"worshipPlanning" 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 21 - 40 of 585 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 A COVID-19 Prayer Based on Psalm 51 Calvin University professor Chad Engbers prayed this prayer on March 12, 2020 during the daily chapel service. This was one of the last chapel services conducted before the campus closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Reflection | Video | Worship Service | April 02, 2020 Shaping Worship During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Livestream at Christian & Missionary Alliance Churches in Hong Kong Yvette Lau explains how Christian & Missionary Alliance churches in Hong Kong are deciding whether or how to do virtual worship or even virtual communion. In this edited conversation, she suggests that worship planners consider what will be communal, hospitable, and beneficial to the whole community—during and after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Conversation | April 01, 2020 Shaping Worship During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multicultural Community at Proskuneo Ministries, Clarkston, Georgia In this edited conversation, Jaewoo "Jay" Kim says that Proskuneo Ministries "deeply holds to theological convictions and practices of embodied worship." Stay-at-home pandemic orders have upended their typical worship gatherings, but virtual worship doesn't fit who they are as a multicultural worshiping community. Conversation | April 01, 2020 Trauma-Informed Care in Church Worship and Life This topic showcase highlights resources to help churches use trauma-informed practices in church worship and congregational life. Faith communities are more effective when they become more aware of adverse childhood experiences, collective trauma, and other tragedy. Topic Showcase | March 24, 2020 Festival at Princeton Theological Seminary A bilingual festival of singing | Un festival de canto bilingüe Article | Musical Composition | November 22, 2019 Christus Paradox 2019 A service of lessons and carols that invites people to approach Advent and Christmas with songs that sing about both forgiveness and justice, healing and correction, personal serenity and cultural reconciliation, human flourishing and the flourishing of all creation. Worship Service | November 13, 2019 Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy: A Bilingual Hymnal Introducing our newly published bilingual hymnal for Protestant congregations, parishes, seminaries, schools, and more. Article | Musical Composition | July 11, 2019 The Church's "Big" Choir Integration of the choir into all aspects of worship and the choir's voice into the congregation's repertoire. Article | June 19, 2019 Round Three: Ordination Best Practices for Priests, Ministers, Elders, and Deacons For our final round of ordination resources, we consulted five experts from five more traditions. Their best practices will help you understand the significance of ordaining people as bishops, priests, ministers, elders, and deacons. Feature Story | March 14, 2019 How Singing through the Psalms Reveals the Excellence of Jesus Singing through the entire book of Psalms helped Wasilla Bible Church expand its lyrical breadth. This shared Scriptural repertoire is pointing people of all ages toward Jesus. Feature Story | February 25, 2019 Best Resources for Singing Psalms in Worship Joel Stamoolis acknowledges it was challenging to help his church sing through the entire Psalter. But during 171 consecutive Sundays of doing so, he gathered a wealth of tips and resources. You can use them to help your congregation begin singing more psalms in worship. Article | February 25, 2019 Worship that Cares for People Pastorally You may think of pastoral care mainly as personal visits to someone’s hospital room or home. But Howard Vanderwell wrote that the entire worship service has “powerful potential for caring for worshipers’ needs.” His book Caring Worship: Helping Worship Leaders Provide Pastoral Care through the Liturgy explains how. Feature Story | February 13, 2019 Reconciling All Things 2018 A service of lessons and carols that invites people to approach Advent and Christmas with songs that sing about both forgiveness and justice, healing and correction, personal serenity and cultural reconciliation, human flourishing and the flourishing of all creation. Worship Service | November 20, 2018 So You've Been Asked to ... Lead in Prayer (現在你被邀請...帶領祈禱) A resource in leading public prayer in worship Article | September 28, 2018 Vertical Habits: Helping Congregations Rediscover the Striking Beauty of Conversation with God Good relationships are built on healthy practices; the same is true for our relationship with God. Audio | May 03, 2018 The Contemplative Worship Leader New and ancient patterns in Christ’s Spirit are available to worship leaders, this workshop explores how to find life and vitality in our diverse contexts and through our varied personalities. Audio | March 01, 2018 The Immigrants' Creed This creed professes the Christian faith through the experience of an immigrant. Worship Service | February 08, 2018 Renewed: Lord God, Now Let Your Servants Depart in Peace Join Greg Scheer as he introduces one of his own songs, based on Simeon’s words in Luke 2:29-32. It works beautifully as a closing song in worship, especially during the season of Epiphany. Video | December 11, 2017 Renewed: Mary’s Song (Our King of Peace) Wendell Kimbrough’s setting of Mary’s Song captures the wonder, fear, and obedience of Mary’s response to Gabriel’s message. The song is a perfect fit for Advent, Christmas, and Lessons and Carols services. Video | December 06, 2017 « Previous 1 2 3 4 ... Next »