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Worship Service | December 01, 2017 Renewed: Ready My Heart What if we thought about Christ’s birth as an ongoing reality, rather than a one-time event? That’s just what Lois Shuford’s haunting Advent song “Ready My Heart” does: it helps us prepare our hearts for Christ to dwell in us every day. Video | November 27, 2017 Round Two: Ordination Best Practices for Ministers, Elders, and Deacons Our first roundup of ordination resources was so popular that we have now consulted five more experts from five more denominations. Their best practices will help you dig beneath the surface when you ordain or install ministers, elders, and deacons. Feature Story | November 21, 2017 A Conversation with David Crowder View this conversation with pastoral musician David Crowder and Noel Snyder, program manager at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Video | November 14, 2017 ¡Le pidieron dar el sermón infantil! Este material ofrece valiosos recursos prácticos para aquellas personas que tienen el privilegio y la responsabilidad de prepararse y compartir el mensaje infantil. Article | August 11, 2017 Worship Resources for Creation Care We confess that God created heaven and earth and everything in it. We sing that this is our Father’s world. Yet, billions of people suffer in places where so much is no longer bright and beautiful. This worship resource guide will help your community plan services that honor our Creator, who invites us to join in caring for the whole creation. Resource Guide | June 14, 2017 Conversation with singer-songwriter Sandra McCracken This is a conversation with artist Sandra McCracken and John Witvliet. Video | May 02, 2017 Worship Resources for the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation Martin Luther posted his ninety-five theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church on October 31, 1517. This worship resource guide will help your community plan services of grace and truth as you commemorate the five hundredth anniversary of the Protestant Reformation or plan worship for a Reformation Sunday. Resource Guide | March 31, 2017 Cedar of Lebanon A visual symbol that can be placed on the cover of service bulletins, within the written liturgy, or on a large screen display. Image | March 16, 2017 Universal Design, Responsive Design: Keys for Welcoming Persons with Varied Abilities Worshipers and congregation members certainly do not come in a “one size fits all” wrapping! As you gather for worship you will notice an array of gifts, but you may also see the areas of struggle each one brings to the community. Audio | February 20, 2017 Music, Congregational Identity, and the Relationships that Spark Effective Ministry How does music express and form a congregation’s identity? How can that identity be defined and shaped by the relationships it seeks to nurture and the mission it seeks to promote? Audio | February 17, 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 Wendell Kimbrough on the Psalms Wendell Kimbrough is a songwriter and worship leader in southern Alabama who believes church music should simply be good music that forms us as we sing it together. Drawing on the sounds of American folk and soul music, Wendell writes scripturally-rich songs with singable, memorable melodies. His music has been embraced by a growing number of churches, young and old, large groups and small, contemporary praise bands and traditional choirs. Conversation | Video | December 08, 2016 Angels, from the Realms of Glory The service of Lessons and Carols from 2016 highlights the importance of angels in the drama of the Christmas gospel, startling us to focus our awareness on how the angels enlarge our perception of the beauty and glory of the triune God through their nearness and through their mysterious, wonder-filled transcendence. Worship Service | December 02, 2016 ¡Le pidieron dirigir el canto congregacional! Este recurso ofrece algunos principios, estrategias, y consejos prácticos destinados a aquellas personas que ministran en los cultos de la iglesia mediante la dirección de canto congregacional. En este texto encontrará ideas sobre cómo prepararse para dirigir el canto; cómo presentar las canciones, cómo dirigir las canciones según su estilo, propósito, y los instrumentos musicales con los que cuenta; cómo enseñar nuevas canciones, y más. Article | October 04, 2016 Universal Design for Worship: Symposium 2016 Plenary Address ‘Universal design’ is now standard for architecture: we don’t want to retrofit buildings to make them accessible, we want to build them that way from the start. What would it look like for this vision to be extended to the worship services we plan and lead? Video | May 02, 2016 ¡Le pidieron dirigir un culto! Este material incluye lecciones útiles para todas las personas que dirigen cultos, independientemente de los diferentes estilos de adoración de cada iglesia. Dirigir la adoración es un gran privilegio. Al prepararnos para dirigir el culto tendremos la oportunidad de que los textos de las canciones, oraciones y lecturas bíblicas cobren pleno significado. Y al dirigir el culto, tendremos el privilegio de ver las caras del pueblo de Dios mientras éste ora y alababa a su Señor. Article | April 15, 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 Worship and Citizenship in an Age of Divisive Politics One of our callings as Christians is to live as resourceful and redemptive citizens of the countries in which we live—a vexing challenge in an age of political division in so many countries around the world represented at the Symposium. Video | April 04, 2016 Best Contemporary Worship Music You May Not Know In the age of the internet, we all have access to hundreds of thousands of songs. Hundreds more are written each week. There are dozens of remarkable songs written that are biblically faithful, musically excellent, theologically robust, liturgically fitting, and singable by ordinary people—but they can be hard to find! Video | March 31, 2016 « Previous 1 2 3 4 5 ... 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