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resources and reflections on using technology meaningfully and purposefully in worship

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Beyond Bullet Points: Creative Uses of Visual Technology for Preaching
Mary Hulst
How to Use Visual Communication in Worship
(Reformed Worship)
Andre Daley
Technology in Worship : Insights from Congregational Leaders
The Use of Projector Technology in Worship
Steven Koster
What is Liturgical Media Art?
Eileen Crowley
What's on the Web: Is Computer Projection for You? (Reformed Worship)
Keith McKenzie
Helps for Getting Started

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How One Campus Is Learning to Worship God in All of Life
It's not every day that a Baptist professor walks into a Catholic religious supply store and spends over $2,500. Yet, as one of his students said of David Naugle's liturgical purchases, “It's sure not Baptist tradition, but it's not against Baptist theology.”

Technology in Worship: Beyond PowerPoint
If “worship” means “music,” and church youth need contemporary worship, then you had better use PowerPoint, right? Many churches already do. Not so fast, advises Quentin Schultze, author of High-Tech Worship? Using Presentational Technologies Wisely (Baker, 2004).

“Liturgical wisdom (i.e. wisdom about how to plan, order, and conduct worship) should direct how we employ presentational technologies. As stewards of worship who seek to express our love of God in praise and thanksgiving, we should adapt technology to authentic, meaningful, and God-glorifying worship. The love of the Lord is foundational to all true worship (John 4.23). Technology should nurture such love.” –Quentin J. Schultze, from the introduction of High-Tech Worship? Using Presentational Thechnologies Wisely (Baker Books, 2004).