Jeff Meyers on Signing Bibles to Promote Intergenerational Faith Formation
Pastor Jeff Meyers explains why First Union members write in Bibles presented to youth graduating from fifth grade and high school.
Howard Vanderwell on Worshiping with the Christian Year
In this edited conversation, Howard Vanderwell describes experiences that led him to create a primer on worshiping with the Christian Year.
Effective Leadership for Worship Renewal
address on principles of leadership for collaborative projects
What is Worship Renewal?
A summary of the meanings and implications of vital worship.
Complementary Prayers for Lift Up Your Hearts
Prayers to Accompany the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of Lift Up Your Hearts.
Worship in the Season of Creation and Earth-Themed Sundays
Green congregations around the world celebrate the Season of Creation, emphasize earth keeping throughout the Christian Year and plan other earth-themed Sundays.
Green Congregations Celebrate God’s New Creation in Worship
Christians often remind each other that worship is more about God’s beauty and glory than about us.
Teens, Worship, and Faith Formation
Sharon Veltema on how worship plays a formative role in the faith development of teens.
Developing an Effective Youth Leadership Team
Sharon Veltema on how to develop a youth leadership team as one way to involve youth in worship.
The Leadership Team is Assembled – Now What?
Sharon Veltema on how to move forward once you have established a youth ministry team.
Engaging Culture, Enriching Worship
This short video outlines the four main themes of the Nairobi Statement on Worship and Culture developed by the Lutheran World Federation. The video also touches on three meanings of the term "worship."
Confessional Resources Index
An index that displays connections between several confessional resources and the hymnal, Lift Up Your Hearts.