Last night, I went to one of the Christmas Eve Eve services with the Vibe worship team in preparation for services today. The candlelighting sequence is beautiful every time. I love it. The depth of the darkness and the brightness of thousands of candles is a moving contrast. Today I will be helping lead the […]
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DVR Church (2 of 2)
Our senior pastor recently mentioned the possibility of using worship on DVD to facilitate formation of house churches for renewal in the mainline church. There are a couple distinctions that I see from a web stream. One distinction is that there is intentionally a physical community gathered to worship. I think that this is a […]
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DVR Church (1 of 2)
My wife, Nicole, and I immensely enjoy our DVR courtesy of our U-verse subscription. Some of my favorite shows are The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and The Office. It is great to be able to watch whenever we want. Is this the right thing for the church? At Resurrection we recently began live streaming […]
May we… Let us… I find these to be among the most annoying phrases that I hear in church. They are both asking permission, which is almost never appropriate when they are used. For example… Let us pray. O God may we live as your people. etc… Let us. Seriously? How about “I invite you […]
Tomorrow is the first Sunday in Advent and I invite you to join me in a conspiracy… An Advent Conspiracy… Thanks, Tim.
This morning we are finding out more about the expectations for what is to come next. Each person here will be gathering a group to write liturgies in each of the following areas: Holy Communion Baptism Death and Resurrection Christian Marriage Here is a presentation on Understanding the Open Source Cores for the Open Source […]
We have started Day 2 of the Open Source Liturgy Project and I am looking forward to learning more about the technical platform and what is going to be next after being here. You can check out a little bit of the technical platform at http://wikigbod.org/wiki/tiki-index.php We are spending some time this morning discussing the […]
I am at the first session of the Open Source Liturgy Project hosted by the General Board of Discipleship of the United Methodist Church in lovely Nashville. I flew in on Southwest Airlines this afternoon and had a great experience getting out of the airport and to the shuttle on to Scarritt Bennett where I […]
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Resurrection Live at 10:45 AM and 5:00 PM
I normally do not post on Sunday, but I am excited to share the launch of a live webstream of worship at Resurrection. Check out this excerpt from Adam’s e-note this week and join us at http://live.cor.org today 4. Sick or Traveling? Join us for Worship LIVE on the Web Sundays at 10:45 and 5:00 This […]
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Vibe – Two Weeks In
This past Sunday was the second week for the Vibe worship service at Resurrection. I have been a part of the planning team and will be in worship leadership there each week. The service is in the Student Center with the sermon on video, edgier music and the opportunity for more movement and experiential response […]
This post was almost “I want to be a great preacher.” But as I think about it, I want to be great at leading people in worship throughout the entire experience and not just at the preaching event. I believe that excellent worship is more than just excellent preaching. I think that designing worship to […]
I have found that when caring for a family at the time of death and in preparation for a final service it can be quite helpful to provide clear guidance throughout the process. The service of death and resurrection as outlined in the United Methodist Book of Worship is an excellent guide for the service. […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 