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Best Worship Planning Team Ever

October 8, 2009 By Kara Powell

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In Howard Vanderwell’s The Church of All Ages: Generations Worshiping Together, it’s suggested that worship planning at churches should be age-inclusive.  In other words, it shouldn’t just be adults planning the church worship; teenagers and even children should be involved also.  That way their preferences and Kingdom dreams are represented, along with the adults’.

So often we think intergenerational worship means we ask children to read Scripture and pray.  That’s not a bad start, but it’s all the better if children are involved even during the planning process.  That’s true inclusion.

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3 Responses to “Best Worship Planning Team Ever”

  1. andy Says:
    October 8th, 2009 at 8:21 am

    Wow . . . It occurs to me what a simple concept this is. Yet, so profound . . . To the point where I cannot imagine many traditional churches implementing it. Which, you know, is one of the downsides of tradition . . .

  2. Kara Powell Says:
    October 8th, 2009 at 10:48 am

    Yes, there are many strengths of tradition and yet for all of us as individuals and organizationally, our strengths can become our weaknesses.

  3. Nick Arnold Says:
    October 8th, 2009 at 10:57 am

    This idea fits in well with Chap Clark’s assessment of adolescent development, specifically the need for adolescents to know that their decisions matter.

    Andy is right, this is a very simple concept. I’m going to send this link to my pastor and see if we could “experiment” with this.

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