Thursday, May 17, 2007

Church according to Starbucks

Lenard Sweet in his book by this title suggests that, like Starbuck's Coffee Shop philosophy, our worship ought to have EPIC qualities. Epic is an acronym for the following
Experiential - worship is an experience of the divine presence
Participatory - passivity in worship is passe
Image rich - art, ambiance, symbols etc.
Connecting - worship is horizontally and vertically relational

It's an easy read. If anyone wants to borrow the book, let me know...
Pastor Bill

The Place to Blog about our Worship Vision

Hi members of the Worship Committee
This is the place we can put our ideas and thoughts about a vision for worship at Langley Immanuel Christian Reformed Church. We hope that this will become our workspace for communication on this issue. Blog away!

Some guidelines as you Blog.
If you are coming up with new ideas or proposals, post your blog rather than just giving a comment. That way, your ideas will be highlighted with headings. If you just comment, they will go under the Blog that is already posted.

Well thought out - Piper on the Emotions of worship. Connect to this link
http://www.desiringgod.org/dg/id45.htm