Understanding Your Congregation's Unique Worship Culture

As worship leaders, we need to understand each of these aspects of our local church's "worship culture" in order to choose and adapt worship resources that engage the mind, heart, and spirit of our congregation members. This workshop introduces models and methods from the social sciences, including ethnography, interviewing, and structured observation, that we can use to explore these dynamics within our congregations. It then highlights practical ways how we can use the insights we glean from these methods to more deeply understand and engage our congregations.

View the PowerPoint slides from the presentation.

View the handout on Forming and Asking Interview Questions.

View the handout on Components of a "Worship Culture".