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Designing Worship Together: Models and Strategies for Worship Planning

by Norma de Waal Malefyt, Howard Vanderwell. Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.

Description

This resource makes the case that collaboration in designing worship has become the preferred norm, and offers steps and templates to help the process of weekly worship planning.

Features

worship planning, structuring the planning process, worship evaluation, templates, questions

Recommended Audience

clergy, lay leaders, and worship leader

Cost

Purchase as a book or e-book

Practical Applications

  • Evaluate your current worship services to identify strengths and weaknesses by using the evaluation provided.
  • Increase creativity and insight during worship planning sessions by using templates and questions as guides throughout the process.

About the Contributor

Contributor
Tim Shapiro

Tim Shapiro is the Indianapolis Center’s president. He began serving the Center in 2003 after 18 years in pastoral ministry. For 14 years, Tim served Westminster Presbyterian Church in Xenia, Ohio. Prior to his pastorate at Westminster, he was pastor of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Logansport, Indiana. He holds degrees from Purdue University and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Tim’s interest in how congregations learn to do new things is represented in his book How Your Congregation LearnsAfter his extensive work on the Center’s Sacred Space initiative, Tim co-authored the book Holy Places: Matching Sacred Space with Mission and MessageHe has also authored several articles, including Applying Positive Deviance and The Congregation of Theological Coherence.

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