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Vetting sparks conversations that help worship leaders make faithful decisions about which songs to put on congregations’ lips. Feature Story | May 21, 2024 Seven Tips for Choosing Contemporary Worship Songs Does your worshiping community sing contemporary worship songs from the CCLI Top 100 list? If so, maybe you wonder how these songs are forming worshipers’ views of God and the life God calls us to. Worship leaders and contemporary worship experts offer seven tips for evaluating your song choices and filling in gaps. Feature Story | May 21, 2024 Rosemary Apol-Hoezee on Dementia and Worship Chaplains have been using the Evening Star worship manual in memory care facilities for almost twenty years. The second edition incorporates new research on dementia to create a worship model that is even better at engaging people who live with dementia. Conversation | April 29, 2024 Rosemary Apol-Hoezee on Dementia and Inclusion People who’ve served and attended churches faithfully often feel isolated when their cognition declines—and so do their caregivers. Your congregation can take simple steps to become more dementia friendly. Conversation | April 29, 2024 Kevin J. Adams on the Gospel in a Handshake Kevin Adams explores the beautiful gifts of framing words for worship—the “conversation of worship”—that are lifegiving and engaging. Audio | Podcast | December 18, 2023 Being a Worship Leader 2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop Audio | February 11, 2020 Billy Kluttz on Paperless Liturgy and Music Sometimes not providing written or projected words and notes is the best way to make liturgy truly the work of the people. Paperless liturgy and paperless music can be great tools for including all ages and abilities in worship. Conversation | January 08, 2020 Intergenerational Worship Model Based on Scripture and Story Residents of senior living communities often feel cut off from church life. Meanwhile, congregations often feel segregated by age. This participatory intergenerational worship model brings people together around Scripture and life stories. Feature Story | January 06, 2020 Eddie Espinosa on Changes in Contemporary Worship Music Eddie Espinosa, composer of “Change My Heart, O God,” explains why those who lead worship need to cultivate heart holiness. Conversation | August 22, 2018 Serious Play: Insights from Augustine and Other Friends from the Early Church on Leading Worship and Administering Sacraments Led by Lester Ruth, this workshop explored insights from Augustine and others in the early church that can break open playful, Scriptural imagination for leading in worship. Audio | May 09, 2018 Paul S. Ryan and Luke Enders on the Calvin 50 Song Collection What we sing in worship shapes our vision of who God is and what God cares about. One college chose a list of 50 worship songs to help its students sustain a life of faith. Conversation | March 22, 2018 Six Qualifications of a 21st Century Worship Leader This workshop, led by Ed Willmington, discussed six qualities of an equipped twenty-first century worship leader and provided thoughts for implementing each practice. Audio | March 14, 2018 Singing Poetry In this workshop led by Jan Kraybill, we looked at and sang some great hymns and songs, and we discussed how best to help our worshiping communities sing poetry with appreciation, enthusiasm, and artistry. Audio | March 02, 2018 Renewed: Lord God, Now Let Your Servants Depart in Peace Join Greg Scheer as he introduces one of his own songs, based on Simeon’s words in Luke 2:29-32. It works beautifully as a closing song in worship, especially during the season of Epiphany. Video | December 11, 2017 Renewed: Mary’s Song (Our King of Peace) Wendell Kimbrough’s setting of Mary’s Song captures the wonder, fear, and obedience of Mary’s response to Gabriel’s message. The song is a perfect fit for Advent, Christmas, and Lessons and Carols services. Video | December 06, 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 Renewed: Come, Holy Ghost Introducing the worship song “Come, Holy Ghost / Be Not Afraid” by Bruce Benedict and Ray Mills. Video | October 16, 2017 Renewed: Come, Holy Ghost Introducing the worship song “Come, Holy Ghost / Be Not Afraid” by Bruce Benedict and Ray Mills. Video | October 16, 2017 Worship in Times of Trauma: Gabriel Salguero Pastor Gabriel Salguero reminds us the soul has hunger and needs. Good worship speaks to the body and the soul. Video | March 27, 2017 Designing Worship from the Bottom Up: Practical Ethnographic Tools for Worship Leaders The “Faith and Work” movement has become popular in many churches in North America in recent years. Many have sought to bridge the gap between Sunday worship and Monday work by showing how Christian liturgy and theology affect how we approach our weekday work. But our weekday work also affects how we inhabit Sunday worship in profound ways, and those who lead and craft liturgies do well to be attentive to this reality. Video | March 07, 2017 1 2 Next »
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