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A feature story with practical tips for developing sustainable youth ministry in which congregations experience themselves as one body growing together in love. Feature Story | April 05, 2010 Contemplative Youth Ministry: Listening to God together Where else in their multitasking 24/7 lives can youth find loving adults who join them in meaningful prayer, silence, and conversation to connect with God? A feature story exploring what makes an effective youth ministry program. Feature Story | March 22, 2010 Photography in Worship: Picturing God’s counterstory, building community Get ideas from other congregations for using local photography and other images in church worship. A feature story exploring some of the many possibilities for visuals in worship. Feature Story | March 08, 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 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 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 Parables: Reflecting their multiple meanings in preaching and music Jesus told parables that were far more than simple stories with one heavenly meaning. Here's how preachers, musicians, and worship leaders can plan parable-based worship that lingers in people's lives. Feature Story | January 08, 2010 Science and Faith in Harmony: Positive ways to include science in worship Deborah Haarsma and Scott Hoezee explain how worship that honors God as Creator can defuse culture wars between science and faith. Feature Story | November 04, 2009 Singing More Psalms in Worship Discover why and how more congregations are reclaiming old ways and creating new ways of singing from the songbook God gave us--the Psalms. A feature story about the importance of singing Psalms in worship. Feature Story | October 21, 2009 Remembering Baptism: Living Wet More congregations are seeing baptism as a sacrament that begins a lifelong pilgrimage. This shift leads them to pay more attention to baptismal living in worship and daily life. A feature story exploring the practices of the sacrament of baptism. Feature Story | September 30, 2009 Pastoral and Worship Excellence: Becoming more like Christ A feature story exploring Pastoral and Worship excellence. David J. Wood and Paul Ryan offer a biblical framework for cultivating congregational conversations about pastoral excellence and standards for worship excellence. Feature Story | September 11, 2009 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 Psalms in Worship: God knows we need help praying Discover why more congregations are following Christ's example of praying the Psalms in worship. A feature story exploring the use of the Psalms in Christian Worship. Feature Story | July 24, 2009 Simon Chan on the Life of the Holy Spirit in the Church Simon Chan says that bad worship produces bad theology, which leads to an unhealthy church. That's why he suggests that churches make more room for the Holy Spirit to work in worship. A feature story exploring the life of the Holy Spirit in the Church. Feature Story | July 08, 2009 Music and Worship Help Heal Northern Ireland The Presbyterian Church in Ireland is using music and worship to overcome the legacy of "the Trouble" in Northern Ireland. You can apply their insights to political and other differences that divide Christians in your context. A feature story exploring the role of music and worship in healing. Feature Story | June 19, 2009 Justice and Suffering in Worship Centered on God Setri Nyomi, general secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, explains why confessing that Jesus is Lord applies to the economy and earth. As the Accra Confession affirms, God calls for just relationships with all creation--so our worship should reflect that faith stance. A feature story exploring Justice and Suffering in Worship centered on God. Feature Story | June 01, 2009 Projected Images in Worship: Illustrate or Illuminate Artist Sandra Bowden compiled a CD of contemporary visuals for worship, Images of Faith. It's more important to focus on what an image means for worship than on the technology for projecting it. A feature story exploring projected visuals in worship. Feature Story | May 11, 2009 Learning to Worship 24/7 As Sojourn Community Church discovered, continual learning and vertical habits help build a community that understands how all of life can be worship. A feature story on 24/7 worship. Feature Story | April 17, 2009 Ethnic and religious demographics Many Latin American countries, such as Bolivia and Peru, have large indigenous populations. Argentina has few indigenous people left. The vast majority of people in Argentina trace their family ancestry to Europe, especially Spain and Italy. Feature Story | March 03, 2009 Another World Is Possible: Witness in Argentina Bringing daily joys and struggles into worship helped renew worship for Gerardo Oberman and others in Reformed Churches in Argentina. Feature Story | March 03, 2009 « Previous 6 7 8 9 10 ... Next »