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Feature Story | November 09, 2011 Getting Started with Webcasting Online Worship John Zimmerman and Matt Kennedy share a mutual interest in using technology to reach people for Christ. They say it’s easier than you might think to start streaming your church worship services live so that people at remote locations can join you. Feature Story | November 09, 2011 Multicultural Leadership in Worship: Sharing Power Among Cultures Being a multicultural church means more than singing global songs. It means that the people who plan worship, lead worship, and make decisions come from many cultures and ethnic groups. Feature Story | September 22, 2011 Multilingual Worship: How to include many languages Learn why and how congregations are using multiple languages in the same worship services—rather than having each cultural group worship alone in its own language. Feature Story | August 30, 2011 Five Tips for Worship that Welcomes People with Mental Illnesses Kris Moore, Cheryl Shea, and others offer advice on paying attention to logistics and blessings so all experience God’s grace in worship. Feature Story | June 13, 2011 Vertical Habits and Mental Illness in Worship The vertical habits framework is easy to understand and talk about. It gives people the words to bring every part of themselves--even mental illness--to God in worship. Feature Story | June 13, 2011 Theological Reflection a Key to Worship Renewal Asking good questions helps congregations move worship forward. They move from the language of preference to the language of full, active, conscious participation in worship. Feature Story | April 15, 2011 Lead Worship Renewal by Conversational Example “Worship leaders have a responsibility to teach by conversational example so that they move people beyond likes and preferences,” says Joyce Ann Zimmerman, who founded the Institute for Liturgical Ministry to help form ministers in the liturgical life of the Roman Catholic Church. Feature Story | April 15, 2011 Why Multisite Congregations are Growing Faster than Megachurches Whether you call them multi-site or satellites, more churches are launching new campuses. Going multi-site increases needs and opportunities for lay leadership, which spurs more evangelism. Intentionally studying worship helps multi-site congregations maintain unity in diversity. Feature Story | March 29, 2011 Teaching Worship in Multi-site Churches Whether you call them multi-site or satellites, more churches are launching new campuses. Going multi-site increases needs and opportunities for lay leadership, which spurs more evangelism. Intentionally studying worship helps multi-site congregations maintain unity in diversity. Feature Story | March 29, 2011 How Mission Partnerships Can Deepen Worship Maybe your church always has many people plan and lead worship. But that World Communion Sunday service was special for Faith Presbyterian Church in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. It showed how their long partnership with a Presbyterian parish in Kenya is opening people to rethink stewardship, lead in worship, and share faith stories. Feature Story | January 10, 2011 Greg Scheer on Working with Worship Committees "People fear the unknown above all. You lie awake worrying about what might happen," says Greg Scheer, minister of worship at Church of the Servant in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Worship changes often make people fear they'll lose power, feel discomfort, or watch meaningful traditions erode. Feature Story | December 06, 2010 Worship Leading as a Ministry of Reconciliation When Isaac Wardell interviewed for the job of director of worship arts at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia, he learned how often worship changes hurt, confuse, or offend people. Feature Story | December 06, 2010 Dealing with Fear in Church Life How can we worship so that God’s perfect love overcomes all we’re afraid of? Feature Story | December 06, 2010 Going Deeper as Members of One Body Meeting the 'invisible' people who help put food on their tables helped Westminster Presbyterian middle schoolers see how Scripture, life, and worship connect. Feature Story | June 02, 2010 Connect Community Service and Corporate Worship The people who pour their hearts into worship aren’t always the same ones who pour themselves into church-based community ministry. But there’s power in following the biblical pattern of connecting outreach and worship. Feature Story | May 05, 2010 Photography in Worship: Picturing God’s counterstory, building community Get ideas from other congregations for using local photography and other images in church worship. A feature story exploring some of the many possibilities for visuals in worship. Feature Story | March 08, 2010 Desiring the Kingdom: Which do you want? In "Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation", James K. A. Smith explains how what we love, imagine, and desire shapes who we become. He urges congregations to reclaim worship practices that train our hearts through our bodies. Feature Story | February 16, 2010 Planning Worship for a Seven Deadly Sins Series So many churches have recently done a series of worship services on the seven deadly sins that you can find ample ideas for your setting. You can plan the whole service to help worshipers frame their experience of vice within the overarching story of God’s forgiveness and reconciling grace. Feature Story | January 26, 2010 Parables: Reflecting their multiple meanings in preaching and music Jesus told parables that were far more than simple stories with one heavenly meaning. Here's how preachers, musicians, and worship leaders can plan parable-based worship that lingers in people's lives. Feature Story | January 08, 2010 « Previous 2 3 4 5 6 ... Next »