What makes the difference between an ordinary Sunday service and a dynamic prayer meeting? Kristen Pence shares how making space for God to move can make or break true worship and prayer.
Most of the time, we see the worship leader as providing music while the preacher provides the words. Emily Vermilya shares a different perspective of how the worship leader and the pastor are to work together to tell and retell the story of God.
Being intentional about planning worship is just the first step. In order to catch the vision for the things you can’t see, you need a team! Emily Barlow shares three ways a team can help you when planning worship.
We have these amazing moments when we feel such closeness to God in our personal worship. How can we bring those moments together to create the same closeness in the context of communal worship? Michael Jarrell shares some practical steps to get you going in the right direction.
No matter what we are doing, we only have a set amount of resources to spend. Kristen Pence explains how crucial analyzing your return on investment can be when determining how you will spend time, energy, and other assets in worship planning.
Why do we need more worship after the sermon? Emily Vermilya shares what is missing when we have an abrupt stop and dismissal after the preaching is over.
Often, we celebrate the ebb and flow of the church calendar without really knowing what it means or why we do it. But, if we understand what our seasons mean and why we practice them, it can open up a whole new facet of vibrant faith for us. In today’s post, Brian Rhea offers four ways for us to understand the concept of Lent.
Sometimes, as adults, we are not very good at taking intentional steps toward making our worship child-friendly. Brian Rhea has some suggestions on ways we can make our Ash Wednesday services accessible and easier for our younger church members, so we might lead our children into the presence of Christ and the worship of the church.
So often, we approach worship as us getting together to do something we planned out. But, who really calls the meeting? Drew Causey explains that it is God who instigates worship and calls us all together as a family.
There are benefits to living and worshiping through the liturgical Church calendar. Jonathan Powers discusses the seasonal pattern and offers a list of resources to point you in the right direction.
We all live with certain traditions and practices, none more openly than the church. These practices and traditions often change over time, but occasionally, there comes a time when all the things we practice must be evaluated. Emily Barlow shares how her church evaluated and changed traditions and practices to fit a new worship service.
What does Communion have to do with Christmas? Brian Rhea talks about the Communion table in the stable, and how the Lord’s table informs the Lord’s birth.
