All Tags Resource Type Academic Article Article Audio Bibliography Book Excerpt Conversation Enacted Scripture Feature Story Image News Item Online Discussion Podcast Reflection Resource Guide Slideshow Topic Showcase Video Website Worship Service Category All Worshipers Worship- Meaning of Dance Intergenerational Worship Music Technology Worship- Preparing for Visual Arts Language Arts/Words Worship- Leading Preaching Worship- Planning Teaching Daily Prayer/Reflection Grants Interdisciplinary Drama Sacraments (Baptism and Lord's Supper) Christian Year 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 21 - 40 of 280 Sort by: Title | Date How Worship Change Happened at American Lutheran Church This once-aging, now-thriving Lutheran congregation became more comfortable with worship changes by using visuals and stories, reading books together, and sharing over meals. Feature Story | August 18, 2017 First Steps for Including Teens in Planning and Leading Worship Integrating youth leadership throughout the church is a new paradigm. But churches are reaping the benefits of mentoring youth to plan and lead worship. Feature Story | February 13, 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 Our 95 Theses: Hispanic Perspectives on the Protestant Reformation After beginning in Wittenberg, the Protestant Reformation surged among marginalized and exiled people. A new book by Latino and Latina Protestants, Catholics and Pentecostals explores that legacy. Feature Story | November 30, 2016 Aging Together in Grace Churches can offer a countercultural message about the gifts of older adults and walking with them through the challenges of aging. Feature Story | August 02, 2016 Worship that Calls Us to Reflect God’s Heart for Justice Bethany Hanke Hoang and Kristen Deede Johnson co-wrote The Justice Calling: Where Passion Meets Perseverance. They explain how weekly worship helps congregations keep working with, and waiting on, God to make all things new. Feature Story | July 12, 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 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 Reading in Worship from the Book We Love Even Christians who profess to love the Bible sometimes zone out when scripture is read aloud in public worship. Here is help for readers, worship planners and the congregation to experience the living Word. Feature Story | January 12, 2016 Seven Models: Collaborative Visual Arts Projects for Worship Linda Witte Henke describes seven ways for artists and teams to work together in designing visual arts used in worship. Feature Story | December 08, 2015 Nonverbal Worship Practices that Bridge Differences Rhythm, liturgical movement and visual art draw on gifts already present in how God made us and what the universal church has already created. Feature Story | October 09, 2015 Four Essentials for Multicultural Worship Churches can become more multicultural through traditioned innovation based on prayer, intention, hospitality and discomfort. Feature Story | October 09, 2015 Worship that Blesses the Whole Community with the Whole Gospel Most Christians know that Jesus calls us to love God with all we have and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Canaan Community Church changed its worship to truly follow the Great Commandment. Feature Story | August 06, 2015 Universal Design, Vertical Habits and Inclusive Worship Universal design and Vertical Habits help create church worship that touches all our senses and is accessible to all worshipers. Feature Story | July 01, 2015 Christian Weddings Worth Remembering Making weddings more like worship infuses them with sparkle and meaning that last far beyond memories of who wore what. Feature Story | June 16, 2015 Worship and Discipleship: As It Was…Is…and Shall Be Nine church leaders and scholars recall and predict hot topics in worship, discipleship and discernment from 1995 to 2025. Feature Story | May 05, 2015 African American Worship Treasures Six church musicians and scholars explain why treasures and challenges in African American worship traditions apply to churches in any cultural context. Feature Story | April 21, 2015 If You Want Justice, Work for Beauty Really? In the face of so much global need, the arts are a necessity? 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