Theme/Title: Rediscover Communities of Worship & Prayer
Date of Publication: January/February 2021
Issue Details: Volume 30 / Issue #1
Unity was the prayer of Jesus; unity should be our goal even now in these difficult times. We should assess why we worship God, finding commonality in our commitment to Him and healing relationships in and through His love.
By Nancy Nethercott What a year 2020 has been! Maybe, like me, you have experienced much this year you would like to forget about…and get
By Kent Morris FILO, meaning “First In, Last Out,” is a way of life for church techs around the world. Arriving before the facilities team
How do we best address divisions in the community of worship and prayer in the things we write? It’s amazing and mysterious how certain songs
By Josh Lavender “Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness. Let each generation tell its children of
By Darnisha Taylor “Then I heard a loud voice in Heaven saying, ‘Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our
By Vernon Whaley The sun was flickering sparkles on the frosted earth as we turned into the church parking lot on that February Sunday. Almost
By Steven Malcolm, Jackson Wu, C. Dennis Williams By Steven Malcolm I heard a story once that forever changed the way I view what it
This past year’s experiences should be a chance to truly assess the level of congregational participation we have fostered in sung worship. As we reopen to in-person services, how can we recapture, reinvigorated and remind His Church of the value of our gathered “voice”? How can we avoid slipping further into a performance-based show that our congregation passively watches? How do we bring the Body back together and reaffirm the imperative of their voice – singing prays and praises and reminders of God’s truth an as expression of worship?
