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Worship In Different Cultures – Learn About Ethnodoxology

Due to the U.S. Memorial Day holiday, the regulary-scheduled worship music set list, “Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs” will appear here this Wednesday, June 2.  Today, enjoy this short post by worship leader/songwriter Rebecca Dennison, and see her links to learn about opportunities to study ethnodoxology — an important field of study for anyone interested in worship arts or missions.  And take note: that June 7 course is coming soon: Ethnodoxology is the study of worship in culture – how various cultures express their praises to God in song, ritual, artwork, etc.  Think of it as studying contextualization on a …« Read Entire Post

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Complete Baby Dedication Liturgy, Free For Use, At theopensourcebook.org

Last Sunday we held a baby dedication service at Sojourn Gathered.  Today we’ve posted our entire liturgy for this service at theopensourcebook.org, a website that exists to supply churches with free prayers and liturgical elements.  Our worship & arts pastor, Mike Cosper, conceived and launched this site with Nathan Bierma of the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship.  From the home page: Our collection grows daily, and comes from real-world church contexts. You are welcome to use anything from the Open Sourcebook for free, as all of our content is protected by the Creative Commons License. See our permissions page for …« Read Entire Post

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