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Encounters with the Holy

A Conversational Model for Worship Planning

Barbara Day Miller

Many churches have active worship committees or planning teams, and an abundance of books and resources guide pastors and laity. Encounters with the Holy offers a conversational model of worship planning that was developed to train practitioners to be more reflective in their planning of worship experiences. The model planning, ordering, worshiping, reflecting is a flexible, fluid pattern. It provides a more circular, spiraling practice of imaginative planning, preparing the leaders and the space, and reflecting theologically to understand more fully the experience of worship. It has been tested in congregations, seminaries, and campus ministries amid a wide range of denominational and cultural styles. An underlying theological assumption of this approach is that we are engaged in holy work when we plan and prepare for worship. Leaders study, preparation, and training are themselves an encounter with the Holy. Therefore, we are called to become more informed and better prepared liturgical leaders. The language and encouraging style of the book is accessible to student pastors, pastors, and lay people interested in learning to think more deeply about worship.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Alban Books
Pages: 160 • Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-56699-398-2 • Paperback • June 2010 • $31.00 • (£25.00)
Series: Vital Worship Healthy Congregations
Subjects: Religion / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy
Barbara Day Miller is assistant dean of worship and music and assistant professor in the practice of liturgy at the Candler School of Theology, where she guides the worship life of the seminary and teaches liturgical practices. Her teaching interests include congregational planning and participation in worship, worship and the arts, and global hymns and songs. She is an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church.

Encounters with the Holy

A Conversational Model for Worship Planning

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Paperback
Summary
Summary
  • Many churches have active worship committees or planning teams, and an abundance of books and resources guide pastors and laity. Encounters with the Holy offers a conversational model of worship planning that was developed to train practitioners to be more reflective in their planning of worship experiences. The model planning, ordering, worshiping, reflecting is a flexible, fluid pattern. It provides a more circular, spiraling practice of imaginative planning, preparing the leaders and the space, and reflecting theologically to understand more fully the experience of worship. It has been tested in congregations, seminaries, and campus ministries amid a wide range of denominational and cultural styles. An underlying theological assumption of this approach is that we are engaged in holy work when we plan and prepare for worship. Leaders study, preparation, and training are themselves an encounter with the Holy. Therefore, we are called to become more informed and better prepared liturgical leaders. The language and encouraging style of the book is accessible to student pastors, pastors, and lay people interested in learning to think more deeply about worship.
Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Alban Books
    Pages: 160 • Trim: 6 x 9
    978-1-56699-398-2 • Paperback • June 2010 • $31.00 • (£25.00)
    Series: Vital Worship Healthy Congregations
    Subjects: Religion / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy
Author
Author
  • Barbara Day Miller is assistant dean of worship and music and assistant professor in the practice of liturgy at the Candler School of Theology, where she guides the worship life of the seminary and teaches liturgical practices. Her teaching interests include congregational planning and participation in worship, worship and the arts, and global hymns and songs. She is an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church.

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