{"id":1416,"date":"2011-05-16T13:32:18","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T19:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2011-06-10T08:33:56","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T14:33:56","slug":"better-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/2011\/05\/better-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2011\/05\/facebook-group-button.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[1416]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2011\/05\/facebook-group-button.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"60\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our vibrant denomination includes churches of nearly all ages, sizes, styles, ethnicities, and approaches to planning and leading worship.\u00a0An interactive workshop at Midwinter 2011, titled\u00a0<em>Better Together: Worship Planning in Our Diverse Denomination<\/em>, focused on several \u201ccase study\u201d churches while inviting participants to share experiences from their own unique perspectives in an attempt to foster learning, connection, communication, and resourcing within our Covenant worship community. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/worship\/videos\/\">Check out the videos here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Our online community,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php?#%21\/home.php?sk=group_185609151457779\">Better Together: ECC Worship Community<\/a>,\u00a0on Facebook is a continuation of the conversation that started in that workshop. We hope you&#8217;ll join us! 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