Worship Architect A Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and Biblically Faithful Services

Name: Worship Architect A Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and Biblically Faithful Services
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ISBN: 9780801038747

ISBN-10: 080103874X

ISBN-13: 9780801038747

Edition: 2010

Authors: Constance M. Cherry

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There are many books available on the topic of worship today, but few provide a comprehensive, practical method for worship design. Constance M. Cherry, a worship professor and practitioner, provides worship leaders with credible blueprint plans for successfully designing worship services that foster meaningful conversation with God and the gathered community. Readers will learn how to create services that are faithful to Scripture, historically conscious, relevant to God, Christ-centered, and engaging for worshipers of all ages in the twenty-first century. The book sets forth basic principles concerning worship design and demonstrates how these principles are conducive to virtually any…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Baker Academic
Publication date: 3/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Why a Book about Worship Design?



Laying the Foundations for Worship



Establishing the Foundation: Biblical Worship



Setting the Cornerstone: Worship Is Centered in Jesus Christ



Building the Structure for Worship



Four Rooms for Encountering God: The General Order of Worship



The First Load-Bearing Wall: The Gathering



The Second Load-Bearing Wall: The Word



The Third Load-Bearing Wall: The Table of the Lord



The Third Load-Bearing Wall: The Alternative Response to the Word



The Fourth Load-Bearing Wall: The Sending



Creating Doors and Windows for Encountering God



Encountering God in Prayer: Capturing the Heart of Worship



Encountering God in Music: Singing the Church's Song



Encountering God in Music: Offering "Sound" Musical Leadership



Encountering God in the Christian Year: Remembering the Whole Narrative



Adding Style to the Worship Event



Principles of Worship Style: Expressing Your Corporate Identity



A More Excellent Way: Exploring Convergence



Nurturing Hospitality at the Worship Event



The Hospitable Worship Leader: Engaging Worshipers as Participants



Ten Basic Steps in Designing Vital Worship



Checklist for Designing Vital Worship


Notes


Index