The Worship Workshop

The Worship Workshop
Author: Dr. Marcia McFee
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2010-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1426730535

The Worship Workshop, rather than providing simply another manual for doing worship, offers instead an interactive workshop that helps worship teams develop more meaningful and memorable worship for the congregation. By combining liturgical history and the creative process, The Worship Workshop encourages worship teams and staff to break out of the traditional worship box in order to create diverse ways to present the Good News in worship. Through a variety of activities, ideas, and informational handouts, The Worship Workshop helps worship committees, planners, and designers evaluate the state of their current worship, get more people involved in the planning and designing process, explore the diverse designs of congregational worship, learn the history of worship, and utilize the arts and artists in worship.

Writing Worship

Writing Worship
Author: Krissy Nordhoff
Publisher: David C Cook
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2020-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830780807

In Writing Worship: How to Craft Heartfelt Songs for the Church, the Christian songwriter will explore the depths of the heart, immersing in relationship with God before learning practical worship songwriting skills. Award-winning songwriter Krissy Nordhoff helps lyricists and musicians sharpen their skills in starting songs, adding dimension, removing distractions, maintaining momentum, and co-writing. Songwriters and worship leaders are challenged to trust the Lord with their gifts as they put their new skills into practice. They also have access to: Links to video with examples A songwriter personality assessment Podcast episodes for every songwriter personality Access to special downloads, including a leader’s guide for group learning and an audiobook with extra content from Krissy

The Worship Pastor

The Worship Pastor
Author: Zac M. Hicks
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2016-10-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310525241

Modern worship leaders are restless. They have inherited a model of leadership that equates leading worship with being a rock star. But leading worship is more than a performance, it's about shaping souls and making disciples. Every worship leader is really a pastor. The Worship Pastor is a practical and biblical introduction to this essential pastoral role. Filled with engaging, illustrative stories it is organized to address questions of theory and practice, striving to balance conversational accessibility with informed instruction. Part One presents a series of evocative "vignettes"--intriguing and descriptive titles and metaphors of who a Worship Pastor is and what he or she does. It shows the Worship Pastor as Church-Lover, Disciple Maker, Corporate Mystic, and Doxological Philosopher. Part Two covers specific roles related to ministry within the worship service itself--the Worship Pastor as Theological Dietician, Caregiver, Mortician, Emotional Shepherd, War General, Prophetic Guardian, Missional Historian, and Liturgical Architect. Part Three looks at ministry beyond the worship service--the Worship Pastor as Visionary Teacher, Evangelist, Artist Chaplain, and Team Leader. While some worship leaders are eager to embrace their pastoral role, many are lost and confused or lack the resources of time or money to figure out what this role looks like. Pastor Zac Hicks gives us a clear guide to leading worship, one that takes the pastoral call seriously.

Young Children and Worship

Young Children and Worship
Author: Sonja M. Stewart
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664250409

The authors have devised an exciting way to introduce three- to - seven year olds to the wonder of worship. Activities are developed around the order of worship commonly used in Reformed churches: assemble in God's name; proclaim, give thanks to and go in God's name.

Biblical Worship

Biblical Worship
Author: Benjamin K. Forrest
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2021-02-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0825445566

A biblical theology of worship spanning both the Old and New Testaments While many books on worship focus on contemporary trends, Biblical Worship plumbs every book of the Bible to uncover its teaching on worship and then applies these insights to our lives and churches today. A team of respected evangelical scholars unearths insights into a variety of issues surrounding worship, including: • The Old Testament concept of worship • Worship before the Exodus • Worship in the Old Testament feasts and celebrations • Worship in the Psalms of Lament and Thanksgiving • The New Testament concept of worship • Worship in the Gospels • Worship in Acts • Worship in the Pastoral Epistles, and much more. Pastors, worship leaders, instructors, and anyone who wants to grow in their knowledge of the Bible's full teaching on worship and how it applies today will benefit from this volume, part of the Biblical Theology for the Church series.

Soaring Where Christ Has Led

Soaring Where Christ Has Led
Author: Richard Avery
Publisher: CSS Publishing
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2002
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0788019066

Believing that Christian worship should be both exciting and stimulating and respectful of God and worshipers and liturgical traditions, Dick Avery and Don Marsh have put their considerable talents together to bring you ideas and music that make worship soar. As you read these groundbreaking ideas tailored to the seasons of the church year, you'll find yourself saying, "Yes! YES! YES!" -- and you'll be eager to put them in place with your congregation. Everything Avery and Marsh describe in this remarkable volume has been done successfully in their congregation at the regular Sunday morning service of worship, so you will find no off-the-wall suggestions pushed for mere novelty's sake or just to "shake things up." Rather, every principle, every suggestion, every idea has a purpose and goal befitting the Gospel and designed to help worshipers tune in to the mighty Lord of All. With all of this plus several samples of original Avery & Marsh music, written especially for Sunday morning worship, Soaring Where Christ Has Led is a resource you will use week after week in planning worship services that delight congregations, honor God with momentous expressions of joy, and teach the way of Christ in today's world. Nationally renowned for their creative worship celebrations, Richard Avery and Donald Marsh were colleagues in ministry for 40 years at the First Presbyterian Church in Port Jervis, New York, where Avery served as pastor and Marsh as choirmaster (directing 3 choirs) and director of arts (producing 83 major plays and working with educational projects). They have collaborated in composing hymns, songs, and anthems, of which more than 150 have been published. During the last 30 years they have led regional and national church assemblies, conferences, and workshops on worship, music, and drama for many denominations and in virtually all 50 states. A native of California, Avery is a graduate of the University of Redlands and Union Theological Seminary in New York. Marsh has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Houston, and worked for 17 years in New York's music and theater world as a composer, choreographer, pianist, and actor. Avery and Marsh continue their collaboration in composing for the church and in leading special liturgical and musical events while living in retirement in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Planning Worship

Planning Worship
Author: Taylor Burton-Edwards
Publisher: Upper Room Books
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2013-12-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 088177684X

This is the Leader's Guide in the advanced course in Lay Servant Ministries which builds on the course Leading Worship, and it is grounded in the principles and practices of worship planning. The Participant's Book, The Worship Workshop: Creative Ways to Design Worship Together, by Marcia McFee, can be purchased here.

A History of Contemporary Praise & Worship

A History of Contemporary Praise & Worship
Author: Lester Ruth
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2021-12-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493432540

Christianity Today 2023 Book Award Finalist (History & Biography) New forms of worship have transformed the face of the American church over the past fifty years. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, including interviews with dozens of important stakeholders and key players, this volume by two worship experts offers the first comprehensive history of Contemporary Praise & Worship. The authors provide insight into where this phenomenon began and how it reshaped the Protestant church. They also emphasize the span of denominational, regional, and ethnic expressions of contemporary worship.

Following Jesus

Following Jesus
Author: Sonja M. Stewart
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2000-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1611642477

This sequel to Young Children and Worship provides another educational resource for children. Sonja Stewart's method and approach are the same as in her earlier book. She provides careful and clear instructions for teachers on creating and using the children's worship center, a unique worship environment in which children are introduced to the meaning of worship through biblical stories and parables.

Christian Values

Christian Values
Author: James Ian H. McDonald
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 257
Release: 1995-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567401383

An exciting introduction to the theory and practice of Christian ethics in the contemporary world.