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Friday, May 04, 2007
Worship Planning Idea: Knitting worship into the fabric of congregational life
In education, imagine a musician reviewing the church school curriculum to look for excellent, age-appropriate music to complement key lessons, recording it for families to use at home, and then using those hymns and songs in worship. ...
In social justice ministries, imagine planning a joint worship service across ethnic and cultural lines. Or imagine every advocacy letter signed by a congregational justice committee accompanied by a hymn text or even a recording, a signal that the church’s advocacy for justice is not merely legal, but also doxological (our protest against injustice is rooted in praise). ...
In church administration, imagine a pastor or worship leader working with each committee or ministry in a congregation to select a “theme song,” exposing them to some of the most creative and provocative current hymn writers and composers, and then gathering the theme songs into a small collection for worship. This collection of ministry theme songs could function as a congregation’s expanded mission statement—one that resembles not a corporate memo but rather a collection of doxological and prophetic poetry. ...
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