See more of this title: Contemporary Worship

This handbook contains everything a congregation needs in order to plan, launch, and stabilize contemporary worship services. Three formats for contemporary worship are unwrapped: (1) spirited-traditional, (2) contemporary praise, and (3) contemporary seeker (or outreach-oriented) services. Brief defining articles-which work well as handouts with worship teams-precede each resource kit.

A practical handbook, Contemporary Worship contains everything that a congregation needs to plan, launch, and stabilize contemporary worship services. The writers in this volume discuss three formats for contemporary worship: (1) Spirited-Traditional, (2) Contemporary Praise, and (3) Contemporary Outreach-oriented services. Brief, defining articles -- which work well as reproducible handouts with worship teams -- precede each Resource Kit. The resources include sample formats, sample messages that are appropriate for the format, sample skits, or dramas, and a database of worship choruses that are appropriate to each of the three contemporary formats. Brief articles from pastors, actors, script writers, and church consultants offer tips on recruiting and hiring musicians, developing a praise band, reshaping the worship space, creating worship bulletins, choosing the right times, and preaching to the unchurched.