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Maybe your church always has many people plan and lead worship. But that World Communion Sunday service was special for Faith Presbyterian Church in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. It showed how their long partnership with a Presbyterian parish in Kenya is opening people to rethink stewardship, lead in worship, and share faith stories.
This article presents nine tips for weaving mission partnership into church life.
A worship service outline based on Philippians 2: 19-30 focusing on the importance of being one body in Christ.
This article tells how Blacksburg churches, who had been working together to make ecumenical connections with the help of a 91ÁÔÆæ Renewal Grant, were able to respond to tragedy as a community.
Interns often add energy, joy, and new connections to a church. Does your congregation have what it takes to mentor and support an intern?
When you're looking for a church internship, some opportunities may sound like they were made for you. But church internships also involve tasks that may feel tedious or push you out of your comfort zone.
There’s a world of difference between hearing and listening.
Those who lead worship must be people who have been born again by the Spirit of God, and therefore show forth some of the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, and self-control.
How can we link worship with goring up and reaching out? This article offers ten practical suggestions to link worship and evangelism.
This list is a select review of items of interest found on seminary worship websites, organized according to common themes: Customaries, Denominational Diversity, Stylistic Variety, Curricular Integration, and Other issues.
Nearly every seminary in North America worships together during the week. These services are central to a seminary’s communal life and work, for worship is deeply formative – spiritually, educationally, and institutionally. Yet there is significant variety in the ways in which seminary communities plan for, lead, and learn about worship.
Surveys are wonderful – though limited – tools for gathering data on worship priorities and practices. The survey used by the CICW/Brehm study group asked broad questions in four categories: Leadership, Liturgy, Community, and Curriculum. Many other research goals and strategies might suggest other questions and/or analytical data-gathering mechanisms.
