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From Passive to Participative Worship
Constance Cherry
Calvin Symposium on Worship 2006

How engaged are the worshipers in your congregation? Do they tend to function as observers or active participants? This session explored how to design worship services that invite dynamic participation.

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15.2 MB
43:17
• Comments on how the end of a service can lead to participation
1.73 MB
1:53
• Response on contemporary music and participation
1.38 MB
1:30
• Response on worship space and experience
2.86 MB
3:07
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Presenter
Constance Cherry is professor of Worship and Christian Ministries at Indiana Wesleyan University where she is head of the worship major, and author of Proclaim New Hope (Hope Publishing, 2001).