WORSHIP NOTES Volume 12, No. 4 (April 2017) For the past two-and-a-half years, our church’s Worship Choir has embraced a theme verse: The LORD is my strength and my shield; in Him my heart trusts, and I am helped;My heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to Him.(Psalm 28:7) Our pastor’s wife painted this verse onto a long wooden plaque, which hangs […]
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WORSHIP NOTES Volume 12, No. 3 (March 2017) Phrasing in music is what rounds out musical thoughts, and enhances the beauty, balance and symmetry of the music. IN NATURE In nature, we find beauty, balance and symmetry. And beautiful objects are often not square, but rather curved and rounded off: IN ART In art, beauty, balance and symmetry are also important elements:: IN ENGLISH In English, sentences are rounded off with
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WORSHIP NOTES Volume 10, No. 8 (August 2015) Last month we naturally gave our first and primary focus in our study of congregational readings to “the public reading of Scripture“ (1 Timothy 4:13), and to the priority of letting “the Word of Christ dwell richly among you” (Colossians 3:16). But there are other resources as well (historical and recent) that can be drawn upon and fruitfully used in worship services. 2. CREEDS
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WORSHIP NOTES Volume 10, No. 7 (July 2015) Participatory worship involves more than singing, of course. The people of God can lift their voices to express their hearts through various types of readings as well. 1. SCRIPTURE Paul’s command to Timothy, “Devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture” (1 Timothy 4:13) can and should certainly extend beyond the pastoral role. The power of God’s Word read, perhaps even more so
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THEME: Worship and the Word WORSHIP NOTES Volume 6, No. 8 (August 2011) I see these monthly installments as primarily a teaching medium, but this month I feel the urge to preach a little. I’m concerned. Concerned by what I’ve seen, heard, and read about as far as the place of the Scriptures in our services. Worship is not just music. Yet, as has often been pointed out, today music
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WORSHIP NOTES Volume 3, Nr. 3 (March 2007)
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