Worship

Article Ash Wednesday: Beginning of the Lenten Journey
- By Nancy Ferguson
- Posted on February 11th, 2013
Ash Wednesday: The Beginning of Lent The church season of Lent is marked by the bookends of Ash Wednesday on one side and Easter on the other. Lent gives Christians the…
Article Children's Sermons: 6 Essentials
- By Sarah McGiverin
- Posted on May 28th, 2012
Children’s sermons must be really hard to do, because I have mostly only seen them done poorly – too often they exploit children and pander to the grown ups in the…
Article Tween Worship
- By Sigrid Rother
- Posted on April 23rd, 2012
We are blessed to have many families actively involved in our church, and we enjoy a lively children’s program. Every Sunday we offer nursery care for small children all…
Article Held Captive to "Small Group Worship"
- By John Flowers and Karen Vannoy
- Posted on April 2nd, 2012
What do pews, columbaria, sidewalk bricks, and local church histories have in common? In many churches, these are the places where people can find names of families who are…
Article Throwaway Church
- By Matt Appling
- Posted on November 16th, 2011
“Throw Away World” Have you noticed how much stuff you throw away? Every week, I’ve got a couple of trash bags and some recyclables, stuff that was once useful…
Article The Experiment: Something New in Worship
- By Mark Burrows
- Posted on July 31st, 2011
We wanted to give something a try. Many of us in the church—staff, clergy, and parents—felt that we needed to do more for children in worship. After many years of…