Style of Worship

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

5 comments Written on July 22nd, 2011     
Filed under: Culture, Formation, Intergenerational, Local Church, Multicultural, Music, Style of Worship, Uncategorized

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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sundry things…

1 Comment » Written on July 9th, 2011     
Filed under: Architecture, Arts, Better Together, Intergenerational, Leadership, Liturgy, Local Church, Multicultural, Music, Order of Worship, Resources for Worship, Style of Worship, Technical Arts, Theology, Visual Arts
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It’s been a busy week over on the Better Together Facebook page for lead worshippers and those who think about worship in the Covenant. Many things were discussed; I used the word ‘sundry’ above, but now realize that can mean …

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Strength in diversity

Post a Comment » Written on June 10th, 2011     
Filed under: Better Together, Leadership, Liturgy, Songwriting, Style of Worship, Writing and blogging
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In encouraging fellow worship leaders to sign up and start commenting on the Facebook discussion page, “Better Together”, I don’t think any of us anticipated the breadth or depth of topics that might be covered. Today there are 135 …

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Singing and Praying Justice

Post a Comment » 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

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 …

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Remembering Who Our Friends Are (Unsung Song Themes)

5 comments 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
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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Telling Each Other’s Story (But NO Anonymous Song Requests)

1 Comment » 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
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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Courtly Love in Worship

Post a Comment » Written on May 11th, 2009     
Filed under: Style of Worship

Scot McKnight posted a short piece about our emotions and affections in public worship. Possibly you are interested. How do you feel about this? I’ve taken inventory of my own feelings after reading the piece, and I think I’m …

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Discovering and Escaping Liturgy

2 comments Written on April 21st, 2009     
Filed under: Liturgy, Style of Worship

Ever wonder if it’s really true that the emerging generation likes traditional liturgy in church? Dan Kimball discusses the complications in interpreting the worship preferences of church goers. Check it out.

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The Bleak Midwinter

7 comments Written on December 8th, 2008     
Filed under: Music, Order of Worship, Style of Worship, Theology

I’ve heard these reasons for not singing traditional advent music:

  1. The songs are depressing
  2. Most people don’t know they are seasonal, and would not make that connection in worship
  3. The songs are unfamiliar
  4. The Christmas songs are so good, it’s

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