THE GLORIA

GLORYto the Father

and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit

As it was in the beginning, is now,

and will be forever,

AMEN

THE (FORMATIONAL) ROLE

OF WORSHIPIN YOUTH (OR ANY!) MINISTRY

DALE CAMPBELLNORTHCOTE BAPTIST CHURCH

BYM QB LEADER TRAINING 2015

RELATIONSHIP TO CULTURE

Naïve Accommodation

of Culture

Too Positive

Culture is ‘good’

Discerning Translation of

Culture

Discerning &

Balanced

Culture = wretched & radiant

Hasty Rejection of Culture

Too Negative

Culture is ‘bad’

2 KINDS OF ‘RELEVANT’

Able to relate & communicate• Common language• Christ’s human

nature (like us)

Worship must be ‘understandable’ by culture

Same Able to change & transform• Different ability• Christ’s divine nature

(NOT like us)

Worship must invite culture into a ‘foreign’ story

Difference

WORSHIP AS ‘DIALOGUE’

God Speaks & We Listen

• Gospel Story IMPRESSED upon us

We Reply & God/Others Hear• Gospel Faith EXPRESSED by us

WORSHIP THAT IS “SHAPED TO SHAPE SHAPERS” OF THE WORLD

• GATHERING

• God takes initiative in Calling/Gathering us• (not US making a consumer choice to ‘go to church’)

• WORD

• We ‘rehearse’ the Gospel story• (…which so quickly gets forgotten among other stories)

• SACRAMENT

• We remember (and are ‘re-membered’ into) Christ• (not merely about individual relationship to private deity)

• SENDING

• We are sent back into the world• (not as satisfied customers, but grateful servants)