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Their best practices will help you understand the significance of ordaining people as bishops, priests, ministers, elders, and deacons. Feature Story | March 14, 2019 Worship that Cares for People Pastorally You may think of pastoral care mainly as personal visits to someone’s hospital room or home. But Howard Vanderwell wrote that the entire worship service has “powerful potential for caring for worshipers’ needs.” His book Caring Worship: Helping Worship Leaders Provide Pastoral Care through the Liturgy explains how. Feature Story | February 13, 2019 John McClure on How Liturgical Practices Can Shape Conversations in a Pluralistic World Christian liturgical practices—confession, intercession, and preaching—contain wisdom that can bring compassion and consensus to public conversations around contentious moral issues. Conversation | December 04, 2018 Kevin Adams on the Mission at the Heart of Classic Worship An ancient pattern at the heart of classic Christian worship helps welcome and orient people into life in the body of Christ. Conversation | July 25, 2018 Kevin Adams on Framing Words for Missional Worship Worship can change lives when people understand what they are doing and why. Carefully chosen words help frame classic worship elements so gathered congregants are sent out to embody God’s grace, mercy, and peace. Conversation | July 25, 2018 Round Two: Ordination Best Practices for Ministers, Elders, and Deacons Our first roundup of ordination resources was so popular that we have now consulted five more experts from five more denominations. Their best practices will help you dig beneath the surface when you ordain or install ministers, elders, and deacons. Feature Story | November 21, 2017 Faith Formation and Worship: A Worship Historian's View from the "End of the World" Worship is a formative practice: through active engagement in liturgy, Christians are formed in a particular understanding of God, of others, and of themselves, and of what it means to live a Christian life in this world. Video | June 30, 2017 Medieval Spirituality and Liturgy as a Source for Contemporary Worship An annotated research guide from the field of history, exploring the relevance of medieval spirituality and liturgy for current worship practices. Resource Guide | June 26, 2017 Philosophy and/of Worship An annotated research guide from the field of philosophy, focusing on the 'liturgical turn' in Christian philosophy of religion. Resource Guide | March 14, 2017 Designing Worship from the Bottom Up: Practical Ethnographic Tools for Worship Leaders The “Faith and Work” movement has become popular in many churches in North America in recent years. Many have sought to bridge the gap between Sunday worship and Monday work by showing how Christian liturgy and theology affect how we approach our weekday work. But our weekday work also affects how we inhabit Sunday worship in profound ways, and those who lead and craft liturgies do well to be attentive to this reality. Video | March 07, 2017 Why Youth Need to Be Leading Worship Regularly NOW When congregations empower teenagers to use their gifts in meaningful ways over time, teens are more likely to imagine themselves as faithful disciples and devoted worshipers for decades to come. Two summer programs in worship, theology, and the arts inspire teens and mentors. Feature Story | February 09, 2017 Ordination Best Practices for Ministers, Elders and Deacons Because so many people search our website for ordination resources, we consulted five experts from five denominations. Their best practices will help you dig beneath the surface when you ordain or install ministers, elders and deacons. Feature Story | February 07, 2017 A Roundtable on Connecting Sunday’s Worship to Monday’s Work Six pastors and scholars share ideas to help congregations authentically practice God’s vision of shalom in worship and at work. Conversation | August 23, 2016 The Interplay of Liturgy and Catechism in the Ministry of Martin Luther and John Calvin Some examples from the Lutheran and Reformed traditions Article | May 05, 2016 What You Can Learn from Visiting Churches College and seminary professors offer church observation guides for their students. You can use their insights to learn more when you visit other churches. This process can also help you understand how people experience liturgical practices in your own congregation. Feature Story | April 13, 2016 Best Resources for Teaching Worship Seven college and seminary professors list their top short reads for teaching worship and say which resources would be most helpful for church worship and liturgy committees. Feature Story | April 13, 2016 Jane Rogers Vann on Trusting the Liturgy Many worship leaders wear themselves out trying to make worship new, fresh, relevant and, above all, different than it was last year or even last week. Maybe they don’t need to change so much and so often. Conversation | April 12, 2016 Cory Willson on Inhabiting the Liturgy Maybe you feel like a bad Christian when you catch yourself thinking about work or weekday concerns during corporate worship. But doing so can help you worship more deeply and faithfully. Conversation | March 21, 2016 How Ritual Training Overflows into Expressive Worship Lay training in both formative and expressive liturgy helps Catholic adults and youth live out their identity in the universal priesthood of all faithful believers. Protestants can learn from this. Feature Story | February 09, 2016 Aaron Niequist on Practicing the Unforced Rhythms of Grace The Practice, a Sunday evening service at Willow Creek Community Church, is finding that weekly confession, communion and silence help Christians live faithfully in an interfaith world. Conversation | November 16, 2015 « Previous 1 2 3 Next »