The Worship Workshop

by McFee, Marcia

• ISBN13: 9780687046348
• ISBN10: 0687046343
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Abingdon Pr

Summary

The Worship Workshop , rather than providing simply another manual for doing worship, offers instead an interactive workshop that helps worship teams develop more meaningful and memorable worship for the congregation. By combining liturgical history and the creative process, The Worship Workshop encourages worship teams and staff to break out of the traditional worship box in order to create diverse ways to present the Good News in worship.Through a variety of activities, ideas, and informational handouts, The Worship Workshop helps worship committees, planners, and designers evaluate the state of their current worship, get more people involved in the planning and designing process, explore the diverse designs of congregational worship, learn the history of worship, and utilize the arts and artists in worship.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(1)
Before You Do Anything Else	7	(1)
How to Use This Resource	8	(3)
Group Openers	11	(4)
Hot Topics	15	(6)
Change? First, Let's Evaluate!	21	(12)
Worship Has Been for Me	24	(2)
M2: Equations for Good Worship	26	(2)
Diagnosis: Worship	28	(3)
The Politics of Change	31	(1)
Suggestions for Starting a New Service	32	(1)
Diverse Designs for Congregational Worship	33	(13)
The I's Have It	35	(5)
The Three V's	40	(6)
How Can History Help Us Change?	46	(14)
Worship History: A Tradition of Change	46	(14)
Get More People Involved Using Seasonal Teams	60	(19)
A Seasonal Team Model	60	(4)
Everyone Is Creative	64	(5)
Identifying a Theme	69	(2)
Identifying Interest Groups	71	(2)
Putting It on Paper	73	(4)
Worship Leadership Skills	77	(2)
Utilizing Arts and Artists in the Church	79	(29)
Fun Facts	79	(2)
Writing Liturgy	81	(8)
Dramatizing	89	(4)
Visuals	93	(5)
Movement	98	(4)
Music	102	(4)
Ideas for Inviting Artists to Your Church	106	(2)
Resources, Resources, Resources	108