journey.
1. One single idea?
2. The moment?
?
3. How to build toward
it and respond from it?
1. One single idea?
2. The moment?
?
3. How to build toward
it and respond from it?
1. One single idea?
2. The moment?
?
3. How to build toward
it and respond from it?
Repentance is “returning to who we were
made to be”
The space to (1) ask God to show us how we’ve
wandered
from who He’s made us to be, and (2) to turn
(A prayer/reflection
and come based
home. on Psalm 139)
God’s LOVE
repentance
celebrate (Luke 15)
God’s Children – Mighty to Save – t’shuva –
Psalm 139/reflection – pastoral prayer – Luke
15 – Our Love – How Great
Repentance is “returning to who we were
made to be”
The space to (1) ask God to show us how we’ve
wandered
from who He’s made us to be, and (2) to turn
(A prayer/reflection
and come based
home. on Psalm 139)
God’s LOVE
repentance
celebrate (Luke 15)
God’s Children – Mighty to Save – t’shuva –
Psalm 139/reflection – pastoral prayer – Luke
15 – Our Love – How Great
Repentance is “returning to who we were
made to be”
The space to (1) ask God to show us how we’ve
wandered
from who He’s made us to be, and (2) to turn
(A prayer/reflection
and come based
home. on Psalm 139)
God’s LOVE
repentance
celebrate (Luke 15)
God’s Children – Mighty to Save – t’shuva –
Psalm 139/reflection – pastoral prayer – Luke
15 – Our Love – How Great
Repentance is “returning to who we were
made to be”
The space to (1) ask God to show us how we’ve
wandered
from who He’s made us to be, and (2) to turn
(A prayer/reflection
and come based
home. on Psalm 139)
God’s LOVE
repentance
celebrate (Luke 15)
God’s Children – Mighty to Save – t’shuva –
Psalm 139/reflection – pastoral prayer – Luke
15 – Our Love – How Great
Repentance is “returning to who we were
made to be”
The space to (1) ask God to show us how we’ve
wandered
from who He’s made us to be, and (2) to turn
(A prayer/reflection
and come based
home. on Psalm 139)
God’s LOVE
repentance
celebrate (Luke 15)
God’s Children – Mighty to Save – t’shuva –
Psalm 139/reflection – pastoral prayer – Luke
15 – Our Love – How Great
question one:
what would a worship
journey look like in
your community?
accompanists.
The community is the
choir,
the band is the
accompaniment, the WL is
the choir director, and
the audience is God.
-sets the foundation of rhythm and
harmony to leap from
-easy to follow
-great at following
-knows when to assert themselves
and
when to get out of the way
-is not “enough” on it’s own to
qualify
as a performance (not a quality
issue,
If the sound of your
rehearsal sounds
complete without the
community singing, it
might not be very good
accompaniment.
question two:
Would your community say
that you accompany their
singing well?
creativity.
The great moments only come
at the risk of the greatest
train wrecks.
(1) Experiential
Creativity.
(2) Musical Creativity.
(3) Songwriting
Creativity.
question three:
What aspect of your
worship experience could
use a fresh breath of
creativity?
theologian.
“God, we invite you here
today”.
Where can I go from your
Spirit? Where can I flee
from your presence? If I go
up to the heavens, you are
there; if I make my bed in
the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of
the dawn, if I settle on
the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will
guide me, your right hand
. . .God did this so that
they would seek him and
perhaps reach out
for him and find him,
though he
is not far from any one of
us.
For in him we live and move
and have our being.
Acts 17
Then Jesus came to them and
said, “All authority in
heaven and on earth has been
given to me. Therefore go
and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy
Spirit, and teaching them to
obey everything I have
commanded you.
And surely I am with you
God is here.
“My starting point is that
we’re already there. We
cannot attain the presence of
God because we’re already
totally in the presence of
God. What’s absent is
awareness. Little do we
realize that God is
maintaining us in existence
with every breath we take.
As we take another it means
that God is choosing us now
1. Learn
2. Community
question four:
How does your language
reflect what you
actually believe is
true?
action.
Romans 12:1
Amos 5:21-24
"I hate, I despise your
religious feasts;
I cannot stand your
assemblies.
Even though you bring me
burnt
offerings and grain
offerings,
I will not accept them.
Though you bring choice
fellowship offerings,
I will have no regard for
them.
Away with the noise of your
songs!
I will not listen to the
music
of your harps.
But let justice roll on like
a river,
“The test of worship is how
far
it makes us more sensitive
to
“the Beyond in our midst”, to
the Christ in the hungry,
naked, homeless, and the
prisoner. Only if we are
more likely to recognize Him
there after attending an act
of worship is that worship
Christian rather than a
question six:
How does the worship
experience launch your
community into joining
God’s Movement?
journey
accompanist
creativity
theologian
action