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One way to keep sermons fresh is to ditch the deductive form, in which preachers begin with their main point and then work to prove it.
You’ve probably sung his “Shine, Jesus, Shine” and “Knowing You.” But his worship leading has changed since he wrote those songs.
A few years ago, East End Fellowship, a multicultural Presbyterian congregation in Richmond, VA, started an urban songwriting internship and a gospel choir to reflect its congregational values of incarnation and reconciliation.
Congregations often take time in their worship services to commission people and dedicate things to be used by the church.
Some churches now hold special services to identify and commission their church school staff and to encourage the congregation to pray for and support these men and women.
This commissioning service is adapted from "Commissioning of Christians to Ministries of the Church," approved by the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America, June 1990.
The worship committee of the Christian Reformed Church of St. Albert prepared this commissioning service for the congregation as it faced a new year of challenges and opportunities.
This commissioning service was adapted from The United Methodist Book of Worship.
Another September rolls around. If you’re a typical worship and liturgy planner, you’re probably thinking, We really ought to highlight the beginning of another season of education. On the heels of that thought comes another: We need to commission our education leaders. Where do we find a liturgy for that?
After high school many young people move away, often leaving home for the first time. This major life event can be acknowledged in the church. Here is a commissioning service based on 1 Corinthians 12.
Reading scripture for people is different than reading scripture alone.
A choral reading based on Ephesians 4 from the NRSV.
