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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Understanding Christian Worship: Theological Foundations | |
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| Defining Worship | |
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| Observation and Description of How Christians Worship | |
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| Five Theological Emphases in Understanding Worship | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Participatory Worship | |
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| Forms of Participation | |
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| Goals and Marks of Participatory Worship | |
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| Empowering Participatory Worship | |
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| Worshiping with Children | |
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| Worshiping with All Our Differing Abilities | |
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| Worship as Participation of All God's People | |
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| Diverse Worship | |
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| Defining Culture | |
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| African American Christian Worship | |
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| Korean and Korean American Worship | |
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| Latina/Latino Worship | |
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| White Worship | |
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| Welcoming Diversity: Let Love Be Genuine | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Planning and Leading Worship | |
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| Preparing for Worship | |
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| Elements of Planning | |
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| Coordination of Ministries | |
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| Preparing Scripture Readers and Other Liturgical Leaders | |
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| Leading Worship | |
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| The Order of Worship | |
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| Order in Protestant Worship in North America | |
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| Liturgical Renewal and the Ordo | |
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| Practical Guidelines for the Order of Worship | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Arts of Worship | |
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| Music and Song as Arts of Worship | |
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| Choosing Songs for Worship | |
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| Empowering a Congregations Song | |
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| Writing and Composing Congregational Song | |
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| Instrumental and Choral Music | |
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| "Prayer set to rhythm" | |
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| Movement in Worship | |
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| Visual Arts in Worship | |
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| A Space for Worship | |
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| Criteria for Good Liturgical Art | |
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| Vivid Words for Worship | |
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| Seeking Excellence in Words for Worship | |
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| Expanding Our Liturgical Language | |
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| Naming God in Worship | |
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| Praising a Mystery | |
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| A Labor of Love and Care | |
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| Forms of Prayer and Worship | |
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| Words to Begin Worship | |
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| The Collect: A Classic Form for Prayer | |
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| Words surrounding Scripture Readings | |
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| The Prayers of the People | |
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| The Pastoral Prayer | |
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| Words to End Worship | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Word Is among You: Scripture, the Church Year, Worship, and Preaching | |
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| Choosing Scripture for Worship and Preaching | |
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| Time, Christian Worship, and the Church Year | |
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| The Church Year | |
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| The Preached Word | |
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| The Living Word | |
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| Every Bush Afire with God: The Sacraments in Christian Worship | |
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| A Brief History of Sacramental Theology and Practice | |
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| Emerging Understandings of the Sacraments | |
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| Postmodern and Emerging Thinking and Worship: Problems and Possibilities | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Baptism: The Foundation of Christian Life and Ministry | |
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| A Brief History of Christian Baptism | |
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| Renewing Our Theology of Baptism | |
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| Controverted Issues | |
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| Enhancing Practices of Baptism | |
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| Ordination and Commissioning | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Meal of Thanksgiving | |
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| A Broader and Deeper Theology of Eucharist | |
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| Frequency of Communion | |
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| The Great Thanksgiving | |
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| Doing Eucharist | |
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| Understandings of Eucharist as Sacrifice | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Pastoral Liturgies | |
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| The Service of Christian Marriage | |
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| Policies and Practices concerning Marriage and Funeral Services | |
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| The Service of Death and Resurrection | |
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| At the Time of Death | |
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| New Occasions Teach New Liturgies | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Recovering Liturgies of Healing and Reconciliation | |
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| Liturgies of Healing | |
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| A Liturgical Theology of Healing | |
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| Beginning a Local Church Ministry of Healing | |
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| Liturgies of Reconciliation | |
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| Understandings of Reconciliation | |
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| The History of Reconciliation | |
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| The Other Side of Reconciliation | |
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| Occasions for Reconciliation | |
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| Reconciling Persons and Peoples | |
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| Vital Worship for the Twenty-first Century | |
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| Contemporary and Emerging Worship | |
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| Media Are Here to Stay | |
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| Worship for the Rest of Us | |
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| Core Values toward Vital Worship | |
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| Permissions | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Designing Worship: Liturgical Planning Grid | |
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| Learning Center: A Journey with Jesus through the Church Year | |
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| Some Reflections on Marriage Equality for Persons of the Same Sex | |
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| A Congregational Act of Reconciliation | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |