All Tags Resource Type Academic Article Article Audio Bibliography Book Excerpt Book Signing Conversation Enacted Scripture Feature Story Image News Item Online Discussion Podcast Prayer Reflection Resource Guide Slideshow Topic Showcase Video Website Worship Service Category All Christian Year Daily Prayer/Reflection Dance Drama Grants Interdisciplinary Intergenerational Worship Language Arts/Words Music Preaching Sacraments (Baptism and Lord's Supper) Teaching Technology Visual Arts Worshipers Worship- Leading Worship- Meaning of Worship- Planning Worship- Preparing for Occasion All Funerals Symposium Resources War Lessons and Carols Ascension Hymn Festival Advent Weddings Weekday Services Epiphany Natural Disasters Pentecost Teaching Worship Commissionings Thanksgiving Easter Christ the King Christmas Healing Services Anniversaries Taize Ordination/Installation Heidelberg Catechism Summer Passion Week Lent Dedications Search results 101 - 120 of 132 Sort by: Title | Date Using the Lenten Triad A familiar feature of Advent and Christmas worship both at home and in church is the Advent wreath. Each Sunday of Advent another candle is lit, culminating in the lighting of the Christ Candle on Christmas Day. Article | December 01, 2007 Digital Storytelling: Use multimedia in worship to enhance, not replace Biblical storytellers Tracy Radosevic and Tim Coombs and liturgical media arts expert Eileen D. Crowley explain how to tell God's stories in a digital age. They show how to add layers of images, sounds, and experiences to enhance worship. A feature story exploring the use of multimedia in worship. Feature Story | November 30, 2007 Getting Started with Liturgical Media Arts Whether you think of it as digital storytelling or liturgical media arts, your congregation probably has—or has thought about buying—multimedia equipment to use in worship. Feature Story | November 30, 2007 How Church Architecture Affects Lord's Supper Practices Does your church visually convey a message that contradicts your theology of communion or mass? Mark A. Torgerson explains how church architecture and sanctuary design can inhibit or enhance a more full and communal Eucharist celebration. A feature story on how Church architecture affects Lord's Supper practices. Feature Story | August 17, 2007 So Many Leaves One option for incorporating visual arts in a Thanksgiving service. Article | June 01, 2007 Solidarity with Christ Images often say more than words ever could. A gripping example of this is a sketch titled Christ Helps Hungry Children created in London in 1945 by Oskar Kokoschka. Article | March 01, 2007 Designing New Churches to Build a Sense of Community Building a new church lets you rethink the message you send through its interior and exterior design. Good architectural choices can improve worship participation, promote a sense of community, and offer your church as a welcome "third place." A feature story exploring the design of new churches to promote community. Feature Story | October 27, 2006 Renovating Churches to Build a Sense of Community Good architectural choices can improve worship participation, promote a sense of community, and make neighbors feel more welcome. A feature story exploring how church renovations can build a sense of community. Feature Story | August 04, 2006 How Congregations Create Worship Visuals As Catherine Kapikian and other Christian artists have discovered, understanding the visual arts process is key to creating church imagery that builds community and deepens worship. A feature story exploring how congregations create worship visuals. Feature Story | March 17, 2006 Marking Time Barbara Schultze explores the significance of dance in worship. Article | March 01, 2006 William Dyrness on aesthetically challenged Protestants Moses saw God and then gave the law. Contemplating God in the temple inspired David to write songs and psalms. On Pentecost, Peter affirmed what Joel prophesied, that the Holy Spirit moves the faithful to dream dreams and see visions. And, till the Reformation, all Christendom celebrated the link between faith and the visual in worship. Article | February 03, 2006 Visual Arts in Worship: From either/or to both/and What defines you? Is it what you know and do...or what you see and love? Your answer likely affects how you see the role of visual arts in worship. A feature story exploring more inclusive use of Visual Arts in Worship Feature Story | February 03, 2006 Visuals for Easter: Connecting Lent and Easter A collection of visuals used in worship spaces during Easter. Slideshow | August 15, 2005 Multisensory, multigenerational messages are memorable At The River Community Church in Edmonton, Alberta, pastors Karen Wilk and Bruce Gritter find that using multisensory or multigenerational elements makes messages easier to remember. Article | August 15, 2005 Visuals for Pentecost A collection of visuals used in worship spaces during Pentecost. Slideshow | August 14, 2005 Alice Brinkman - Textile Hangings A biography of liturgical textile artist Alice Brinkman. Article | July 12, 2005 Art That Preaches Call it "the preacher's friend." Certain types of visual art are especially good for helping people worship because they direct attention beyond the artist or artwork to God. A feature story exploring art that preaches. Feature Story | June 24, 2005 Angela Taylor Perry - Graphic Design A biography of graphic artist Angela Taylor Perry. Slideshow | June 16, 2004 Eric Nykamp - Acrylics A biography of acrylic painter Eric Nykamp. Slideshow | June 15, 2004 Nicholas V Kroeze - Carved Red Oak A biography of liturgical wood carver Nicholas V. Kroeze. Slideshow | June 14, 2004 « Previous 4 5 6 7 Next »