Liquid Resource Group exists to take the guess work out of planning events like conferences, retreats, or summer camps. Instead of spending precious time trying to negotiate cost, coordinate travel, and juggle schedules, pastors and youthworkers can turn to LRG for an all-encompassing alternative. LRG will plan the programming portion of their event while they spend their time working with their congregation, preparing to lead them into a time of spiritual growth. They'll be allowed as much hands-on involvement as they'd like while LRG formulates a schedule and works on topics to teach and discuss with the event attendees. However much involvement they choose, they'll be able to rest assured that their programming needs will be met by LRG.
How LRG began:
In 2007, Tim Wyckoff and Ryan Kendrick were getting ready to take part in another conference as Isaac Improv. Before the conference started, the organizer brought everybody involved backstage to have a quick meeting.
"First, let's make sure we all know each other."
And he then proceeded to introduce everyone by pointing at them, saying what they'd be doing that weekend and where they were from. "Isaac Improv, they're from Nashville. They're doing the funny stuff."
When it was all over with he said, "Good, now that we know each other we can minister to these kids." And the event began.
During the travel back from that trip, they began talking about how it just didn't seem right to portray the image to everybody in attendance at the conference that all the people on stage were friends. The truth is, the person doing the speaking could have said something that Tim or Ryan really didn't agree with--but by sharing the stage with them, they're supporting them to the audience.
So Liquid Resource Group was born out of the concept that when friends partner in ministry, especially ministry that takes place in front of an audience, a much bigger impact can be made to those watching.
What it looks like:
Incorporating some of the key theories of improvised comedy, we've been able to make a very standard 2 hour service into a participatory and sometimes unpredictable worship event. Because we have a comfort level with each other born from our friendships and shared vision, we are able to read each other and create a worship event that ebbs and flows with where we believe people's hearts and desires are being led at that time.
This means that there is no preset number of songs that need to be sung before the message can be taught and that the message doesn't need to be a certain length. Instead, for example, a single song might lead to a brief discussion on the passage of scripture from which it was based, which might lead to an improvised scene that will reflect the topic that was just spoken about.
It's a different format, and one that takes getting used to, but believe us--it's an exciting thing to be a part of. Many have found that it deconstructs their preconceived and often unrealized notions that God has to be approached a certain way at a certain time. It teaches them instead that God is approachable at all times and is also worshipped through many different things with no "religious" order necessary: laughter and artistic expression, song and spoken word, teaching and prayer.