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 Resources by 'Constance Cherry' 1 - 5 of 5 Sort by: Title | Date Shaping Worship during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Reviving Wesleyan Discipleship at Grant United Methodist Church, Fairmount, Indiana Not every church has the capacity to move worship online when pandemic public health directives require social and physical distancing. Pastor Constance Cherry explains how her small rural Methodist congregation is drawing on its Wesleyan heritage to help members worship and disciple each other. Article | Conversation | April 06, 2020 The Bible in Worship: Deep Engagement with Scripture in a Culture of Low Biblical Literacy 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Seminar Video | April 02, 2019 Constance Cherry on Competing Metaphors for Worship Most churches measure worship services against a certain ideal. They may think of worship like a concert, entertainment, dialogue, or something else. Even if they have not consciously chosen an operating metaphor for worship, their pattern greatly influences how individuals and congregations live out their faith. Conversation | February 15, 2019 Constance Cherry on Small Church Worship and Identity Small churches sometimes feel weak or irrelevant. Intentional worship practices can help them discover their value before God and to the community. Conversation | February 15, 2019 From Passive to Participative Worship How engaged are the worshipers in your congregation? Do they tend to function as observers or active participants? Audio | Slideshow | January 01, 2006