Category: worship

I have been thinking a good deal about worship recently. This past weekend, I assisted in leading worship for the second week in a row at Resurrection. In February, I wrote about the connection between worship attendance and discipleship and now turn to the experience of worship. Thanks to a post from beauty. (t)ruth. god. […]

The prayer which I used this past weekend in worship was written for the contemporary service in which the prayer was incorporated into a music set including: Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble? and All Creatures. I worked to incorporate some of the lyrics that were sung by the congregation into the prayer. My intention […]

I was a part of the leadership for worship at three of the services this weekend. Worship attendance was down from Easter (not a surprise), but not sure how it stacked up with pre-Easter. Next week is the start of  a new sermon series – Journey Through the New Testament. Here is my prayer from […]

It was a great first weekend of Easter at Resurrection. I had the opportunity to lead worship at the 5:00 PM Sunday service. Today was full and I am exhausted. The church is closed tomorrow, which is great – a day to rest, relax and recover. Pastoral Prayer O God, you are the Lord over […]

I had the opportunity to be a part of leading the 7:45 AM worship service this past weekend. This is the prayer which I used in the service: Pastoral Prayer Lord, we rejoice with the people about whom we read in your written Word – waving palm branches as you enter Jerusalem. We rejoice at […]

One of the Easter services will be designed for children and families and as a part of this service there will be a children’s message in which the children come down front. This has caused some logistical questions such as: What if children get lost going back to their parents? What will be on the […]

The web information about Easter Sunday at Resurrection has been released. There will be 12 worship services on Easter Sunday weekend here. Part of the planning process for both Easter and Christmas Eve is thinking about how to ensure that there is space for the visitors that are coming to the church for the first […]

I had the opportunity to deliver the message at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection at the Ash Wednesday service on February 21, 2007. There is a direct link to the video here. You can find the full text here – 2007 Ash Wednesday [Link to 2009 Ash Wednesday post and message] This was […]

The following video was brought to my attention by Lisa Diehl in the post, What’s the worst that could happen? It presents an example of hospitality done very poorly. This video is from the The Meeting House. This is obviously a horrible example of how to greet and welcome visitors. I have experienced many different […]

I believe that technology in worship is an addition to the worship experience that is not necessarily good or bad. The use of screens, images, projected lyrics, image magnification, sound amplification, etc. can all be detrimental to the worship experience if executed poorly, i.e. feedback, bad video shots, difference between projected and sung lyrics. It […]

I recently read Hey Brother, what’s your numbers? on New Church Marketing. This post got me thinking about the difference between growing worship numbers and effectively making disciples of Jesus Christ. I do not believe that growth in numbers does not equal growth in discipleship, but I also think that the people who gather for […]