Uncommon Worship Experiences

Uncommon Worship Experiences
Author: Jim Burns
Publisher: Gospel Light Publications
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2010-08-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830754849

When worship is done right, it connects teens with God and each other like nothing else. But it can be difficult for teens to overcome their insecurities and inhibitions to enter God's presence. Now, with Uncommon Worship Experiences, you can invite students to trade their self-doubt for confidence in God's love and acceptance! This comprehensive resource will help you create a culture of worship in your group by fostering an atmosphere of freedom and leading by example. Inside you will find articles and Bible studies that explore every facet of worship - what it is, what it is not, why we do it, how to do it right, and much more. Also included are reproducible planning and evaluation sheets, creative group prayers, biblical meditations and activities, sample worship service plans, a sample camp worship booklet and tons of helpful suggestions for creating a worshipful environment at your next group meeting, Sunday School class, retreat, camp, lock-in or outreach program. With Uncommon Worship Experiences, you will have all the tools you need to enter God's presence and bring your group along! Includes CD-ROM with easy-to-print files of every article and additional responsive readings.

Creating Uncommon Worship

Creating Uncommon Worship
Author: Richard Giles
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2005
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780814615188

Offering helpful suggestions on how to avoid the common problem of restricting liturgy to words being spoken in the front of the church, "Creating Uncommon Worship" is filled with ideas on how to enrich the liturgy by creating a context of action, movement, and symbolic expression involving the whole assembly.

Transforming Worship

Transforming Worship
Author: Rory Noland
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2021-07-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830841733

Spiritual formation is the key to the survival of our faith. According to worship leader Rory Noland, in order to stem the tide of nominal Christianity we need to reclaim our worship services as formative spaces that are substantive and purposeful. Combining discipleship and worship—what Noland calls transforming worship—he offers a vision for worship as spiritual formation.

The Unstuck Church

The Unstuck Church
Author: Tony Morgan
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2017-05-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0718094476

Acclaimed church leader, blogger, founder and chief strategic officer of The Unstuck Group, Tony Morgan unpacks the lifecycle of a typical church, identifies characteristics of each phase, and provides practical next steps a church can take to move towards sustained health. Think about your church for a moment. Is it growing? Is it diminishing? Is it somewhere in between? Acclaimed church leader, blogger, and founder and chief strategic officer of The Unstuck Group, Tony Morgan has identified the seven stages of a church's lifecycle that range from the hopeful and optimistic days of launch, to the stagnating last stages of life support. Regardless of the stage in which you find your church, it carries with it the world's greatest mission—to "go and make disciples of all the nations . . ." With eternity at stake the Church should be doing most everything within its power to see lives changed forever. The Church should strive for the pinnacle of the lifecycle, where they are continually making new disciples and experiencing what Morgan refers to as "sustained health." In The Unstuck Church, Morgan unpacks each phase of the church lifecycle, and offers specific and strategic next steps the church leader can take to find it's way to sustained health . . . and finally become unstuck. The Unstuck Church is a call for honest an assessment of where your church sits on the lifecycle, and a challenge to move beyond it.

The Welcoming Congregation

The Welcoming Congregation
Author: Henry G. Brinton
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0664237002

This practical book by pastor and writer Henry G. Brinton studies the biblical basis for Christian hospitality and how it is practiced in congregations today.

Worship That Changes Lives

Worship That Changes Lives
Author: Alexis D. Abernethy
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2008-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 080103194X

Compiles cultural, theological, and psychological perspectives on spiritual experience in worship from scholars and laity, paying particular attention to the role of the arts in facilitating spiritual transformation.

Sacred Pathways

Sacred Pathways
Author: Gary Thomas
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2020-09-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310361184

Sacred Pathways reveals nine distinct spiritual temperaments--and their strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies--to help you improve your spiritual life and deepen your personal walk with God. It's time to strip away the frustration of a one-size-fits-all spirituality and discover a path of worship that frees you to be you. Experienced spiritual directors, pastors, and church leaders recognize that all of us engage with God differently, and it's about time we do too. In this updated and expanded edition of Sacred Pathways, Gary Thomas details nine spiritual temperaments and--like the Enneagram and other tools do with personality--encourages you to investigate the ways you most naturally express yourself in your relationship with God. He encourages you to dig into the traits, strengths, and pitfalls in your devotional approach so you can eliminate the barriers that keep you locked into rigid methods of worship and praise. Plus, as you begin to identify and understand your own temperament, you'll soon learn about the temperaments that aren't necessarily "you" but that may help you understand the spiritual tendencies of friends, family, and others around you. Whatever temperament or blend of temperaments best describes you, rest assured it's not by accident. It's by the design of a Creator who knew what he was doing when he made you according to his own unique intentions. If your spiritual walk is not what you'd like it to be, you can change that, starting here. Sacred Pathways will show you the route you were made to travel, marked by growth and filled with the riches of a close walk with God. A Sacred Pathways video Bible study is also available for group or individual use, sold separately.

Young Children and Worship

Young Children and Worship
Author: Sonja M. Stewart
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664250409

The authors have devised an exciting way to introduce three- to - seven year olds to the wonder of worship. Activities are developed around the order of worship commonly used in Reformed churches: assemble in God's name; proclaim, give thanks to and go in God's name.

If the Church Were Christian

If the Church Were Christian
Author: Philip Gulley
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2010-02-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0061968226

“[Philip Gulley’s] vision of Christianity is grounded, gripping, and filled with uncommon sense. He is building bridges instead of boundaries, and such wisdom is surely needed now.” —Richard Rohr, O.F.M, author of Everything Belongs Quaker minister Philip Gulley, author of If Grace Is True and If God Is Love, returns with If the Church Were Christian: a challenging and thought-provoking examination of the author’s vision for today’s church… if Christians truly followed the core values of Jesus Christ. Fans of Shane Claiborne, Rob Bell, and unChristian will find much to discuss in If the Church Were Christian, as will anyone interested in the future of this institution.