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View a slideshow of visual arts from various churches.
A list of qualities that a liturgist should strive for.
An explanation on four-fold worship and its place in history.
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.
Stroke is a leading cause of disability in adults around the world, so your congregation probably includes—or will soon include—stroke survivors. And about a third of stroke survivors suffer from some form of communication impairment. Peggy Goetz researches the experience of stroke survivors in their church communities.
Congregations often take time in their worship services to commission people and dedicate things to be used by the church.
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.
The lessons learned at two seminaries that renewed their chapel worship services can make a big difference in your congregation.
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.
Sally Ann Morris is the chapel musician at Wake Forest University School of Divinity in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She’s involved with each of Wake Div’s twice-weekly, 45-minute chapel services.
Porque su adicción a las emociones no generan ningún cambio, dice el pastor Javier Buelna.
Entrevista con el pastor Netz Gomez. Nuestro personaje es el Pastor Netz Gómez, natural de la ciudad de México, doctor en Piscología Clínica Pastoral, quien hace 13 años inició en la sala de su casa la Iglesia Houses of Light.
