Worship Resources
Planning a worship service is far more than just choosing songs and seasonal images. Helping people to genuinely worship God requires creating an experience through which people can enter into the presence of the divine. The following is a list of websites that provide pastors and worship leaders with quality music, liturgy, and preaching resources for faithful and vital local church worship.
Worship Troubleshooting
Director of Worship, Lan Wilson is offering 15 minute sessions of online worship troubleshooting. Please put your issue and questions in the request.
Worship Music Resources
Liturgy and Text Resources
Blogs and Online Resources
Preaching Books
Communicating for a Change, Andy Stanley
Preaching, Timothy Keller
Worship Planning Books
The Worship Architect, Constance Cherry
You Are What You Love, James K. A. Smith
Redesigning Worship, Kim Miller
Think Like a Filmmaker, Marsha McFee
Copyright Resources
Other Worship Resources
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Tips for Improving Online Sermon Delivery
Tips for Improving Online Sermon Delivery
Tips for Improving Online Sermon Delivery as of 6.17.2020
Worship related Facebook groups sponsored by the United Methodist Church
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UMC Worship
UMC Worship
This group focuses primarily on planning and leading worship in The United Methodist Church. Conversations here will often also include United Methodist theology of worship, including our sacramental theology and practice.
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UMC Music
UMC Music
This group focuses primarily on planning and leading music in worship in the United Methodist Church. Conversations include hymns theology, suggestions and articles of interest.
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UMC Preacher
UMC Preacher
This group focuses primarily on resources, ideas and issues related to preaching in The United Methodist Church. Conversations here will often also include United Methodist theology of worship.