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Worship, Music & Beyond: April 2013
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Worship, Music and Beyond. Saturday, 6 April 2013. Shifting Paradigms for Church Musicians. What is the purpose of a choir during a worship service? Are church musicians even necessary for worship? Do they function primarily as leaders or as performers- or both? Music has always been an integral part of worship. There are over 200 references to singing in the Bible. It was common practice in the. To include singing- and playing instruments, dancing- whenever worshipers would gather. But God doesn't reall...
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Worship, Music & Beyond: Take A Slice
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Worship, Music and Beyond. Monday, 4 February 2013. Why do we worship? Whom do we worship? Worship is the primary action in our relationship with God, who initiates even our desire to worship. Through worship, God reveals Godself to us in a multitude of ways. We then respond to that revelation with offerings of gratitude and praise, service and testimony. Authentic worship will be "awe-full" as we enter the sanctuary, anticipating that God will speak to us personally as we seek God's face together. There...
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Worship, Music & Beyond: August 2013
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Worship, Music and Beyond. Friday, 9 August 2013. During seminary around 1990, I served a. Church as Associate Minister of Music. In addition, I had some Children's Ministry responsibilities that included assisting our on-the-ball Children's Sunday School Department director with her annual 2-day educational/fun trip for older children. One summer her itinerary included a tour of. Our group of 30 or so gathered with about 70 other tourists for the historic tour of this national landmark. Boulder prominen...
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Worship, Music & Beyond: It Happened During the Service (You can't just make up stuff like this!)
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Worship, Music and Beyond. Saturday, 16 May 2015. It Happened During the Service (You can't just make up stuff like this! Those of us who have been "churched" all our lives have undoubtedly witnessed a lot of unintended disruptions to church services. Here are a few from my experience. Enjoy. Whew All was well….or so I thought. A minute or so later, there was a loud squeak of surprise from one of our youth sitting in the third pew of the congregation. As she put her offering in the collection plate, ...
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Worship, Music & Beyond: Worship: Taking God's Name in Vain?
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Worship, Music and Beyond. Tuesday, 4 March 2014. Worship: Taking God's Name in Vain? Most parents go through several phases of correcting inappropriate language their children have picked up somewhere- never from home, of course. A former pastor of mine, trying to reframe his four-year old daughter's undesirable vocabulary, admonished her that whenever she used the word "God," she'd better be ready to pray…or else. One day she was riding with him in the car, and he again heard her exclaim, "O, God!
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Worship, Music & Beyond: September 2012
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Worship, Music and Beyond. Monday, 3 September 2012. Soul music. Then sings my soul. Soul searching. I've anchored my soul in the haven of rest. Put some soul into your singing. Deep in my soul. Soul Train. [Wow, I've dated myself with that one! We hear the word soul a lot in our society, but its usage has shifted somewhat. Nowadays, when someone says, "He's such a lost soul," we assume the comment refers to someone who acts confused and lonely, having no sense of purpose in life. Living consciously is t...
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Worship, Music & Beyond: November 2012
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Worship, Music and Beyond. Sunday, 4 November 2012. Seminary J-Terms (3-week courses in January, June or July) are always intense, but the one I took in July 1987 was especially memorable. Besides 3 hours of class daily, professor. Required us to visit 4 churches, read 4 books, make a class presentation, write 8 papers and complete a take-home final. Whew. Unexpectedly, during the 3. Week- when all assignments were due- the electricity went off for 4 days in. Both were shabbily dressed with sweaty, unkem...
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Worship, Music & Beyond: Baptismal Mishaps
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Worship, Music and Beyond. Tuesday, 6 May 2014. Some faith traditions embrace infant baptism. These are memorable occasions for everyone except the child, who is too young to remember anything, and only later knows of the event's significance through photos, stories and certificates. For Baptists, however, baptisms are always memorable for each candidate as well as family and congregation. Baptists only immerse those who are old enough to have confessed Christ publicly. First, everyone sang gospel hymns ...
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Worship, Music & Beyond: March 2014
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Worship, Music and Beyond. Tuesday, 4 March 2014. Worship: Taking God's Name in Vain? Most parents go through several phases of correcting inappropriate language their children have picked up somewhere- never from home, of course. A former pastor of mine, trying to reframe his four-year old daughter's undesirable vocabulary, admonished her that whenever she used the word "God," she'd better be ready to pray…or else. One day she was riding with him in the car, and he again heard her exclaim, "O, God!
