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Not every church has the capacity to move worship online when pandemic public health directives require social and physical distancing. Pastor Constance Cherry explains how her small rural Methodist congregation is drawing on its Wesleyan heritage to help members worship and disciple each other.
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Seminar
Small churches sometimes feel weak or irrelevant. Intentional worship practices can help them discover their value before God and to the community.
Most churches measure worship services against a certain ideal. They may think of worship like a concert, entertainment, dialogue, or something else. Even if they have not consciously chosen an operating metaphor for worship, their pattern greatly influences how individuals and congregations live out their faith.
How engaged are the worshipers in your congregation? Do they tend to function as observers or active participants?
