Worship

COVID provides an opportunity for churches to reimagine their ministry and their worship reach. 

Here are some ideas for socially distanced ways to impose ash on Ash Wednesday. 

A member of our congregation pointed out that reading “A Mighty Fortress Is our God” isn’t the same as singing it. Here's what he did about it. 

I have to admit something that may affect our relationship forever. I have not been a big fan of Handel’s Messiah. I don’t get the hype and the obsession of that tradition.

Our family Christmas card this year includes my daughter’s painted wreath with the word "hope." We could have chosen other words but "hope" seemed most fitting. 

This hour long discussion covered a variety of topics including live stream best practices, audio concerns, maintaining communal worship, and more. 

How has COVID changed the way we do church or even think about church?

As we opened Chinese takeout containers filled with saltine crackers and grape juice in a courtyard on Sunday, I couldn’t help but think about our uncomfortable times.

Join with God's people in remembering World Hunger Sunday on November 1. Resources available, including a Worship service! 

Lament is an essential ingredient of honest faith, but what does biblical lament look or sound like in real congregations?

Kaitlyn Scheiss' book, The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of our Neighbor, helps us think through how to be formed for living well in the political sphere.