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Mark Charles shares two perceptions of time and how they impact our cultural understanding of a worship service.

Worship is contextual, including how a worshiping community perceives of time. Wise is the worshiping community that acknowledges these cultural differences and designs worship services that are sensitive to them.

This presentation was given as part of the Vital Worship Grants Colloquium held at Calvin College on June 24, 2015.

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