Music

Leftovers

3 comments Written on November 16th, 2012     
Filed under: Culture, Leadership, Liturgy, Local Church, Music, Order of Worship

Today’s post is written by Jo Anne Taylor, Director of Music and Worship at Bethlehem Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN.

During our weekly staff meeting, the senior pastor always asks, “What’s left over from last Sunday?”

He asks this question …

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Dangerous

3 comments Written on September 28th, 2012     
Filed under: Core Values, Culture, Dangerous Worship, Missional, Music, Vocation and Call

Today’s post is written by Chris Logan, Pastor of Worship Arts at Community Covenant Church in Lenexa, KS.

Let me tell you a little bit about myself.

I am a third-culture child, born to the daughter of Swiss immigrants and …

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Innovation vs. Comfort

3 comments Written on March 30th, 2012     
Filed under: Intergenerational, Leadership, Music, Style of Worship

Today’s post comes to us from Kim Aliczi, a worship leader and member at Trinity Covenant Church in Manchester, CT.

Ten years ago, during the adoption of our youngest son, my husband and I ended up spending Easter in Russia …

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Contemporary Traditional

9 comments Written on February 18th, 2012     
Filed under: Better Together, Music, Style of Worship

Today’s post is written by Jo Anne Taylor, Director of Music and Worship at Bethlehem Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN.

My church took a leap of faith and launched a new worship opportunity this week. Worship is a big deal …

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Make a Joyful … What?

3 comments Written on November 18th, 2011     
Filed under: Better Together, Music, Style of Worship
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Today’s post is written by Jo Anne Taylor, Director of Music and Worship at Bethlehem Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN.

It doesn’t take much to get a bunch of musicians arguing about decibel levels. Just post a picture of some …

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Sing

3 comments Written on October 28th, 2011     
Filed under: Better Together, Music

Today’s post is written by Chris Logan, Pastor of Worship Arts at Community Covenant Church in Lenexa, KS.

Music is powerful.

Music has the ability to convey and evoke emotion, even without words. Music is the one thing that every …

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Franklin and Tomlin

2 comments Written on October 7th, 2011     
Filed under: Multicultural, Music

Today’s post is written by Matt Nightingale, Director of Worship Ministries at Redeemer Covenant Church in Tulsa, OK.

A few weeks ago, Jelani Greenidge and Jo Anne Taylor started and important conversation about culture in worship. You can read it

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Theology of Music

4 comments Written on August 19th, 2011     
Filed under: Music, Theology

Today’s post is written by Jo Anne Taylor, Director of Music and Worship at Bethlehem Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN.

What is your theology of music? How do you express your faith through music as you worship God with your …

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The Worship Choir

3 comments Written on August 5th, 2011     
Filed under: Architecture, Choral, Leadership, Local Church, Music, Style of Worship

Guest post by Jessica Perez, Worship Arts Director at Crossroads Church in Loveland, CO.

Crossroads Church is relatively young. We started in January of 1996, and I came on staff in July of 2001. We were in need of a …

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Sacrifice

This week on the ECC Worship forum we welcomed several new members, discussed practicalities such as presentation software (Pro Presenter was the overwhelming consensus), and even discussed (at some length) the complexities of music and its relationship to taste; much …

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