Sentences with phrase «congregational participation»

The emergence of figures like Sam Cooke, Elvis Presley, Richard Penniman («Little Richard»), and Jerry Lee Lewis, vexed those communities because they took the musical ecstasy and congregational participation of the worship service and translated it into a popular medium.

Increasing general congregational participation in the worship service strengthens its centering function without threatening the fringe - type person.

Music must be seen in its pastoral context as fundamentally an enabler of fuller congregational participation.

Not exact matches

Calvin tried to implement concrete practices to advance formation, such as weekly participation in the Lord's Supper, congregational psalm singing, and a daily prayer cycle patterned after the divine office.

Pastors who best fulfill congregational desires for a family chaplain will be least able to grow spiritually through participation in their own families.

When the people of God gather in a congregational setting, they are being formed into a people of God through participation in worship, study, fellowship, and mission.

This elevated view of congregational responsibility and participation in the preaching moment presupposes that the people in the pews can serve as active sources of theological insight.

Congregational story is a household confession that recognizes the continuing participation of the church in the passage of events.

Not only nonattenders but staunch church supporters see their private faiths as distinct from, and at least as important as, their participation in congregational life.

Further, the participation of the people can be enhanced through the use of lay readers and preachers, congregational prayer responses, Scripture responses, antiphonal readings, affirmations of faith, acclamations, the kiss of peace, and increased sensitivity to gestures and movement.

Local ecumenism serves as a model where congregations can become involved, feel the strength of genuine participation, see significant change in their own congregational life, and then also be better able to conceive of the significance of worldwide ecumenism.