Category: Worship Design
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Benediction
You are sent out into the world. Each of us carry God’s love, Christ’s light, and the Spirit’s breath. Go…
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God's Meal & Table – Alternate Preparation for Eucharist
On Sunday at Theophilus, I improvised some words as we prepared to celebrate God’s meal together. Someone asked me to…
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Finding Christ's songs in your congregation
I recently read Reggie Kidd’s With One Voice. So much good stuff in it about Christ as our singing Savior…
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"Mr. Potato Head" Worship
This may or may not be a valuable revelation for anyone, but it struck me one day in Ethiopia as…
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Reformation Day Resources
Reformation Day is October 25. Here is an order of worship from Reformed Worship that contains a lot of Reformation-era…
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When do you have announcements?
Mistake # 2: Putting a long section of announcements at the beginning of the worship service. It’s like tuning into…
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Worship – All Things Alternative
This weekend I taught a workshop for the Fall Leadership Summit of the TX-LA Gulf Coast Synod of the ELCA.…
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Three Levels of Participation in Worship
Don Saliers (in Music in Christian Worship) presented the idea of three levels of participation in worship. The first level…
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Three Sample Orders of Worship
From Jordan at Northwood Church
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Ways to Hear the Word of God in Worship – Silence
Silence has long occupied an important role in both individual and corporate worship. Its presence implies the fulfillment of a…