Better Together

Make a Joyful … What?

3 comments Written on November 18th, 2011     
Filed under: Better Together, Music, Style of Worship
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Today’s post is written by Jo Anne Taylor, Director of Music and Worship at Bethlehem Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN.

It doesn’t take much to get a bunch of musicians arguing about decibel levels. Just post a picture of some …

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Sing

3 comments Written on October 28th, 2011     
Filed under: Better Together, Music

Today’s post is written by Chris Logan, Pastor of Worship Arts at Community Covenant Church in Lenexa, KS.

Music is powerful.

Music has the ability to convey and evoke emotion, even without words. Music is the one thing that every …

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What’s in a Name?

1 Comment » Written on October 21st, 2011     
Filed under: Better Together, Style of Worship

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

I love teaching children that the word “Hallelujah” means “Praise the Lord!” When they learn that the last syllable represents …

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Mountain Tops and Muddy Boots

3 comments Written on October 16th, 2011     
Filed under: Better Together, Leadership, Local Church

Today’s post was written by Geoff Twigg, Adjunct Professor at North Park University in Chicago. Geoff is a pastor, singer/songwriter, worship leader and ministry consultant and serves the ECC as a member of the denomination’s Commission on Worship.

At the …

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Conversing on Culture in Worship

6 comments Written on September 17th, 2011     
Filed under: Better Together, Culture, Multicultural
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Today’s post is written by Jo Anne Taylor, Director of Music and Worship at Bethlehem Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN.

I have a friend whose e-mail signature includes Revelation 7:9-10:

“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that …

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A Possible Next Step?

5 comments Written on September 9th, 2011     
Filed under: Arts, Better Together, Formation, Leadership, NPTS, Resources for Worship

Today’s post was written by Geoff Twigg, a pastor, singer/songwriter, worship leader and ministry consultant in Bedford, New Hampshire. Geoff serves the ECC as a member of the denomination’s Commission on Worship.

This blog entry should have a preface: …

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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…

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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God and Country: Worship Planning for National Holidays

11 comments Written on July 1st, 2011     
Filed under: Better Together, Culture, Leadership

This week in the Better Together worship community, the conversation naturally turned to worship planning for the upcoming 4th of July weekend. I’m just going to summarize some of the discussion and then invite your participation in the discussion…

We …

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Vision Casting, Finances and Digital Resources

CCC CandlesThe Better Together worship community continued to discuss a myriad of topics this week.  Among them were celebratory comments regarding one of our members who was recently published in the Huffington Post (congrats brother!), pondering discussions relating to the covenant …

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