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“What do you think?”

1 Comment » Written on July 15th, 2011     
Filed under: Better Together, Gender, Leadership, Theology, Vocation and Call

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

Much of what we do as worship planners comes from asking, “What do you think?” of colleagues we trust.  Those …

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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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Covenant Songwriting Featured at Midwinter 2010

Post a Comment » Written on January 15th, 2010     
Filed under: Culture, Event Worship Resources, Events, Formation, Music, Resources for Worship, Songwriting, Theology

Thanks to the many excellent submission by Covenant songwriters, the Event Song Review Panel had a very hard time choosing one song to highlight at Midwinter 2010. In the end, two were choose. “Bring Life” by Andy Cater and Steve …

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December 15 is the Cutoff Date for Sharing Your Songs

Post a Comment » Written on December 7th, 2009     
Filed under: Core Values, Culture, Event Worship Resources, Liturgy, Music, Order of Worship, Resources for Worship, Songwriting, Theology

Thanks to everyone who has sent in songs for consideration for use at Midwinter.


Sharing our Songs

The cutoff date for song submissions is December 15. Review will begin shortly after. Selected writers will be contacted early in January to …

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Live Conference Call with Efrem Smith

Post a Comment » Written on October 19th, 2009     
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, …

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Sharing Our Songs!

3 comments Written on September 24th, 2009     
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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We Are What We Eat (But We Become What We Sing)

2 comments Written on June 3rd, 2009     
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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Silly Things We Sing to God in Worship Songs

4 comments Written on May 26th, 2009     
Filed under: Core Values, Dangerous Worship, Songwriting, Theology, Uncategorized, Writing and blogging

Do you ever wonder if God chuckles at some of the silly things we say to him in our worship songs? From his perspective, I wonder if he thinks we say some weird stuff.

For example: Things we don’t really …

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Song Review: Mighty to Save

Post a Comment » Written on March 13th, 2009     
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…

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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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