If you are an Elevation Worship fan, you will LOVE going to their live church service. Even if you’re not, I HIGHLY recommend attending this church service! You can’t understand the energy in this place unless you go and experience it for yourself. Watching online is NOT the same!!

When I started to research online about how to attend the service with the “band” and with Pastor Furtick, there wasn’t really much information, so here’s everything you need to know!

1. The campus where you will find the band and Pastor Furtick is the Ballantyne Campus. Check their tour schedule because if they’re on tour, they won’t be there.

2. They have 2 services- 9:30 and 11:30 on Sunday. Each service is about an hour and a half.

3. If you want a seat in the auditorium, you have to arrive EARLY!!

We arrived at 8:12 for 9:30 service. There was already a line to get in!

If it’s your first time, you can just put your hazards on, and you get VIP parking. We were able to park and walk to the line by 8:17 am. They started letting us in the building at 8:19. (They let me bring my coffee in with me😁). We were able to wait in the air-conditioned lobby at 8:20.

While waiting in the lobby, the restrooms were close and clean with no line. They handed out pens and paper to take sermon notes while we were in line.

They opened the doors to the auditorium at 8:56.

We were in our seats by 8:58. They tell you exactly where to sit.  There’s no saving seats for people who aren’t in the building, so don’t send one person ahead to wait in line and save seats.

We had an amazing view from our seats, just 3 rows from the floor. The very close floor seats are saved for their volunteers and staff, so there’s no getting a front row seat.

They started playing songs and making announcements on the giant screens at 9:20.

The service started right at 9:30 with indescribable energy!

The service concluded at 11:04. It was slow moving getting out, but not terrible.

We walked out of the church at 11:15. It was surprisingly not too bad getting out of the parking lot. They had police directing traffic, and it moved very quickly! We were actually out of the parking lot and on the highway headed towards Florida within 20 minutes of leaving the church.

Other things to note:

The dress is very casual. You don’t need “church clothes”. Dress comfortably!!

All of the staff are very friendly and helpful.

The music is loud like a concert, but amazing.

The church is very handicap accessible and the volunteers are very accommodating.

The service is moving, motivating, inspiring, and beautiful! I was moved to tears several times. This was a small glimpse of heaven!!