Taking Flight With Creativity
Worship Design Teams That Work
Published on 1. September 2010
110 pages
978-1-4267-2454-1 (ISBN)
Description
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 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 resource 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.
Using the metaphor of early flight, this resource 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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Len Wilson is an author, speaker, and advocate for creativity in faith and life. He is known for his pioneering work in visual storytelling and has consulted with organizations and ministries across the country. Len is the author or co-author of ten books, has been featured in dozens of articles for major religious periodicals, and has acquired leadership books for Abingdon Press, a division of the United Methodist Publishing House. He currently serves as Creative Director at Peachtree, a large church in Atlanta, Georgia. Follow Len at lenwilson.us or on Twitter at @Len_Wilson.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part 1: Are We Meant to Fly? Discovering a Strategic Approach to Worship
- Chapter 1: Why Design Worship in a Team?
- Chapter 2: Identifying Team Purpose
- Chapter 3: Addressing Issues of Methodology
- Part 2: Building the Aeroplane: Putting the Worship Design Team Together
- Chapter 4: Who's on the Design Team?
- Chapter 5: What's the Size of the Design Team?
- Chapter 6: How Does the Team Operate? Team Equality
- Chapter 7: Who Does What? Team Roles
- Chapter 8: How Do We Organize Our Time?
- Part 3: Taking Flight: Achieving Koinonia
- Chapter 9: Becoming a Small Group
- Chapter 10: Learning to Make Decisions Together
- Chapter 11: The Weekly List of Decisions
- Chapter 12: Brainstorming
- Chapter 13: A Worship Case Study
- Part 4: Grounded: Dealing with Team Maintenance and Problems
- Chapter 14: Sole Proprietor Preachers
- Chapter 15: Maintaining a Finely Tuned Machine
- Notes
