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He used this baptism birthday liturgy for his son Simon’s 11th baptism birthday. Worship Service | August 22, 2012 Love Takes Practice: Christian Worship as a Pedagogy of Desire We are what we love. This biblical notion is found across the Christian tradition, from Paul and Augustine to Luther and Edwards. But what are its implications for worship? Explore how Christian worship forms and shapes our love to make us a people who desire the kingdom of God, as well as how Christian worship counters the formation of "secular liturgies." Audio | Slideshow | Video | April 18, 2011 Your Song Menu Whether you are eating in or dining out, a menu is desirable. When you are ordering your songs for worship a menu is no less valuable. In this workshop we looked through various menus for songs, check our song diet, and found out how to order the best for our worship gatherings. Article | March 10, 2011 Faith Formation in Worship Faith formation is not just for children—all of us are shaped in our faith by the way we come to God in worship. This session considered what it might mean if we have a faith formation focus as we plan worship. Audio | March 22, 2010 Desiring the Kingdom: Which do you want? In "Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation", James K. A. Smith explains how what we love, imagine, and desire shapes who we become. He urges congregations to reclaim worship practices that train our hearts through our bodies. Feature Story | February 16, 2010 Planning Worship for a Seven Deadly Sins Series So many churches have recently done a series of worship services on the seven deadly sins that you can find ample ideas for your setting. You can plan the whole service to help worshipers frame their experience of vice within the overarching story of God’s forgiveness and reconciling grace. Feature Story | January 26, 2010 Seven Deadly Sins: Time for churches to reclaim the tradition It's time for the church to reclaim and apply the concept of the Seven Deadly Sins or Capital Vices to spiritual formation. A feature story exploring the Seven Deadly Sins. Feature Story | January 26, 2010 Baptism: A story we all share Discover how the multiple meanings of baptism can enrich baptism as a source of Christian identity, faith formation, and baptismal living. A feature story exploring Baptism, a story we all share. Feature Story | August 24, 2009 Learning Worship Together The sermon ends and the organist launches into the "sermon hymn." In many congregations this is where the service begins winding down. But at Eliot Presbyterian Church in Lowell, Massachusetts, the sermon hymn signals a worship practice that people look forward to all week. Article | June 01, 2009 Youth, Worship, and Faith Formation Sunday after Sunday, year after year, young people across the country participate in worship. Article | March 01, 2009 Learning Worship Together: How worship change happens Worship change works best when worship and education leaders work together, and studying worship together can lead more people to participate fully in worship. A feature story about worship formation and education in the church. Feature Story | January 23, 2009 Kaleidoscope: Shifting Perspectives of Faith Formation, Young People, and Intergenerational Worship This session explored how our understanding of young people and faith formation ought to enhance appreciation for worship that is intergenerational. Drawing on current resources, ideas for promoting change and exchanging ideas will outline a strategy for promoting intergenerational worship. Audio | January 01, 2009 Helping Children Understand the Psalms The Psalms have been a great source of inspiration for generations of Christians but children seldom get the chance to interact with more than a handful of Psalms in a meaningful way. This workshop will explore how we can help children do this and why it matters. Audio | January 01, 2009 Profession of Faith: Can it Be Revitalized? Our faith formation is marked by certain milestones. One milestone is public profession of faith or confirmation. When this occurs might vary, but at whatever age, this milestone needs to be vital. This session explored how to recapture a sense of the privilege of professing your faith, make it a celebration, and regularly reaffirm it. Audio | January 01, 2009 Confirmation and Profession of Faith Practices Are Changing Two concerns, young adults who drop out of church and adult churchgoers who stop growing in discipleship, are pushing denominations to rethink their approach to the sacraments. Feature Story | September 02, 2008 From Confirmation or Profession of Faith to Multiple Milestones of Faith What is confirmation or profession of faith for? Does it certify knowledge, open the communion table, affirm acceptance of baptism, mark a milestone in a continuing faith journey? A feature story exploring the meaning behind profession of faith. Feature Story | September 02, 2008 Faith Formation: What's the trouble with moralism? Churches are talking about spiritual formation and faith formation because they've seen the failure of information to form faith that changes people's inner lives and outward behaviors. A feature story exploring the switch from moralism to faith formation. Feature Story | June 05, 2008 The Crisis of Adult Discipleship This workshop discussed what Dallas Willard calls the "elephant in the church" - the general failure of training adult Christians to be dedicated followers of Jesus Christ. Audio | January 01, 2008 Spiritual Formation in Worship-Centered Congregations Differing circumstances call forth different liturgical, theological and formational questions and inspire different congregational conversations about what we do in worship and why we do it. The workshop began with a PowerPoint presentation on the history of Christian worship and its relationship to spiritual formation in congregational life, concluding with 'where we are now.' Practices for spiritual formation were described in relation to the congregation's worship life. Audio | January 01, 2008 The Seven Deadly Sins and Spiritual Formation A curriculum engaging students in spiritual formation, helping them to diagnose the sins, remove barriers, and replace them with new habits of thought and feeling. Article | June 01, 2007 « Previous 2 3 4 5 6 ... Next »