WorshipTraining

I see intimacy in prayer time. After Friday night worship we have personal prayer time that any one can stay in the sanctuary and have their own personal prayer time. Sometimes, our worship team stay with them play and/ or sing soft inspirational worship songs to help them have more intimate time with God. Seeing [...]

@christensenbarry Pt. 4
Nicely stated, “The paradox spiritually is that, by letting it be for God’s sake, it results in the best spiritual growth and “self-care” for me, as both a child of God and as an influencer of others.”

@ksibole Pt. 4
I also appreciated the media by John Eldredge – From the Heart.
We must have experience with what we are singing about and the things that we are conveying from the forefront. Integrity and authenticity if so important in ministry.

@jcruefer Pt.4
I also love this quote.
As you stated, “the Lord is never done unwrapping scripture . . . ” He is amazing! His Word is alive and it is beautiful the way he exposes new meaning from “old” scripture.

Dan’s teaching on Earth (grounded life before God), Wind (inspired life), Fire (empowered), and Water (community) is a great road map for the worshippers life. I will seek to continue actively growing, strengthening communication with God, praying the scriptures, discovering symbolic actions, and embracing routine life as worship. I will strive to discover new inspiring [...]

@jcruefer Discussion 3 – As worship leaders, we are always learning and re-learning. Learning to expect God’s powerful presence in a worship set takes the pressure off of the team and gives all the glory to God.

@sgwall Discussion 3 – I can relate, in that for many years, we served under “whatever God wills”, but thankfully I am currently serving in a Baptist church that understands and expects God to show up when we faithfully stay in His word and strive to further His Kingdom.

@sgwall Discussion 3 – a strong reminder for us all

In our faith community there is such diversity. There are so many backgrounds represented and there is a wide spectrum of maturity in the faith walk. However, God meets us in our place of need at that moment and at our individual place in our faith walk. Some come expectantly and, in fact, live it [...]

thank you Connie. I don’t know how I would have done it without God. HE truly has blessed me in wonderful ways. The character and healing that has happened though this has been amazing.

@sgwall
Part 2 discussion:
While I certainly agree that we can get caught up in the newest thing of day and relevancy, Christ modeled to his church how teaching truth with relevancy will impact those we serve.

@jcruefer Part 2 discussion: I think nearly everyone can certainly relate to the struggle of creating this space where people can intimately meet with God and where a new culture of the family of God is created from many. Youth are another culture all together. I encourage you to stay the course, as working with youth [...]

@brandydunbar Part 2 discussion: Praise God for your successful heart transplant! I was faced with some down time myself recently; however, not nearly so serious. I don’t know how people get through those times without knowing that Father God is completely accessible to them not only in their time of need, but every minute of every [...]

Part 2 discussion: Accessibility and relevance are a huge part of what we strive for in our church community. Everything from the words we use in bringing spiritual truths out, to the contemporary and relevant music, to the way we dress. Our community is a beautiful family of people from many different backgrounds and social [...]

What has inspired me through this weeks readings and videos? I loved all the reflections that came from the other leaders. I think the one that moved me the most was when Brain Doerksen was talking about creating a space of safety . And that we are there to lead people to connect with God [...]

I really enjoyed this section of kingdom expectation it has been something that I have been wrestling with for a while. As a creative leader in our community I have always worshiped with the expectation that god is moving. But the struggle for me is that sometimes our community will come with no expectation of [...]

Culture; Our comunity realy has a richness to it. We really have alot of different types of people that worship very differnitly. As leaders we try to incorrprate as many into our worship as we can. We seek God for what he has for that service. But at the same we have a very lovely [...]