Captains Jay and Leslie Knaggs, Territorial Youth Secretaries for The Salvation Army Eastern Territory turned morning devotions at camp into a high energy experience described as Nickelodeon meets Vacation Bible School. When Salvation Army camps closed due to COVID in the summer of 2020, the Knaggs decided to take Morning Discovery online. In this episode, they talk about what it took to make that happen and all of the people that pitched in along the way.
(7:20) How did Morning Discovery in real life come to be? Jay said that music that makes kids dance is irresistible at camp and they tried to incorporate that idea into worship and Leslie talks about creating an experience that anyone on camp would be sad if they missed it. (18:00) Jay is the creative pusher (dreamer) and Leslie is the realist (pragmatist). “Jay pulls me along and I tell him all the ways it’s not possible and usually he does prove me wrong and thankfully, he really did, in this instance.” All the additional work that moving Morning Disco from the camp stage to the screen. (24:00) Leslie: Morning Disco is a roller coaster ride, where you really don’t know what’s going to happen next. Freedom in worship. When we are creative in worship, God is really honored. (27:00) The seeds of Morning Disco as a show on the web began in the summer of 2018 at Camp Ladore (30:00) The collaborations that were possible because everything was shut down. (33:00) Leslie on the need to "Let people in to make something more" and the many hearts, minds and hands that made Morning Discovery possible in person and online.
