Planning Worship

More Than Technique: All worship planners and leaders have a pastoral calling

We need a perspective, a way of conceptualizing our role as worship leaders that will sustain us in our day-to-day work in our congregations.

November 17, 2014 | 12 min read


Peggy Goetz on Planning Worship with Stroke Survivors

Peggy Goetz is a communication arts and sciences professor at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Observing her speech pathology students in Calvin’s stroke clinic sparked her to research the experience of stroke survivors in their church communities.

September 12, 2014 | 5 min read

Kendra Buckwalter Smith on Authentic Global Worship

Kendra Buckwalter Smith is the worship coordinator at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PTS has chapel four days a week, and Smith meets with every person or team that plans a chapel service.

August 29, 2014 | 5 min read
Six Tips on Teaching Worship in Seminaries

Two seminaries seek the sweet spot among worship classes and chapel services. They aim to produce ministers ready to lead worshipers in full, conscious, active participation.

August 29, 2014 | 7 min read