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Advice to PCUSA General Assembly Commissioners
The 221st General Assembly (GA) in Detroit will soon be upon us. If you are a commissioner to this year’s assembly, you have probably attended an orientation or have one on your calendar. Just last week, fellow commissioners chosen as committee moderators and vice-moderators were trained and prepped. I was a commissioner to the 219th…
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Interactive Prayer Stations on Easter
20 On Sunday morning while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. (John 20.1) Typically, the Sunday after Easter, my church sets up interactive prayer stations. After the hoopla of Easter service with trumpets and all the festivities, we center this…
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Rainsticks, Pentecost, & Lent
Here’s an idea to incorporate into worship. I’ve used this idea for Lent and Pentecost, but it can be adapted to any theme. Here are the materials you need: . . . a mailing tube spray painted whatever color you prefer. Drill at least 100 holes throughout the length of the mailing tube. The size…
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A Wrecked Lenten Journal
Last year, my church bought new bibles and did a simple dedication of them. With the old bibles, we did three things. We gave as many of them away as possible, inviting worshippers to take them home with them, give them to a friend, or to another place. During Advent, we used some of the…
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Interactive Prayer Stations on Micah 6 & Stewardship
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6.8) For the past month, we have been focusing on stewardship and creating a new vision statement. For the past four Sundays, worshippers were invited to fill out the following, which said, “St. John’s is . . . Why we follow Jesus –…
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The Golden Calf and Letting Go
They gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Come on! Make us gods who can lead us. As for this man Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t have a clue what has happened to him.” (Exodus 32.1) I’ve preached and led a few workshops that loosely encompass the theme of…
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Prayer Stations on Deuteronomy 6.5-9
5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your being, and all your strength. 6 These words that I am commanding you today must always be on your minds. 7 Recite them to your children. Talk about them when you are sitting around your house and when you are out and about, when you are lying down and when…
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Interactive Parament & Stole Ideas
December 15, I was installed along with my colleague, John Anderson, as co-pastors. Leading up to the installation, I shared ideas of how to involve the community, neighborhood, and congregation in the installation worship. Here is the result of turning what was previously made during prayer stations into paraments and stoles for the installation. Communion…
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Interactive Prayer Stations for Installations, Ordinations, & Advent
Speak Lord, for your servant is listening. (1 Samuel 3.9) For the past year, my church has been in a discernment process to change the call of me and my Head of Staff to co-pastors. Our installation service will be during the season of Advent, so I thought it was a great opportunity to reflect…
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Going from A to C in Pastor
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Have no regard for his appearance or stature, because I haven’t selected him. God doesn’t look at things like humans do. Humans see only what is visible to the eyes, but the Lord sees into the heart.” (1 Samuel 16.7) I recently wrote a post about my personal journey in discerning my call. A…
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