Taking flight with creativity : worship design teams that work / Len Wilson & Jason Moore.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Nashville : Abingdon Press, 2009.Description: x, 126 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780687657339 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0687657334
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV 15 .W55 2009
Contents:
Part I : are we meant to fly? Discovering a strategic approach to worship -- Why design worship in a team? -- Identifying team purpose -- Addressing issues of methodology -- Part 2 : building the aeroplane : putting the worship design team together -- Who's on the design team? -- What's the size of the design team? -- How does the team operate? Team equality -- Who does what? Team roles -- How do we organize our time? -- Part 3 : taking flight : achieving Koinonia -- Becoming a small group -- Learning to make decisions together -- The weekly list of decisions -- Brainstorming -- A worship case study -- Part 4 : grounded : dealing with team maintenance and problems -- Sole proprietor preachers -- Maintaining a finely tuned machine.
Summary: Pastors and church leaders in many congregations have attempted to form teams for the purpose of planning, or designing, worship. Getting a group of people together in one room is fairly easy. But, whether a large or small church, staff or volunteer, most discover that it is difficult to form a team that actually works. Using the metaphor of early flight, this resources analyzes how to be a part of a worship design team that works. Major sections include discovering a strategic approach to worship, tips for team composition, a look at how to overcome a series of obstacles that frequently keep teams from finding success together, and some of the usual mechanical difficulties that keep teams grounded.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection BV 15 .W55 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98649118

"Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126).

Part I : are we meant to fly? Discovering a strategic approach to worship -- Why design worship in a team? -- Identifying team purpose -- Addressing issues of methodology -- Part 2 : building the aeroplane : putting the worship design team together -- Who's on the design team? -- What's the size of the design team? -- How does the team operate? Team equality -- Who does what? Team roles -- How do we organize our time? -- Part 3 : taking flight : achieving Koinonia -- Becoming a small group -- Learning to make decisions together -- The weekly list of decisions -- Brainstorming -- A worship case study -- Part 4 : grounded : dealing with team maintenance and problems -- Sole proprietor preachers -- Maintaining a finely tuned machine.

Pastors and church leaders in many congregations have attempted to form teams for the purpose of planning, or designing, worship. Getting a group of people together in one room is fairly easy. But, whether a large or small church, staff or volunteer, most discover that it is difficult to form a team that actually works. Using the metaphor of early flight, this resources analyzes how to be a part of a worship design team that works. Major sections include discovering a strategic approach to worship, tips for team composition, a look at how to overcome a series of obstacles that frequently keep teams from finding success together, and some of the usual mechanical difficulties that keep teams grounded.

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