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Love your Neighbors: Practice what’s preached

Acting on sermons about loving your neighbors is easier if you see yourself as able to give, join others in serving, and see your loving service as an act of worship.

Article Article | Feature Story Feature Story | August 22, 2012

Preaching the Great Commandment

Do your church’s sermons disciple worshipers to love God and their neighbors with all they have? What does that love look like in your neighborhood?

Feature Story Feature Story | August 22, 2012

Day of Learning 2012

A Day of Learning brings together grant recipients and community members to discuss, share, and worship together as well as to consider how disciplined creativity, theological integrity, and healthy leadership practices work together in the worship renewal process.

Article Article | Audio Audio | August 08, 2012

Christian Initiation and Community

A lesson plan to accompany Living Worship curriculum that addresses the design and performance of Christian Initiation rites in light of the on-going life and practice of the Christian assembly.

Article Article | July 11, 2012

Leading From the Table (Book Excerpt)

Developing leadership skills that connect the congregations eucharistic practice to the life and work of the church is essential to moving toward unity throughout the church. This book is not a how-to manual on presiding techniques but a series of reflections about the way the prayer at the communion table provides a pattern for our lives.

Book Excerpt Book Excerpt | December 06, 2011

Lucy Kolin on Communion in a Multicultural Community

Lucy Kolin is pastor of a multiracial congregation, Resurrection Lutheran in Oakland, California.

Conversation Conversation | September 01, 2011

Surprise! Screens Can Build Community

An article about using screens to build community

Article Article | May 05, 2011

Restorative Justice as a Way of Community Life

Restorative Justice is a biblically-based view of justice that focuses on restoring persons and communities to shalom.

Article Article | February 24, 2011

Paul's Humanity (Philippians 2)

A worship service outline based on Philippians 2: 19-30 focusing on the importance of being one body in Christ.

Worship Service Worship Service | December 22, 2010

Worship in Terrible Times

This article tells how Blacksburg churches, who had been working together to make ecumenical connections with the help of a Worship Renewal Grant, were able to respond to tragedy as a community.

Article Article | December 10, 2010

Disciples Year 2

Disciples Year 2: Worship (Book Excerpt)

Disciples is a multi-year faith formation program for adults that combines group studies, daily devotions, and complete worship plans.

Book Excerpt Book Excerpt | October 18, 2010

From Blogs to Tweets: Wise Use of Social Networking Technology in Your Worshiping Community

Social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter are changing the way we connect, stay in touch, and share ideas and resources. What are the benefits and what are the dangers of these tools for churches and organizations? This presentation featured examples and guidance based on what some churches are doing.

Audio Audio | June 01, 2010

Worship and Civility

In what ways can the church's worshiping life equip people for the patterns of civility-public politeness-that make for good citizenship? Should we even care about the question?

Audio Audio | March 22, 2010

How to Connect Church-Based Community Ministry Programs to Corporate Worship

Starting with his own very diverse church and community connections, Tony Campbell explored the many different ministry opportunities Christians have to deepen relationships between church and community, and offer a variety of ways to celebrate those relationships in worship.?

Audio Audio | March 22, 2010

Worship that Renews the Me and Transforms the Us

Drawing from their diverse ministry experience, Jim and Rose Dekker --in Latin American ecumenical and spiritual direction-- and Jonathan Bradford --in a U.S. urban context-- explored the biblical concepts of knowing Christ the servant and serving Christ the Sovereign Lord. All of life must really be worship.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2009

Prayer in the Life of a Third Millennium Monastery: What We're Learning

This session featured stories, prayers, and insights from the first year of the Stockbridge Boiler Room, a simple Christian community that practices a daily rhythm of prayer, study, and celebration while caring actively for the poor and the lost.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2009

Building a Healthy and Interdependent Church Community

The session presented several practical tools for building a church community that welcomes and embraces diversity in membership. Highlighting examples from churches including members with disabilities, this session offered ideas that allow people to see one another through God's eyes.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2009

Better Together: The Call for People with and without Disabilities to Worship, Serve, Learn, and Live Alongside Each Other

This presentation addressed practical ways congregations can have a real impact on the lives of people with disabilities and their families living in their community and to make worship more accessible to everyone.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2009

Community Worship at Mustard Seed School

How can your Christian school design chapel services that connect with real life? Mustard Seed School in Hoboken, New Jersey, has formed a model called community worship. A feature story exploring worship in one small school in New Jersey.

Feature Story Feature Story | August 15, 2008

Reclaiming Funerals as Christian Worship

While funerals have often been seen as family affairs or private activities, the fact is that death impacts entire communities: both the faith community and the community at large.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2008