart back in about 03 or 04.
ReplyDelete2500 youth were staring to yell out one of those deafening WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA! crowd cheers every time the MC up the front said ANYTHING. Went something like this;
MC: Are you excited about it?
Crowd: Woot..wooh!
MC: O come on - are you EXCITED ABOUT IT?
Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA!
MC: That's better are you EXCITED ABOUT IT?
Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA!
MC: Alright that's awesome
Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA!
MC: We're going to read the bible now
Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA!
MC: No come on, lets bring it down a notch
Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA!
MC: You can't cheer at everything I say from here on
Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA!
MC: No seriously guys.
Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA!
MC: This isn't funny anymore
Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA!
MC: We have to bring it down guys
Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA!
MC: look, I'm going to pray now for us
Crowd: WOOAAHHHHAAYYHAHHA!
MC: (over the top of the ever growing noise) Heavenly Father, we pray that you would speak to us now, and help us concentrate as your word is read to us, Amen.
Crowd: WOOAAhh....
And finally, there was sufficient shame in yelling out any more to dissuade even those worked into an impossibly inescapable frenzy.
Priceless.