{"id":1460,"date":"2011-06-17T08:38:45","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T14:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2011-10-19T14:13:22","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T19:13:22","slug":"hello-is-anyone-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/2011\/06\/hello-is-anyone-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello?  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We invite you to participate fully in the robust tradition of heartfelt worship that finds its expression throughout the Covenant, and to share your ideas, your concerns, and your questions here.\u00a0 We would love to include you in the conversation!<\/p>\n<p>Here are few topics we have pondered together this week:<\/p>\n<p>What resources do you use for: New music?\u00a0 Website development? \u00a0Out of print music?\u00a0 Worship team training materials?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>True Confessions: When have you \u201cbrute-forced\u201d a song into a worship set, just because you liked it? (And what is it, exactly, that you do or do not like about GoogleDocs and Dropbox sharing?)<\/p>\n<p>Help! What process do you use to recruit, train, and incorporate new worship team members? \u00a0And how do you tell someone s\/he just doesn\u2019t fit the team?<\/p>\n<p>What songs have recently received a good response from your congregation?<\/p>\n<p>How do you deal with burn out?\u00a0 Do worship leaders ever take a Sunday off?<\/p>\n<p>As we share our concerns, our questions, and our joys, we find that we truly are \u201cbetter together\u201d when we seek to worship God in spirit and in truth.\u00a0 We do want to protect the confidentiality of group members who need to raise sensitive issues, but we also want to include you in the conversation \u2013 so leave a reply below, and let us know what you think about worship in the Covenant.\u00a0 We\u2019ll respond, we promise.\u00a0 Who knows? \u00a0Maybe your comment will be just the spark someone needs to rekindle passion for worship that glorifies God, worship that brings the church into God\u2019s presence <em>this<\/em> Sunday.\u00a0 Hello?\u00a0 Is anyone there?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=1460&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s post is written by Jo Anne Taylor, Director of Music and Worship at Bethlehem Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN. The \u201cBetter Together\u201d worship community continues to wrestle with a number of discussion topics as Pentecost moves toward Trinity Sunday\/Father\u2019s Day.\u00a0 Even if you are not part of the discussion on Facebook, you can contribute [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14503,8,43,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-better-together","category-leadership","category-liturgy","category-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hello? 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