Reformation 500 Worship Service

It is important for me and the Archdiocese of st. Louis to come together for the annual

Hey ya'll! With the first ever Austin All City Club right around the corner we thought it could be a cool opportunity for us to come together as leaders to pray for club and pray for our city and our kids for this year. In a couple days, all kinds of kids from all over the city will be coming together to have fun and hear about Jesus (maybe 2000 kids, that's nuts). We don't all get together often but this is an awesome time to be reminded of the scope of this ministry in this city and how unique this opportunity is to get to do Young Life with several hundred of our closest friends. (Also, who knows where Zilker Hillside Theater is so this is a great chance to practice getting there without embarassing yourself in front of your kids).

In Maria Byrd’s second letter to her son she specifies the churches recent worship schedule: “Mr. Thomas Davis preached at our church on Sunday last & is to give us a sermon again Thursday & has published giving the Sacrament this month.” (Tinling 1977, 689). Mrs. Byrd also notes the church’s attempt to book attract other pastors to preach to the congregation. It is important to note that in spite of the new responsibilities taken by parishes, worship of the assembly was maintained as the primary function of the

Local churches around Blythe came together under Palo Verde College Performing Arts Center’s roof, to lift up holy hands, sing to the Lord a new song and worship as a interdenominational congregation.

First, we thank God for our Pastor’s inspiration and leadership. She has truly taught us what Christian fellowship is all about.

After a few games the went back and worshiped and Ryan spoke on Moses. Then the group split up into there small groups and discussed some of the things Ryan spoke about, the girls I sat with were very interested and this gave them time to process the story and understand it. I thoroughly enjoyed the service overall and I really enjoyed the fact that the kids welcomed me and and the leaders as well.

Today, the church is observing its 125 years of existence with a special worship service at 9 a.m. with former pastor Glynn Foreman. The celebration also includes special music, historical information and a brunch.

The Steering Committee discussed the Memorial Service for Rev. Marty. The committee ready like the ideas we talked about on Sunday. We need to come up with a date where both of you are in town. I believed we were looking at Sundays in September after WDOP. Please check your calendar to see which Sundays will be good for you.

Praise and testimony opened day two of the Conference. Even the outside dampness of the rain could not interfere with the warmth and praise in the beautiful sanctuary. Bible study, taught by Rev. Annette Hoskins-Satterfield, Pastor of Pierce Chapel AME Zion Church, was powerful, practical, and soul stirring teaching. In her message, “Stewardship,” she dealt fiercely with the four principles of stewardship: we do not own it, responsibility, accountability and reward. She reminded us that we are seeking to hear God say, “Well done!” As she closed, she shared that stewardship is a place of leadership, not grunt

I have broached the subject of another worship service in the fellowship hall which would be more contemporary, but Shady Grove does not have the possible pieces, skills, and

Once service started Pastor Mark went to the front of the room and opened service with a welcome and announcements. After announcements Pastor Mark told everyone that he was going to change things up for this Sunday. So instead of worshiping first he gave his sermon. Pastor Mark preached on Paul and how even in all his pain and suffering, Paul still had joy. Once the sermon was finished, Pastor Mark showed us a short clip relating to the message and then we split off into prayer groups, based on gender.

The immediate aim would be to concentrate on the instructions given by God concerning the benefit of the congregation. Lets’ say the instructions from God due to finance is to have two services to accommodate the seating arrangement of the congregants until further instructions from God. In the meantime, the "Fish or Cut Bait" project presented by Dave Williams, the Chairman of the Board, with willing committed people to volunteer their time, services, and finances, can go forth to help with the outreach Christian emergency call project.

The Artifact- We all know about it (personally it’s the one thing I dread each Sunday morning), the greeting of the guests. Greeting of the guests is at some point in a Church Service (usually around the beginning of a Sunday morning service) the Pastor, or Music Minister will direct the congregation, specifically church members to go out and specifically find someone who is visiting, target them out and begin talking to them. I will look into the positive and negative aspects of this practice, and what the church should or shouldn’t do in practicing this event every Sunday morning.

1.Background: I serve as a Pastoral Intern at the Vineyard Christian Church of Evanston. The church is located at 2495 Howard Street, Evanston and is a non-denominational church. The church hosts two English services and one Spanish service. The first English service is held at 9:30 am in the main auditorium while the second English service is held at 11:30 am. The Spanish service is held also at 11:30 am in the LaVina

Reflecting upon the readings of Torrance’s Worship, Community, and the Triune God of Grace and White’s Introduction to Christian Worship will deeply shape how I look at worship in the churches I now order worship for the congregations. I used one of the churches in which I serve to do the Order of Worship assignment. It is a blue collar, small membership church located in a rural, retirement/ vacation area of North Carolina, Lake Gaston. It is also predominately Caucasian. Torrance’s focus is on trinitarian worship, participating in Christ’s communion with God, the Father and Christ’s life, death, and resurrection through the power of the Holy Spirit. And White’s focus is to look at how the forms used in worship give worship its meaning. These forms include but are not exclusive of, time, space, music and art. There are implications for both focuses in the order of worship for the congregation used for my order of worship.