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Many resources listed below come from  (ICE). 

Whichever first step you choose, aim to expand your idea of worship that honors God. In fact, if your brain gets an almost physical feel of cracking, you’ll know you’re on the right track.

Vicariously experience worship in other cultures

This is fun to do in a computer lab, where you can have several people looking at the same websites at the same time. Listen to heart music and dance clips from around the world at: 

Follow links to visual worship arts from around the world at:

Visit worship in another culture

Attend worship in a church that has a different culture—ethnic, socioeconomic, theological, language—than yours. Before you go, print out a copy of the . Use it to record your impressions. 

Sponsor a global music sing-along

Singing each other’s songs is a great way to experience being members of one body, especially if people explain what it is about the music that means so much to them. 

Choose music new to your congregation. This might be from , the , (indigenous Asian hymns), or the  Community. 

If your group is better at learning new songs by hearing them rather than by reading musical notation, then choose a recording. Listen to it together and use a call-and-response method to sing it together.

Discuss hidden assumptions

Start with one of these interactive ideas:

• If you’ve assumed that all African or all Latino music is basically alike, then contrast melodic “” from the Gambia with a  chant. Compare the sound of