Archive for August, 2010
Ship of Fools Mystery Worshipper
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
How would visitors to your church answer these questions?
- Did anyone welcome you personally?
- What happened when you hung around after the service looking lost?
Tags: church reviews, Ship of Fools Mystery Worshipper
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Year-End Reflections from Grant Recipients
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
We have been blessed to receive and reflect on year-end reports from 2009 recipients of Worship Renewal Grants. The reports tell of both pain and growth in worshiping communities around the continent. Here are some excerpts from responses we received to our year-end questions.
Tags: communication, congregations, gleanings, growth, leadership, learning, reflection, renewal
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Is Suffering an Essential Part of Christian Discipleship?
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Suffering for Christ is the main Lausanne Conversation topic for August 2010. In “To Serve Is to Suffer,” Ajith Fernando explores the paradox that measuring ministry by efficiency, numerical results, and a sense of fulfillment can make a church “ineffective in evangelism.” Fernando has been national director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka since 1976. The [...]
Tags: HolySpirit, spiritualformation, suffering, theology, world
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Report #3 from St. Olaf conference
Friday, August 6th, 2010
When I think back on the week at St. Olaf’s Conference on Worship, Theology and the Arts, the thing that stands out the most is the worship. It was worship that was like none I have experienced elsewhere. Every detail is scrutinized. Every detail flows like it is effortless. There is no panic stricken student workers; there is plenty of thought. And so, coming away, I am left with an eye that looks at worship in a slightly different light.
Tags: awe, beauty, beauty of God, Lord's Supper, music, organ, participation, St Olaf conference 2010
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Report #2 from St. Olaf conference
Friday, August 6th, 2010
I see a white-robed procession gliding to the front of the chapel as evening sunlight streams through colored glass. The images in the glass tell the story of God’s people, beginning with creation and ending with the end of time. At the front of the chapel are bare, dry branches which through the course of a week are transformed into a stable and a star. I hear the organ trumpeting out a mighty fanfare that reverberates through the echoing chapel. The cantor’s voice pierces through silence, singing a phrase on a single pitch. Children’s voices float gently in the air, blended in perfect unison, and the hand bells dance as music flows smoothly from one musician to the next. I taste the sharp bite of communion wine and hear the voice proclaiming to me the good news—”The blood of Christ shed for you.”
Tags: branches, Children’s voices, fanfare, Lord's Supper, music, St Olaf conference 2010, wine
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Web Highlighter – August 6, 2010
Friday, August 6th, 2010
Whether we are old or young,
whether we are first-time or longtime worshipers,
whether we come full of doubts or confidence, joy or sorrow,
in this place we are all family,
because of what Jesus did for us on the cross.
Welcome to all of you today!
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