Upcoming Event
A Reformation Sunday worship service commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Accra Confession
October 27, 2024, 5:00 PM
Singing the Story: Hymns for Holy Week
Congregational singing invites us to not just think about the events of Holy Week, but to become participants in unfolding drama of Christ's passion and resurrection.
February 26, 2015
Getting Started with the Christian Year
Any church leadership team that hopes to increase the observance of the Christian year in their congregation will first need to identify how much shaping influence this practice has at present.
February 16, 2015
Getting Started with the Christian Year
Any church leadership team that hopes to increase the observance of the Christian year in their congregation will first need to identify how much shaping influence this practice has at present.
February 16, 2015
Being Jesus on Good Friday
On Good Friday, as congregations meditate on the betrayal, suffering, and death of Jesus, some liturgies call the Church to identify with those who judged, persecuted, mocked, and killed our Lord. This is a sobering reality, and appropriate. But, like many stories in the Bible, there are multiple implications within this narrative.
February 11, 2015
The Christian Year: Helpful Resources
Undoubtedly, as you work with the concept the Christian Year, you will encounter questions and will desire more information. Here are suggestions that offer some help.
February 6, 2015
The Christian Year: Some Key Questions
Obviously, this work of getting started on the Christian Year in your worship life is not going to be something you will tackle by yourself as a worship leader. You’ll need others to join you in learning and studying, in teaching and introducing, and in evaluating the progress your congregation makes.
February 6, 2015
The Christian Year: Six Steps for Getting Started
So now, here is your dilemma – you are leading a congregation that worships pretty well, but they don’t know much about the Christian Year. Outside of Advent, Christmas, Lent, Good Friday, and Easter, there’s isn’t much else about it. And what’s more, they don’t seem to miss it, or feel they ought to change things. And some of them are a bit suspicious of the whole idea. And besides, you don’t trust your knowledge about it all either, and you have no idea where to begin.
February 6, 2015
The Christian Year: Two Vivid Pictures
We discover easily that visual communication is often most effective. So if we are going to teach the Christian Year to our congregation, some diagram or picture of the Christian Year is needed, or at least some helpful metaphor that will portray it’s dynamic.
February 6, 2015
The Christian Year: Three Guiding Patterns
Worshiping according to the Christian Year is not merely another fad to follow, or some ancient practice to match. It’s a pattern of worship which at its heart has three major themes that will greatly enhance the life of any congregation.
February 6, 2015
The Christian Year: Colors
Wise worship planners and leaders will draw on the power of visuals also.
February 6, 2015
The Christian Year: Some Key Questions
Obviously, this work of getting started on the Christian Year in your worship life is not going to be something you will tackle by yourself as a worship leader. You’ll need others to join you in learning and studying, in teaching and introducing, and in evaluating the progress your congregation makes.
February 6, 2015
The Christian Year: Use of the Revised Common Lectionary
When a congregation and its leaders are considering the observance of the Christian Year, there is another question that immediately presents itself.
February 6, 2015