{"id":1871,"date":"2012-03-02T13:59:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T18:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2012-03-02T14:04:40","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T19:04:40","slug":"if-a-pictures-worth-a-thousand-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/2012\/03\/if-a-pictures-worth-a-thousand-words\/","title":{"rendered":"If a Picture&#8217;s Worth a Thousand Words&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Today\u2019s post is written by Matt Nightingale, Director of Worship Ministries at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rcctulsa.org\/\">Redeemer Covenant Church<\/a> in Tulsa, OK.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2012\/03\/LentatThornapple2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2012\/03\/LentatThornapple1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, as we continue to walk through this season of Lent, I&#8217;m thinking more <em>expansively <\/em>about the art of leading worship. Our worship planning is so often dominated by conversations about music and preaching, as if those were the only things that really matter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1875\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2012\/03\/LentatThornapple3-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2012\/03\/LentatThornapple3-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2012\/03\/LentatThornapple3.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1876\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2012\/03\/LentatThornapple4-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2012\/03\/LentatThornapple4-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2012\/03\/LentatThornapple4.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This week, in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/eccworship\/\">Better Together<\/a> forum, Matthew Anderson (Pastor of Worship Arts at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thornapple.org\/\">Thornapple Covenant Church<\/a> in Grand Rapids, MI) posted some photos of Thornapple&#8217;s worship space. I was really moved by these images, and I thought I&#8217;d post them for you. What do these images evoke for you? How does your church utilize the visual arts in worship? What are we missing?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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=1871&#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 Matt Nightingale, Director of Worship Ministries at\u00a0Redeemer Covenant Church in Tulsa, OK. Today, as we continue to walk through this season of Lent, I&#8217;m thinking more expansively about the art of leading worship. 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