Routines, Pt. II

This morning's worship service at church made me think back to the last post regarding routines. Our church service has a normal routine, and it always follows the order printed on the bulletin/program. Everything was done that is usually done, meaning message, prayers being lifted, benediction, singing of opening, closing hymns, opening prayers, offerings, and so on; but it was done completely out of order. At first it was interesting to see how people reacted, first, mostly with laughter, but then, admittedly, I think people had to pay a little more attention than normal to make sure they knew what was going on, and thus, could participate in the service. The little shakeup in the routine made people more aware than what they may have normally been, and as a result, they may have focused a bit more.

So thinking back to that earlier post, how can such shaking up in the daily routine make us focus more on little things in our lives to become more participatory?