Archive for the ‘Worshipers’ Category
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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Resolve Not To Try Please Everyone This Year
Monday, January 4th, 2010
From Christianity Today’s Church Laughs newsletter: click to view
Tags: congregations, newyear
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Wall Street Journal article on Children in Worship
Friday, December 4th, 2009
Our director John Witvliet is quoted in this article today in the Wall Street Journal on children in worship: One Sunday in February 2008, I faced a dilemma. After being cooped up all week with a sick 9-month-old baby, I was desperate to get out of my apartment. I wanted to go to church. But [...]
Tags: children, witvliet
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CLC Network – One Body Together in Christ Conference
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit: Participants from congregations of many denominations and locations came together with CLC Network to discuss ideas for inclusion of all worshipers. Focusing on persons with disabilities, ideas were shared to engage individuals and their families in worship, education and service. Following the conference, leaders of several organizations that serve people with [...]
Tags: clcnetwork, disabilities
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More on how Mother's Day can go wrong in churches
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
A belated link to this additional reflection about Mother’s Day in churches (more here): This Sunday will be Mother’s Day, a holiday invented for a political purpose but hijacked by florists and greeting card companies. Whether or not it should matter to us, Mother’s Day can make us feel euphoric or lonely, delighted or disappointed. [...]
Tags: congregations, holidays, hospitality, mothersday, pain
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Maundy Thursday reflection from 'When God Speaks Through Worship'
Monday, April 6th, 2009
An excerpt of Craig Satterlee’s new book When God Speaks Through Worship, one of our recent publications, is featured in this week’s Alban Weekly: [One] year, as we prepared for Easter, people wondered if the Maundy Thursday service could be a bit more worshipful, without losing the agape feast, and asked if I had any [...]
Tags: holyweek, maundythursday, publications, Satterlee
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"Access to Liturgical Spaces: Welcoming ALL to this Place" Webinar Reflections
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
From Kristen Verhulst: On March 10, EnVisionChurch, in partnership with the National Catholic Partnership on Disability, conducted a webinar called “Access to Liturgical Spaces: Welcoming ALL to this Place.” Rev. Mark Stephenson, Director of Disability Concerns for the Christian Reformed Church attended this webinar at the Grand Rapids Diocese office. The webinar opened with a [...]
Tags: accessibility, disabilities, webinar
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Report from Grant Recipient: First African Methodist Episcopal Church: BETHEL in New York City
Friday, February 27th, 2009
From Betty Grit: A 2008 Worship Renewal Grant was awarded to First African Methodist Episcopal Church: BETHEL, in New York City, to help worshipers learn, reflect and worship together. The pastor, Rev. Henry A. Belin, III stated “We are excited about what this grant will allow us to do. We are calling this season of [...]
Tags: Betty Grit, communities, congregations, HolySpirit, lent, Pentecost
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Psalms series at Union University
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
We were grateful for the opportunity to have our director, John Witvliet, travel to Union University last week to give a chapel presentation on the Psalms. Listen to it at Union’s website. This presentation was part of a series this spring at Union on the Psalms and worship. Union received a Worship Renewal Grant to [...]
Tags: Betty Grit, crisis, music, psalms, suffering, tragedy, witvliet
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