Thanks to everyone who has sent in songs for consideration for use at Midwinter.
The cutoff date for song submissions is December 15. Review will begin shortly after. Selected writers will be contacted early in January to …
Culture
December 15 is the Cutoff Date for Sharing Your Songs
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Written on December 7th, 2009
Filed under: Core Values, Culture, Event Worship Resources, Liturgy, Music, Order of Worship, Resources for Worship, Songwriting, Theology
Filed under: Core Values, Culture, Event Worship Resources, Liturgy, Music, Order of Worship, Resources for Worship, Songwriting, Theology
Sharing Our Songs!
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Written on September 24th, 2009
Filed under: Culture, Event Worship Resources, Liturgy, Local Church, Missional, Music, Resources for Worship, Songwriting, Theology
Filed under: Culture, Event Worship Resources, Liturgy, Local Church, Missional, Music, Resources for Worship, Songwriting, Theology
We’re working to develop and promote indigenous Covenant music – songs written in the Covenant church, that are an overflow of the missional life that we share. Through the Department of Christian Formation we are excited to start a pilot
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Singing and Praying Justice
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Written on August 27th, 2009
Filed under: Core Values, Culture, Dangerous Worship, Ethics, Formation, Leadership, Liturgy, Local Church, Missional, Music, Resources for Worship, Songwriting, Style of Worship, Uncategorized
Filed under: Core Values, Culture, Dangerous Worship, Ethics, Formation, Leadership, Liturgy, Local Church, Missional, Music, Resources for Worship, Songwriting, Style of Worship, Uncategorized
A powerful reminder that the words we sing matter. As worship leaders we can either promote justice and a multidimensional view of God or myopic materialism – or often something somewhere in between. So much of it is in the …
Remembering Who Our Friends Are (Unsung Song Themes)
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Written on June 16th, 2009
Filed under: Bible, Church History, Core Values, Culture, Formation, Liturgy, Local Church, Missional, Music, Songwriting, Style of Worship, Uncategorized, Writing and blogging
Filed under: Bible, Church History, Core Values, Culture, Formation, Liturgy, Local Church, Missional, Music, Songwriting, Style of Worship, Uncategorized, Writing and blogging
Here’s a harder one. But it’s a question that’s been haunting me:
What are some of the important, but relatively distinctive, theological ideas that form the core of who we are as a Covenant church? And how, if at all,
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We Are What We Eat (But We Become What We Sing)
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Written on June 3rd, 2009
Filed under: Articles, Books, Culture, Dangerous Worship, Intergenerational, Local Church, Music, Prayer, Songwriting, Theology, Writing and blogging
Filed under: Articles, Books, Culture, Dangerous Worship, Intergenerational, Local Church, Music, Prayer, Songwriting, Theology, Writing and blogging
Last Sunday one of the members of our worship team, a 15 year old girl, lead the worship band and the congregation in singing the song “Whatever You’re Doing” written by the band Sanctus Real. Lead by her,
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On the Church Year
Jay Phelan, president of North Park Theological Seminary, sends out an electronic newsletter. In his last letter, he reflected on the Church Year, secular holidays and how these days drive our decisions in worship. You might enjoy his reflection, …
The Great Emergence
Eugene Cho interviewed Phyllis Tickle at Midwinter Conference. What do you think? Are we in the ‘Great Emergence?’ Are you glad? Or sad? Why so?
You can order Phyllis’ entire Midwinter talk.
interview with Phyllis Tickle from Eugene Cho…
Artists Struggle with Evangelicalism
Why do you think artists may struggle more with the evangelical faith than even scientists?
Scott McKnight is discussing this question on Jesus Creed, today.
The Fray
The Fray is a grammy nominated, four piece, American rock band from Denver– with Covenant connections.
Many of us have cheered them on, taken pride in the association and, of course, loved their sound and lyrics. They are soon …
Wednesday Morning in Chicago
Please don’t miss this Reflection: A Vision of a New Day written by Catherine Gilliard and posted in the Covenant News Report.
