CELEBRATING:
SERMONS
"What is Worship" Jul
13th
Prayer: May what we think
and say be revealed in our feeling and doing - so that
we may be your faithful people here in your house, and
in our everyday living. We pray in Christ. AMEN
[The sermon today was a teaching sermon on aspects
of worship. No text is available since the conversation
followed the order of service. The following is a summary
from an important resource for worship in the United
Church of Canada.]
WHAT DOES WORSHIP DO? Charlotte Caron is a Professor
of Ministry at St. Andrew's College in Saskatoon. She
has written a helpful little book on worship in the
United Church. A copy will soon be in the SHUC library.
EAGER FOR WORSHIP (Theologies, Practices and Perspectives
on Worship in the UCC), The McGeachy Papers Vol. VII,
Division of Ministry Personnel & Education - UCC, Toronto.
2000. ISBN 08 862 2-371-7
"What Does Worship Do?" [pp. 3-11]
1. Worship gathers the faithful.
2. Worship refreshes.
3. Worship calls us to encounter God.
4. Worship intends to create awe.
5. Christian worship proclaims Christ's message of
life and calls humanity to live in the way of Jesus
of Nazareth.
6. Worship connects us with the historic church.
7. Worship links us with the universal church.
8. Worship has the role of being an equalizer.
9. Worship signifies self-giving.
10. Worship unites the transcendent (God beyond us)
and immanent (God within us).
11. Worship gives pastoral care.
12. Worship educates.
13. Worship can be an opportunity for outreach.
14. Worship acts as a change agent.
15. Worship creates images.
16. Worship maintains discipline and order in the congregation.
17. Worship ritualizes certain passages of life, e.g.
birth, death, sex, eating….
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