Resources & Tools

Worship Resources

This is a new area on the Conference web site. Links and resources are available here.
Watch for more updates coming soon! 
 
Inspiring Worship
(from Natural Church Development - see the Congregational Development pages)
Worship is about a real encounter between the worshipper and God.  God can be experienced through liturgical, traditional, contemporary, post-modern, casual, formal, high-church, low-church, or whatever style.  The form and style of worship should serve to set an environment in which worshippers can experience the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.  Worship should never be only about the gathered congregation, but should be engaging for new people who might be unfamiliar with church culture and traditions.   Some questions to ask about inspiring worship are:
  • How often do people express through changed behavior that they have experienced God's presence during worship?  When was it and why?
  • How do you regularly plan, evaluate and improve your church's worship services?
  • How can you include more people in planning your church's worship services?
  • How does the worship music move people into a closer relationship with God?
  • How do the preaching and liturgy serve God's purpose of connecting to all people?
  • How are you using your best quality communication tools, technologies and resources in worship?
Resources for planning inspiring worship: