Worship Leader Network

God has made us for worship and called us to live lives of worship. The church is to be filled with worship and focused on the risen Lord Jesus Christ. The EFCA is committed to equipping, networking, and caring for all worship leaders, including worship pastors, lay leaders, youth and children worship leaders, and all those involved in the worship arts.

HOT TOPIC - Engaging the Congregation in Worship

When you hear the word, liturgy, what comes to mind?  For many they think of formal, rote, stuffy,  "high church" and the like. But that's not really what liturgy means.  The word literally means, "the work of the people".  Another way of saying it is "these are the acts and activities that enable people to engage in worship".  For the past couple of decades, in part because of the seeker-service mindset, we have asked less involvement and participation of people in our services.  But that seems to be changing.  In a recently released CD from Willow Creek, Bill Hybels says that seekers are more open and willing than they used to be to actively engage in the services through singing, prayers and reading of the Bible.   This active engagement provides a greater participation in worship and therefore provides a deeper and fuller opportunity to encounter the Living God.

Discussion questions:

Do you agree with the last sentence in the paragraph above?  Why or why not?

Are the people in your congregation involved in active participation in worship or is it mostly passive participation?

What are ways to involve people more actively in worship?

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Top3

Sinple songs to integrate - a little older but the message is clear.

A call to praise - "O Praise Him"  - The majesty of God

A call to purpose - "Multiply your Love"  - The Mission of God

A call tp presence - "Grace like Rain"  - The Message of God

Prayer for January and February

Heavenly Father,

 

I love you. 

 

There are times when I am overwhelmed by how much you love me.  Events and occasions in my life serve as milestones that impress deep within me just how great your love is toward me.  Thank you for these precious times.  Yet these milestones are sometimes few and far between.  Lord, you know that I long to walk by faith and to live in your truth.  I believe and put my trust in your promises.  Yet there is something that I realize I am longing for.  In the midst of life, my life, I long to hear your voice.  In my head I know that your Spirit lives within me but sometimes life is so loud that I neglect your voice.  Open my ears to hear you.  Open my eyes to see your hand at work.  What I'm asking, Lord, is that I long to sense your presence from day to day.  Help me to listen.  I choose to follow you.

 

Your child,

 

P.S.  I love you