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Pattern of worship

A basic flow to the dialogic pattern of worship.

Worship Service | November 19, 2014

Miranda Dodson on Worship Music

Maybe you heard her song “Try Again” on the TV drama Parenthood or NPR’s Morning Edition.

Conversation | November 19, 2014

So You've Been Asked to Plan Worship

This article describes the role of the worship planner and provides suggestions for worship planning in a wide range of churches and worshiping communities.

Article | November 17, 2014

More Than Technique: All worship planners and leaders have a pastoral calling

We need a perspective, a way of conceptualizing our role as worship leaders that will sustain us in our day-to-day work in our congregations.

Article | November 17, 2014

Resources on Philippians

songs, worship service outlines, and more

Resource Guide | October 13, 2014

Songs for Philippians

Songs to accompany a series on the book of Philippians.

Resource Guide | October 13, 2014

Four-Fold Pattern of Worship

An explanation on four-fold worship and its place in history.

Article | September 17, 2014

Commissioning Services

Congregations often take time in their worship services to commission people and dedicate things to be used by the church.

Worship Service | September 05, 2014

Musician Sally Ann Morris on Seminarians Learning Worship

Sally Ann Morris is the chapel musician at Wake Forest University School of Divinity in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She’s involved with each of Wake Div’s twice-weekly, 45-minute chapel services.

Conversation | August 29, 2014

Kendra Buckwalter Smith on Authentic Global Worship

Kendra Buckwalter Smith is the worship coordinator at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PTS has chapel four days a week, and Smith meets with every person or team that plans a chapel service.

Conversation | August 29, 2014

John Huizinga on Worship Change Accountability

John Huizinga is pastor of Lombard Christian Reformed Church in Lombard, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. He works to develop leaders within the congregation to take ownership of various church ministries.

Conversation | August 04, 2014

Combining Two Worship Services Renews Congregation

Lombard Christian Reformed Church in metro Chicago used to have both a traditional service and a contemporary service. Now everyone attends a single, Sunday-morning service. It’s not blended worship. Instead, the worship renewal results from slowly and yet actively responding to the Holy Spirit.

Feature Story | August 04, 2014