It Takes a Team: Examining the Worship Planning Process
So what is the best way to organize the worship planning process? Here are a few observations, along with a model for analyzing your own congregation’s worship planning routine.
March 1, 2006
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1 min read
Minister of the Word-Through Music: An interview with Marty Haugen
I started to explore the idea that various “ministers” in worship all collaborate.
March 1, 2006
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1 min read
The Belgic Confession in Q&A Format page 1 of 3 - from Reformed Worship
The Only God
What do you believe about God?
We all believe in our hearts
and confess with our mouths
that there is a single
and simple spiritual being,
whom we call God.
March 1, 2006
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1 min read
How to...Commission Visual Art
A look at visual art in worship.
March 1, 2006
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1 min read
What? I Have to Preach the Christmas Story Again?: Fresh approaches to planning
How to plan for the Christmas service.
March 1, 2006
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1 min read
A Tale of Three Churches: Using Drama in Worship
In this article that appeared in Reformed Worship magazine, Todd Johnson explores using drama in worship. To do this, he presents three fictitious churches that represent different worship traditions. Describing each church, he explores the ways the different churches can incorporate drama into their services.
March 1, 2006
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1 min read
Hábitos verticales: La iglesia misional y la adoración
“Hábitos verticales” es un proyecto que explora cómo el uso de un lenguaje relacional saludable puede transformar nuestros cultos y nuestras vidas.
February 27, 2006
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13 min read
Reclaiming the Promise of Ascension
Many Christians skip from Easter to Pentecost because they don't understand why Christ's ascension matters. A feature story exploring the importance of Christ's Ascension.
February 17, 2006
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8 min read
Graham Redding on Ascension as a Lost Heirloom
Graham Redding reflects on connecting Christ's incarnation and ascension
February 17, 2006
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5 min read
William Dyrness on aesthetically challenged Protestants
Moses saw God and then gave the law. Contemplating God in the temple inspired David to write songs and psalms. On Pentecost, Peter affirmed what Joel prophesied, that the Holy Spirit moves the faithful to dream dreams and see visions. And, till the Reformation, all Christendom celebrated the link between faith and the visual in worship.
February 3, 2006
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4 min read
Visual Arts in Worship: From either/or to both/and
What defines you? Is it what you know and do...or what you see and love? Your answer likely affects how you see the role of visual arts in worship. A feature story exploring more inclusive use of Visual Arts in Worship
February 3, 2006
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7 min read
The "In Between" Words: How to keep fellow worshipers tuned in
As worshipers move from one element of the service to the next, they need help to understand what they are doing and why. Verbal transitions help them stick with the worship dialogue between God and gathered people.
January 20, 2006
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10 min read
