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Encounters with the Holy : a conversational model for worship planning / Barbara Day Miller ; Tobias Becker, cover design.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Barbara Day, 1946- author.
- Series:
- Vital Worship Healthy Congregations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public worship--Planning.
- Public worship.
- Conversation--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Conversation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (161 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Herndon, Virginia : The Alban Institute, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Many churches have active worship committees or planning teams, and an abundance of books and resources guide pastors and laity. Encounters with the Holy offers a conversational model of worship planning that was developed to train practitioners to be more reflective in their planning of worship experiences. The model planning, ordering, worshiping, reflecting is a flexible, fluid pattern. It provides a more circular, spiraling practice of imaginative planning, preparing the leaders and the space, and reflecting theologically to understand more fully the experience of worship. It has been test
- Contents:
- ENCOUNTERS WITH THE HOLY; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Worship and the People: Gathered in God's Presence; Chapter 2 Formed by the Practices: Introducing the Planning Model; Chapter 3 The Planning Team: Inviting the Conversation Partners; Chapter 4 Planning: A Conversation with the Biblical Text; Chapter 5 Ordering: Decisions and Details; Chapter 6 Equipping Volunteer Leaders: The People in Ministry; Chapter 7 Worship: The Work of All the People; Chapter 8 Reflecting: A Conversation after Worship; Chapter 9 Musicians: Leading the People in Song
- Chapter 10 The Pastor: Initiating the ConversationEpilogue; Appendix A Worship Survey; Appendix B Leader's Guide for Planning; Appendix C Leader's Guide for Ordering; Appendix D Sample Customaries for Worship Leaders; Appendix E Leader's Guide for Reflecting; Notes; Bibliography: Resources for Planning and Leading Worship
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-23742-6
- 1-56699-515-9
- OCLC:
- 879551404
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