Hey everyone, thanks for passing the word around about our search for songs. Songs are starting to come in, with astounding quality. Our review team is going to have some tough choices to make. God is raising up some terrific …
Resources for Worship
Wow! What great writers!
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Written on November 13th, 2009
Filed under: Event Worship Resources, Leadership, Local Church, Music, Resources for Worship, Uncategorized
Filed under: Event Worship Resources, Leadership, Local Church, Music, Resources for Worship, Uncategorized
Live Conference Call with Efrem Smith
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Written on October 19th, 2009
Filed under: Arts, Multicultural, Resources for Worship, Theology
Filed under: Arts, Multicultural, Resources for Worship, Theology
On Friday, October 30th 12 pm CST, Nancy Beach and Eric Bramlett will interview Efrem Smith about reclaiming the arts for God and how we create art from the viewpoint of God’s beloved.
Senior Pastor of The Sanctuary Covenant Church, …
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 …
Finding our Voice in Worship
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Written on June 30th, 2009
Filed under: Formation, Liturgy, Local Church, Music, Resources for Worship, Songwriting
Filed under: Formation, Liturgy, Local Church, Music, Resources for Worship, Songwriting
Thanks for the replies regarding songs that reflect our Covenant identity and values. It seems this theme is striking a “chord” in the Covenant community. It is my hope that forums like this will be one small part of helping …
Telling Each Other’s Story (But NO Anonymous Song Requests)
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Written on June 9th, 2009
Filed under: Intergenerational, Leadership, Liturgy, Music, Order of Worship, Resources for Worship, Songwriting, Style of Worship, Uncategorized, Writing and blogging
Filed under: Intergenerational, Leadership, Liturgy, Music, Order of Worship, Resources for Worship, Songwriting, Style of Worship, Uncategorized, Writing and blogging
Allow me to share an idea that’s been helpful in our church. It has done much to lessen the “worship wars” that sometimes happen because of stylistic preferences. See what you think.
We ask people to recommend songs that “God
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Song Review: Mighty to Save
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Written on March 13th, 2009
Filed under: Music, Resources for Worship, Songwriting, Theology
Filed under: Music, Resources for Worship, Songwriting, Theology
I mentioned earlier this week how the phrase “mighty to save” caught my eye in the Prayer for the Week. Maybe you want to weigh in on the merits (or demerits) of said-song.
First the info: Mighty to Save…
Mighty to Save: a song and a prayer
Yesterday, I encountered this Prayer for the Week:
Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan:
Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptation; and, as you know the weaknesses
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Midwinter 2009 Worship 3
We had fun planning and leading the Midwinter and Connection worship. Here, on the blog, we’ll post the orders of worship and links to resources and photos. Special thanks to Mike Nyman who took pictures all week, and generously gave …
Midwinter 2009 Worship 2
We had fun planning and leading the Midwinter and Connection worship. Here, on the blog, we’ll post the orders of worship and links to resources and photos. Special thanks to Mike Nyman who took pictures all week, and generously gave …
