Most music worthy of
use in worship will have a heritage and will endure from generation to generation.
Religious literature and it's uses
in worship as well as the Impact of religious literature on believers and non believers.
Yet the imagination is rarely explicit in the educational process and is usually relegated to a few elective courses emphasizing how to use
music in worship.
«It becomes this empty f *** ing exercise if you
live in worship of yourselves,» he explains.
They are so clearly songs of joy that it is difficult to read them in the measured way we usually
do in worship.
That's one of our reasons to lead a church that really creates space for worship leaders to be raised up; people to really
engage in worship; for creativity to flourish.
, loved to tap dance and did that for 9 years before transferring the beat from his feet to his hands and took up the drums, also playing
in our worship band.
It is possible to engage teens in a three - year preparation for church membership while they
participate in the worship and work of a congregation.
We still see churches being designed as if nothing had happened
in worship in the past 20 years — and in such churches, nothing is likely to happen in the next 20.
The top five conflict issues cited by pastors who left ministry were pastoral leadership style, church finances, changes
in worship style, staff relationships and building projects.
I would Oh So Much like to spend an afternoon
in worship at my favorite local spa.
Perhaps even more important than our modest growth in membership is our more rapid growth
in worship attendance.
We had been working on a non traditional service for two years, a service that incorporated a lot of
arts in worship.
Our age has become sensitive to the injustice of excluding women from decision - making
roles in worship life.
Sometimes, nothing beats crying out
in worship when you feel least like doing it.
If spending time nurturing makes men more biologically inclined to nurture, it seems to follow that spending
time in worship might also change us to be more inclined to worship.
Over and over people told me that testimony was opening up our church, creating excitement not
only in worship but in the coffee - hour discussions as well.
In turn, every experience of the divine
power in worship and empirical event sends us back to the weakness and defeat and suffering of a world still awaiting its participation in.
Liberal congregations have a new tradition — a shorter, less formal family service designed to include
children in worship.
I found a chair with my friend, and as the congregation was swept
away in worship, I stood there pondering the curious thing we call church.
So long as their health permits, there is no reason why such people should not be encouraged to participate
fully in the worship life and ministry of the congregation.
Schools should teach about religion where relevant in the school curriculum, but educators may not impose their religious beliefs on others or engage
students in worship or other religious practices.
The people became passive observers rather than
participants in worship, and movement and gesture became the sole property of the priests.
He suggested that I invite some of the children to participate, for the members of his congregation enjoyed seeing the children
active in worship.
Religious images have a more direct relationship to experience,
especially in worship, ethics, and the life of the religious community.
Were this tension confined to the matter of differences in traditions and
tastes in worship, it could be dismissed as a problem beyond the province of this book.
The mass is
given in worship of the REAL god — just cause you don't believe doesn't make it not true.
Whatever ground we
cover in worship and prayer, someone has been there before us.