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Looking Ahead: Advent

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Are you the type who works on a whole season at a time? Are you seeking an Advent theme–or do you already have one to share that those of us who aren’t so ahead-of-the-game can adapt?

Or are you more the week-by-week see-where-the-Spirit-leads planner?

Either way, we’re looking toward Advent. It’s only a few Sundays away, so…what ideas do you have?

We’re looking for candle lighting liturgies, prayers of confession, Advent confessions of faith, prayers of dedication for the season after the stewardship campaign…

Put your ideas out there, submit your already-finished liturgy, or ask questions! We’re here to work together to create the Advent worship experience.

Maybe you have just one line, or even one word, that you’re looking to write liturgy around. Put that in the comments and let the community bounce ideas around until we have things ready to use (or tweak for our own context)!

Brainstorming: stewardship

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It’s that time of year again: Stewardship Season! There are a multitude of approaches to encouraging financial support of the church budget and plenty of other places with better resources than we can develop. BUT – we want to know what you are doing in worship as part of your Stewardship Season! How do you receive pledges? Do you have a litany or special prayer that you can share? Any ideas for what you would like to try differently? Put your ideas in the comments!

Special thanks to @MightyMere for suggesting this topic!

https://twitter.com/#!/MightyMere/status/128473967760642049

Brainstorming: Rally/kick-off Sunday

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For many of us, the start of the program year (often the Sunday after labor day, but some are in August and some will be later because of September 11th…) involves a very exciting worship experience. Often choirs return from summer break, the space may be decorated, there are more people around (maybe because Sunday School starts up again?), etc. Do you do anything special in worship to start the program year? Are you looking for creative ideas or hoping to bounce some stuff around and see what might work? Let’s dream together about how to kick off a new year in worship.

Brainstorming: September 11th

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This year is the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, and September 11th falls on a Sunday. Is your community doing anything to mark this anniversary? Are you wondering if/how you might incorporate something into your regular worship service? Share your ideas, thoughts, concerns, hopes here…and together we can brainstorm some liturgy, music, and other worship ideas.

Brainstorming: the dog days of parables

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Beginning with Ordinary 15 and running through, oh, all summer, it’s parable season in the lectionary. What are you doing with your Ordinary Time this summer? Do you have creative seeds you hope to see grow? Do you need ideas? Do you have liturgical, symbolic, musical, decorational, or other ideas you want to bounce off a community planning worship together? Here’s a spot to talk about what to do with that long stretch of green paraments.