An article in this morning’s Washington Post reporting on some Easter Sunday celebrations in the D.C. area points us to the meaning of Easter itself.
Archive for category Protestant Worship
Prayers of Confession
Feb 19
“If the ‘Confession: A Roman Catholic App’ makes that connection between heart, mind and voice that call us to an even deeper confession of Christ, then would the creators make an app for us Protestant worshipers as well?”
Each congregation “shall have freedom, either to restrict the sung praise to the Psalms, or to include paraphrases of Scripture, and hymns and spiritual songs consistent with the doctrine of the Confession of Faith” and “shall have freedom whether to permit musical accompaniment to the sung praise in worship, or not.”
Praying for Gay Youth
Nov 14
This past Wednesday in our seminary chapel, gay youth were prayed for, holding up their dignity as cherished by God and worthy of love, care and protection from abusive language and action.
Grand Rapids Press reports that worship attendance is down at the Sunday evening service among the Christian Reformed.
Many people assume that there has been a steady decline in worship attendance for all the mainline denominations since the mid-1960s—the era when most of them began to see their memberships decline. But trends in attendance—usually thought to be a better indicator of church vitality than trends in membership—have actually followed their own patterns.
Moravian cup of covenant
Sep 16
In the Moravian liturgical tradition the cup of covenant is not to be confused with Holy Communion, although terminology and form remind us of Communion.
For many years Coral Ridge had two very distinct worship services – one contemporary and one traditional. The result was the unintentional development of two different churches under one roof. It wasn’t healthy. So back at the end of Spring we started talking about what we could do to unify our one large church.
Could emphasizing the importance of certain seasons and celebrating them with higher quality services actually be lowering average attendance in liturgical denominations?
Here is Matthew J. Milliner at First Things on “The Neglected Fireplace: Protestantism and the Arts.”