Looking for some strong counsel on an issue regarding my my business.
I own a mobile music and event rental company in our area that has grown to become perhaps the largest in the region, especially for DJ and sound/music services. Our main rental items are present are photobooths and an LED dance floor; weddings are our primary events.
I've been struck by a few sermons I've heard from Alastair Begg on 1 Cor 10. Particularly 1Cor 10:7 'Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry."' That is pretty much how our company makes money! We bring the music that people want to party to, request music DJ service. I am very good at serving people; and our business grew because I know music and can play what people want to hear, take requests, etc. Of course that means playing songs.
If it were not such a profitable business I would never have grown it to the extent I have. I've been praying pretty hard about some of the things that I am not comfortable with and God has been faithful to show me I need to repent and make some changes, but what that looks like is what I want help with.
Some options I have considered.
1. Burning everything. Extreme maybe, but so were the folks in Acts who burned their valuable scrolls. When I think of the compromises that I have made, and the compromises that I have led others into during the course of growing this business; and the holy standard God calls his people to; a part of me wants to commit it all to destruction and refuse to profit from it anymore even through asset sales.
2. Sell the business by selling off assets or selling the company outright. This would allow me to recover some of what I have put into the business obviously.
3. Continue to operate the business but set tight boundaries around what music content our company will and will not play from now on, and perhaps lose some work but also avoid putting our reps into morally compromising situations.
I have made it my goal to move my involvement with the company to owner/tech support only; we have a booking manager and one equipment coordinator who also DJ's with us regularly during the busier months, then a roster of about 8 people who we call when e have work. Some of the people we hire have no qualms with any of the work we do. They love working for us because they can use the cash, they enjoy the music mostly and while they find some of our clients partying and music preferences distasteful, they just get over it and try to help everyone have a good time. From a provision standpoint it has been a real blessing to them, and it's opened doors to serve them personally in other ways and show Christ's love practically.
If you built a successful DJ company that hires people to go to parties and events and play request music, what would you do given your convictions? What would you do in my shoes? Besides never have started such a business!
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I own a mobile music and event rental company in our area that has grown to become perhaps the largest in the region, especially for DJ and sound/music services. Our main rental items are present are photobooths and an LED dance floor; weddings are our primary events.
I've been struck by a few sermons I've heard from Alastair Begg on 1 Cor 10. Particularly 1Cor 10:7 'Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry."' That is pretty much how our company makes money! We bring the music that people want to party to, request music DJ service. I am very good at serving people; and our business grew because I know music and can play what people want to hear, take requests, etc. Of course that means playing songs.
If it were not such a profitable business I would never have grown it to the extent I have. I've been praying pretty hard about some of the things that I am not comfortable with and God has been faithful to show me I need to repent and make some changes, but what that looks like is what I want help with.
Some options I have considered.
1. Burning everything. Extreme maybe, but so were the folks in Acts who burned their valuable scrolls. When I think of the compromises that I have made, and the compromises that I have led others into during the course of growing this business; and the holy standard God calls his people to; a part of me wants to commit it all to destruction and refuse to profit from it anymore even through asset sales.
2. Sell the business by selling off assets or selling the company outright. This would allow me to recover some of what I have put into the business obviously.
3. Continue to operate the business but set tight boundaries around what music content our company will and will not play from now on, and perhaps lose some work but also avoid putting our reps into morally compromising situations.
I have made it my goal to move my involvement with the company to owner/tech support only; we have a booking manager and one equipment coordinator who also DJ's with us regularly during the busier months, then a roster of about 8 people who we call when e have work. Some of the people we hire have no qualms with any of the work we do. They love working for us because they can use the cash, they enjoy the music mostly and while they find some of our clients partying and music preferences distasteful, they just get over it and try to help everyone have a good time. From a provision standpoint it has been a real blessing to them, and it's opened doors to serve them personally in other ways and show Christ's love practically.
If you built a successful DJ company that hires people to go to parties and events and play request music, what would you do given your convictions? What would you do in my shoes? Besides never have started such a business!
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