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Jane Gardner shares this presentation to help workshop attendees share common-sense steps that help congregational worship be memorable and meaningful (M2); and how Community of Christ Sings can be a tool for planning this type of worship.
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MM22 Worship Using Worship Using Community of Christ Community of Christ
SingsSings
By Jane M Gardner
M2 = MEMORABLE and MEANINGFUL
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STRUCTURE: Isaiah Model of Holistic WorshipAlso CCS book layout
Isaiah 6: 1-8v. 1 – 3 Praise(awe, wonder,
thanksgiving)v. 5 Confession(sinfulness,
unworthiness)v. 7-8 Proclamation(forgiveness,
challenge)v. 8b Commitment (response,
worthiness)
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Who sits in our pews? What will each appreciate and find memorable and meaningful?
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Formed by the word and understanding
Formed by emptying the ego and receiving the mystery of God
Formed by feeling and relationship
Head Spirituality Heart Spirituality
Mystic Spirituality Visionary SpiritualityFormed by work, service, and acts of peace and healing
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SingsSingsDiscover Your Spiritual Type by Dr. Corrine Ware
THINKHead Spirituality
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SingsSingsDiscover Your Spiritual Type by Dr. Corrine Ware
CCS 342 “Too Often, God, Your Name Is Used”
FEEL
Heart Spirituality
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SingsSingsDiscover Your Spiritual Type by Dr. Corrine Ware
CCS 325 “Blest Be the TieThat Binds”
BE
Mystic Spirituality
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SingsSingsDiscover Your Spiritual Type by Dr. Corrine Ware
CCS 151 “Come and Find theQuiet Center”
Visionary SpiritualityDO
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SingsSingsDiscover Your Spiritual Type by Dr. Corrine Ware
CCS 595 “While Moses TendedJethro’s Sheep”
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SCRIPTURE BASIS FOR WORSHIP
Revised Common LectionaryBiblical Scripture Schedule
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SCRIPTURE BASIS FOR WORSHIP:
Matthew 10:40-4240Whoever welcomes you
welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one
who sent me.
EXAMPLE: June 29, 2014
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SingsSingsSCRIPTURE BASIS FOR WORSHIPMatthew 10:40-42
SCRIPTURE INDEX page 805CCS 585 “Jesus’ Hands Were Kind HandsCCS 304 “Sometimes We Wait, Expecting
God”
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SingsSingsSCRIPTURE BASIS FOR THEME:
EXTEND WELCOMEMatt 10: 40Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.
EXAMPLE: June 29, 2014
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SingsSingsSCRIPTURE/THEME FOR WORSHIP: Matthew 10:40-42/EXTEND WELCOME
Front Matter – ContentsCategory The Church
Topic Invitation and Hospitality270----
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SingsSingsSCRIPTURE/THEME FOR WORSHIPMatthew 10:40-42/EXTEND WELCOME
TOPICAL INDEX page 840Hospitality page range 270-277
Other associated topics within Index: Belonging, Neighbors, WelcomeFollowed by additional hymn titles
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SingsSingsSCRIPTURE/THEME FOR WORSHIPMatthew 10:40-42/EXTEND WELCOME
KEY WORD SEARCHDigital Song Lyrics USB flash drive
can search all 664 songs for key word
Future online tool: CONCORDANCE
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SingsSingsSCRIPTURE/THEME FOR WORSHIPMatthew 10:40-42/EXTEND WELCOME
KEY WORD SEARCH for “welcome”Digital Song Lyrics USB flash drive
yielded 28 songs including:CCS 347 “The Church of Christ Cannot Be
Bound” stanza 3CCS 564 “Spirit, Open My Heart stanza 4
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SingsSingsBook: CCS songs listed without numbers
Download from web:CCS hymn numbers added
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SingsSingsChoosing songs for worship• Theological perspective• Worship function
Moment in worship: Praise, Confession, Proclamation, Commitment
SacramentsChristian Year
(Advent~Christmas~Epiphany~Lent~Easter~Pentecost)
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SingsSingsChoosing songs for worship
• Emotional Response• Feelings• Appropriate to that moment
of worship?
Worship EnergyFLOW
High to Low to High
Low to High
Low to High to Low
High to Low
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SingsSingsChoosing songs for worship• Sermon/theme/scripture support• Pastoral needs of the
congregationWorship should “engage” and “speak to” people
in the circumstances of their lives. It should address who they are and their crucial life questions and concerns.
--Peter Judd, adapted from James White (August, 1999)
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SingsSingsChoosing songs for worship
• Variety and diversity• Old/new• Local/global• High energy/low energy• Me/we
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SingsSingsChoosing songs for worship
• Accessibility of Music
WHEN TO TEACH/LEARN NEW MATERIAL???
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SingsSingsStrategies for learning new songs
•Help the song become familiar• Prelude• DGR• Communion serving• Postlude• Play recordings
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SingsSingsStrategies for learning new songs
•Plan direct interaction with the song• Research background; share the
story• Text: Read it together; clarify
unfamiliar words
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SingsSingsStrategies for learning new songs
• Introduce music• Soloists, small group, choir,
recording, keyboard, instruments
• Play/sing a phrase at a time
• REPEAT the learning experience
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SingsSingsStrategies for learning new songs
Who’s in charge?
Organized planWhat will work best with your group?
It’s only when a song moves from “new” to “familiar” that it can bless our worship
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SingsSingsAdditional Suggestions to Help the Congregation with New Material
•New text to familiar tuneExample: CCS 595 “While Moses
Tended Jethro’s Sheep”
METRICAL INDEX page 812
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SingsSingsAdditional Suggestions to Help the Congregation with New Material
•Responsive ReadingsExample: CCS 177 “The Path for
Our Walking”
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SingsSingsAdditional Suggestions to Help the Congregation with New Material
•Meditation/ContemplationExample: CCS 168 “I Will Talk to My
Heart”
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SingsSingsAdditional Suggestions to Help the Congregation with New Material
•Poetry ReadingExample: CCS 17 “With a Word,
You Birthed Creation”
add music under the reading…..
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SingsSingsAdditional Suggestions to Help the Congregation with New Material
•Two Facing Groups – Exclaiming!Example: CCS 411 “God’s Love Made
Visible”
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SingsSingsAdditional Suggestions to Help the Congregation with New Material
•Paired readingExample: CCS 626 “Leaving Her Water
Jar Behind”
CCS 500 “By the Well, a Thirsty Woman”
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SingsSingsAdditional Suggestions to Help the Congregation with New Material
•Songs for personal/family devotionsExample: CCS 443 “Joseph, Son of an
Ancient King”
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SingsSingsAdditional Suggestions to Help the Congregation with New Material
•Dramatize or interpret with movementExample: CCS 302 “Beauty for
Brokenness”
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Recordings
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Projecting Text
Using Books
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Sign up for SlidesE-mail address
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Closing: CCS 289 “Friend of the Streetwalker”
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