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Hospitality is a way of life, and when we offer hospitality, especially to folks who are usually overlooked or undervalued by the larger society, we make a strong statement about who is valuable and good to be with.
Fifth worship service in a collection of building blocks for a series of worship services based on key themes from the Belhar Confession
Third worship service in a collection of building blocks for a series of worship services based on key themes from the Belhar Confession
Seventh worship service in a series of worship services based on key themes from the Belhar Confession
Second worship service in a collection of building blocks for a series of worship services based on key themes from the Belhar Confession
Sixth worship service in a collection of building blocks for a series of worship services based on key themes from the Belhar Confession
Fourth worship service in a collection of building blocks for a series of worship services based on key themes from the Belhar Confession
Ben Dykhouse talks about unexpected outcomes and being stretched by experiencing new ways to sing and worship in chapel.
Ben Dykhouse explains why God cares about multicultural worship, and he describes a new prayer model that students learned from C. J. Kingdom-Grier, who gave a one-day workshop.
Randy Weener co-leads Wyoming Kingdom Enterprise Zone, a church multiplication initiative by Reformed and Christian Reformed churches in Wyoming, Michigan. In 2000 he planted a Reformed Church in America congregation in Allendale, Michigan. In this edited conversation, he talks about multisensory worship in that congregation that welcomes neighbors.
Here is the uncomfortable truth about becoming a congregation that loves your neighbors as you love yourselves: You have to go out and meet them.
Representing the love of God to neighbors works best in congregations that have a clear vision reflected in worship and prayer.
