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.
September 12, 2013
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6 min read
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.
September 12, 2013
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7 min read
The Leadership Team is Assembled – Now What?
Sharon Veltema on how to move forward once you have established a youth ministry team.
September 10, 2013
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9 min read
Teens, Worship, and Faith Formation
Sharon Veltema on how worship plays a formative role in the faith development of teens.
September 10, 2013
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6 min read
Developing an Effective Youth Leadership Team
Sharon Veltema on how to develop a youth leadership team as one way to involve youth in worship.
September 10, 2013
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5 min read
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."
September 9, 2013
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2 min video
Confessional Resources Index
An index that displays connections between several confessional resources and the hymnal, Lift Up Your Hearts.
August 29, 2013
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1 min read
Words to Grow Into: The Psalms as Formative Speech
An excerpt taken from Forgotten Songs: Reclaiming the Psalms for Christian Worship, written by John D. Witvliet.
August 22, 2013
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1 min read
Protestant Latino Worship Practices Resource Guide
interviews with a variety of Protestant North American Latino worship leaders, musicians, and pastors, presented in both Spanish with English translation.
August 12, 2013
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4 min read
Gerardo Marti on Emerging Church Demographics
After writing three books about multicultural worship, Gerardo Marti has applied his research skills to what’s been called the emerging church or emergent Christianity.
August 8, 2013
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1 min read
Lift Up Your Hearts: Revised Common Lectionary Index
Lectionary-based hymn suggestions
August 8, 2013
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1 min read
Gerardo Marti on Emerging Churches and Religious Individualism
Gerardo Marti, professor of sociology at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, is fascinated by diversity and innovation as aspects of how the world is changing and how that affects churches today.
August 8, 2013
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3 min video
