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Designing worship: worship as a conversation (Part 1A)
Discover the "why" behind worship design. This post explores how designing worship as a conversation that is meant to transform us can create powerful worship gatherings. Learn to move beyond routine by focusing on revelation and response, ensuring every service element fosters a transformative encounter with God.
Designing worship: worship as conversation (Part 1B)
Think of worship as a two-way conversation between you and God. This post provides a practical roadmap for designing services that move beyond routine, focusing on how God speaks to us and how we can naturally respond.
Designing worship: worship that transforms through story (Part 2A)
We are all shaped by the stories we tell ourselves. This post explores how worship can retell the one true story that gives us meaning and purpose, helping us become more like the person we were created to be.
Designing worship: 7 practices in worship that transform us (Part 2B)
Information alone doesn’t change us—our habits do. This post highlights seven simple worship practices that can be integrated into worship gatherings, like celebration and reflection, to help shift our focus and reshape our hearts to become more like Jesus in our daily lives.
Themes of transformative worship (Part 1)
Christian worship has some major themes: connecting with the Trinity, celebrating our rescue, honoring God’s promises, and keeping Jesus at the center. This post explores the first 4 of ten themes, and how these core ideas create a deeper, more meaningful connection with God.
Worship themes: Participatory (Part 2)
What does it look like to increase participation in worship? How do we help create space and equip people to both personally engage in worship as well as be fully immersed in the experience of a worshipping community?
Worship themes: Multisensory (Part 3)
Our bodies were made to experience this good world that God created and thank Him for it. Then use those same bodies to worship God. How might we better think through using all of our senses to experience God and respond to Him? What would it look like to design a multisensory worship service?
Worship themes:clarity and next steps(Part 4)
Is the Sunday worship experience supposed to be for believers or seekers? Are we seeking to make it about edification or evangelism? Additionally, are we ready to answer the question of "what's next?" Do we have a strategy in place for helping people respond to what God has said to them? Do we know how to help people grow into maturity and how does that fit into our time of worship?
How to design corporate worship (A template)
How do I intentionally design the entire worship service in a way that is biblical, transformational, participatory, and wholistic? There are so many things to think about when planning worship. Here is a template to help you begin designing powerful worship services today!