Worship Formation
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Worship Formation
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Author : Steven D. Brooks
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2020-02-17
Worship Formation written by Steven D. Brooks and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-17 with Religion categories.
Worship Formation provides a thoughtful perspective on Christian worship and addresses how each element within a worship service spiritually forms the worshiper. Brooks challenges the reader toward an understanding that worshiping through music, prayer, Scripture reading, Communion, sermon, stillness, giving, and baptism engages the worshiper in spiritual formation. Worship Formation encourages the worshiper to not just go through the motions when they gather for worship, but to realize that they are being formed through each element of worship, and challenges those in leadership to be thoughtful in their approach to planning and leading worship services.
Prayer And Worship
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Author : Renovare
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-06-02
Prayer And Worship written by Renovare and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-02 with Religion categories.
Prayer and worship compose the heart of the devotional life and are essential practices for a close relationship with God. But too often our prayer is nothing more than a checklist of requests, and our worship happens only in church. What does it mean to communicate with God? How do we enter his presence in the midst of our daily lives? Utilizing the beloved book of the Psalms, this guide reveals many different ways to come before God in prayer and worship, including wrestling with God, pleading with God, lamenting to God, and longing for God. Conveniently organized for individual or group study, Prayer and Worship offers insights and avenues to help us bring every part of our lives before God and truly enter his presence.
Preaching As Worship
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Author : Michael J. Quicke
language : en
Publisher: Baker Books
Release Date : 2011-09-01
Preaching As Worship written by Michael J. Quicke and has been published by Baker Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with Religion categories.
Much current literature on church worship rarely mentions preaching, and vice versa. Worship is often seen as restricted to music and liturgy while preaching is assumed to operate on different principles for different purposes. But veteran preacher Michael Quicke argues that preaching should be viewed as worship, as both worship and preaching belong within the same Trinitarian dynamic, serving the same purpose and marked by similar characteristics. Drawing on insights from wide-ranging literature and practitioners on both sides of the gap, this insightful book confronts and corrects ten characteristics of preaching that are disconnected from worship.
Intergenerational Christian Formation
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Author : Holly Catterton Allen
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2023-06-13
Intergenerational Christian Formation written by Holly Catterton Allen and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-13 with Religion categories.
"One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts." —Psalm 145:4 Most churches and faith communities segment their ministries by age and generation. In some congregations, people may never interact with those of other ages. But it was not always so. Throughout biblical tradition and the majority of history, communities of faith included people of all ages together in corporate worship, education, and ministry. The church was not just multigenerational; it was intergenerational, with the whole church together as one family and people of all ages learning from one another in common life. The process of becoming Christlike does not happen alone, and intergenerational faith communities are designed for Christian formation. All generations are gifted parts of the body, and churches need all the parts. In this comprehensive text, Holly Allen, Christine Lawton, and Cory Seibel offer a complete framework for intentional intergenerational Christian formation. They provide the theoretical foundations for intergenerationality, showing how learning and spiritual formation are better accomplished through intergenerational contexts. Then the authors give concrete guidance for intergenerational praxis on how worship, learning, community, and service can all be achieved intergenerationally. Case studies of intergenerational congregations provide models for how a culture of intergenerationality can be created in local churches. This second edition has been revised and updated throughout with new empirical research, intergenerational spiritual practices, and Gen Z realities, with fresh stories of intergenerational formation both in the US and around the world. Discover the riches of intergenerational ministry, and let all generations commend the works of God to one another.
Worship Quest
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Author : Steven D. Brooks
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2015-03-10
Worship Quest written by Steven D. Brooks and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-10 with Religion categories.
Worship Quest serves as a guide to understanding foundational questions about worship and leading in worship. Worship Quest offers a practical perspective on four roles of worship leadership and how they are to be fulfilled within various worship gatherings. For those called to lead in worship as well as those tasked in hiring worship leaders, it is important to understand the roles of worship leadership. Worship Quest helps readers come to understand the different worship gatherings and the various roles of worship leadership, and thus successfully fulfill God's call of leading in worship.
Shaped By Worship
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Author : Juan M. C. Oliver
language : en
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2022-09-20
Shaped By Worship written by Juan M. C. Oliver and has been published by Church Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-20 with Religion categories.
The newest book in the Little Books on Liturgy series, focused on the intersection of liturgy and formation. Juan Oliver, Custodian of the Book of Common Prayer, outlines why rituals and liturgy have great meaning in forming individuals and communities. His work is focused on topics such as the sacraments, worship, mystery and the sacred. Ideal for group or individual study in churches, seminaries, and schools of ministry. Praise for Juan Oliver's previous work: "Juan Oliver offers us the gift of 'disclosure of meaning' in this most helpful volume." —Louis Weil, James F. Hodges Professor of Liturgics Emeritus at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific " . . . invaluable to parish clergy . . . " —J. Neil Alexander, Dean, Sewanee School of Theology
Transforming Worship
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Author : Rory Noland
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2021-07-20
Transforming Worship written by Rory Noland and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-20 with Religion categories.
Spiritual formation is the key to the survival of our faith. There is an urgent need today for church services that are substantive and purposeful. Stigmatized by scandal, the church in North America and throughout Europe has been branded as useless and irrelevant. To stem the tide of nominal Christianity, we need to get serious about making disciples who can make other disciples. Rory Noland is a worship leader who has led in contexts ranging from megachurches to small retreat settings such as the Transforming Center with Ruth Haley Barton. Combining discipleship and worship—what Noland calls transforming worship—he offers a vision for worship as spiritual formation. We need to reclaim our worship services as a formative space, and through that we will become the light of Christ in a dark world.
Desiring The Kingdom Cultural Liturgies
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Author : James K. A. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Baker Academic
Release Date : 2009-08-01
Desiring The Kingdom Cultural Liturgies written by James K. A. Smith and has been published by Baker Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-01 with Religion categories.
Malls, stadiums, and universities are actually liturgical structures that influence and shape our thoughts and affections. Humans--as Augustine noted--are "desiring agents," full of longings and passions; in brief, we are what we love. James K. A. Smith focuses on the themes of liturgy and desire in Desiring the Kingdom, the first book in what will be a three-volume set on the theology of culture. He redirects our yearnings to focus on the greatest good: God. Ultimately, Smith seeks to re-vision education through the process and practice of worship. Students of philosophy, theology, worldview, and culture will welcome Desiring the Kingdom, as will those involved in ministry and other interested readers.
Becoming What We Sing
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Author : David Lemley
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2021-01-07
Becoming What We Sing written by David Lemley and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-07 with Religion categories.
Contemporary worship music is ubiquitous in many Protestant Christian communities today. Rather than debating or decrying this post–worship-wars reality, David Lemley accepts it as a premise and examines what it means for us to be singing along with songs that aren’t so different from the pop genre. How do we cope with the consumerism embedded in the mentality that catchy is good? How do we stay committed to subverting cultural norms, as Christians are called to do, when our music is modeled after those cultural norms? How do we ensure that the way we participate in the liturgy of contemporary worship music rehearses a cruciform identity? Becoming What We Sing draws on cultural criticism, ethnomusicology, and liturgical and sacramental theology to process the deluge of the contemporary in today’s worship music. Lemley probes the thought of historical figures, such as Augustine, Hildegard of Bingen, Martin Luther, and the Wesleys, while also staying situated in the current moment by engaging with cultural philosophers such as James K. A. Smith and popular artists such as U2. The result is a thorough assessment of contemporary worship music’s cultural economy that will guide readers toward greater consciousness of who we are becoming as we sing “our way into selves, societies, and cosmic perspectives.”
Worship Shaped Life
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Author : Paul Gibson
language : en
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2010-09-01
Worship Shaped Life written by Paul Gibson and has been published by Church Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-01 with Religion categories.
Worship is not something that the church does, it is an encounter through which Christians are equipped to bring transformation to the world. This second volume in an important new series on worldwide Anglicanism draws on global contributions and examples to address the subject of liturgical formation: how liturgy forms Christians for participation in God’s work in the world, as well as the formation of Christians for worship and of those who lead worship. Voices from the UK, Africa, the US, Canada, and the Philippines consider key aspects of liturgical formation in this essential new volume: • connecting the liturgy with local contexts • learning about God and ourselves through worship • applying the liturgy to doing justice • developing the role of music in liturgical formation • training those who lead liturgical celebration...and more