Growing up, our services always began with a call to worship – whether it was called an invocation or something else, it was the same every week, and kind of bookended our worship service. Today, we have the opportunity to be creative and bring variety to our opening invitation – our call to worship – …
Great team dynamics is one of those areas that everyone desires, but few intentionally venture into. I’ve discovered that most people just hope that their team dynamics will work itself out. That rarely happens because everyone sees the dynamics through their own perspective. That’s fine in one sense, because that’s all anyone has – their …
One of the main struggles with every person tasked with creating a service that engages people with God… is choosing the right songs that will underscore your theme for the service, or at least prepare people for it, and give them an opportunity to respond in a way that sparks transformation and a fresh walk …
Announcements. Why do we do them? I guess, primarily, it’s to let people know what’s on, and why they should be interested, connected, and committed to everything that’s happening ‘in-house.’ They have often been the scourge of church life – especially the service time. They have often taken up more time than worship and prayer …
Last week we looked at how to open a worship service – whether your doing a service live or online, it’s very important how you open as it sets the scene and the tone of what is to follow. Having said that, closing a service is probably the most important part of a gathering. It’s …
