Robin Knowles Wallace

Preparing for Pentecost

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Posted on April 23rd, 2013

Pentecost, the birthday of the church, is a wonderful time to celebrate and involve children in learning. Pentecost is a "movable feast" of the church. Like Easter, Pentecost…

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Article World Communion Sunday Helps
- By Robin Knowles Wallace
- Posted on September 28th, 2012
World Communion Sunday falls on the first Sunday of October, as churches around the world celebrate their oneness in Christ by gathering at the Communion table. For this service…
Article Singing as a Communal Spiritual Practice
- By Robin Knowles Wallace
- Posted on April 7th, 2012
Within worshiping communities we develop certain spiritual practices—prayer, praise, listening for God’s word, lament, gratitude, faithful living, kindness…
Article New Year's: Great Thanksgiving
- By Robin Knowles Wallace
- Posted on December 19th, 2011
This prayer is based on Revelation 21:1-6a including the response: You, 0 God, make all things new. The home of God is among…
Article Songs Children Should Know
- By Robin Knowles Wallace
- Posted on May 12th, 2011
To pass Christianity on to the next generation, we tell Bible stories, speak about faith, and teach children how to worship. This last includes teaching them to pray and praise…
Article Fully, Conscious, and Active
- By Robin Knowles Wallace
- Posted on May 11th, 2011
A phrase that has come over into the general worship vocabulary from Vatican II (the Roman Catholic Church council that discussed worship in the mid-1960s) is “full…

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Robin Knowles Wallace is Professor of Worship and Music at Methodist Theological School in Ohio and author of Communion Services, Palm Sunday and Holy Week and Worshiping in the Small Membership Church.