How pastor and "lead worshiper" Joseph Garlington helps people recognize holy moments and encounter God.

A Leadership Interview

The sanctuary is packed. Ushers wedge latecomers into the few empty seats scattered across the long, low room. When those seats are full, they open clattering doors to overflow rooms on the sides. There's no holy hush in this place. Even the quiet moments are accompanied by ...

Topics:	Atmosphere, Changes in worship, Experience, Experiencing God, Outreach, Presence of God, Revivals, Worship, Worship planning, Worship style
Filters:	Emergent ministry, Pastor, Preaching, Worship, Worship leader, Youth pastor
Purpose:	Worship
References:	Luke 5:36-39
Date Added:	July 11, 2007

Though church leaders spend extraordinary energy preparing for worship, many do not evaluate whether the energy was well spent.

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Yet if we've been given the ability to plan worship, we can evaluate at some level what we've done. The following tool, prepared by Leadership's editors and advisers, can help. It does not cover all the bases (for example, sermon evaluation is left out), and not all questions ...

Topics:	Atmosphere, Changes in worship, Experience, Experiencing God, Presence of God, Worship, Worship planning, Worship service, Worship style
Filters:	Church staff, Pastor, Prayer, Preaching, Worship, Worship leader
Purpose:	Worship
References:	Psalm 150
Date Added:	July 11, 2007

The question often comes up:

How can a service be both a worship service and seeker friendly?

At Saddleback we believe you can have both without compromising either.

When we speak of worship, we are talking about something only believers can do. Worship is from believers to God. We magnify God's name in worship by expressing our love and commitment to him. Unbelievers simply cannot do this.

Topics:	Evangelism, Experiencing God, Outreach, Presence of God, Styles of worship, Unchurched, Worship, Worship service
Filters:	Church staff, Elder, Evangelism, Outreach, Pastor, Worship, Worship leader, Youth ministry
Purpose:	Evangelism
References:	Matthew 28:19-20, John 4:24, Acts 1:8
Date Added:	July 11, 2007

I have just had another one of those strange feelings. Another telephone interview has just occurred with an excitable American lady calling from Virginia Beach in Virginia.

She asks me where I'm from and with just a little too much mischief for my spiritual reputation I reply "Littlehampton Beach, Littlehampton". She exclaims "is that in England?" and I reply with even more mischief, "that it is the ...

Topics:	Changes in worship, Contemporary worship, Emergent worship, Experiencing God, Worship, Worship planning, Worship service, Worship styles
Filters:	Pastor, Worship, Worship leader, Youth pastor
Purpose:	Worship
References:	Ezekiel 44:19
Date Added:	July 12, 2007