Honor

Honor is the word that most readily comes to mind when I think of worship, which here primarily means corporate worship – where two or three (or more) are gathered in the divine presence. As I began this brainstorm, the ideas trickled out slowly at first – worship seems like such a self-evident proposition for those who practice (and especially for those of us who lead it) regularly. Yet as this brainstorm continued, the subtle variations and aspects of worship began to pour out, connecting ancient and avant-garde practices and experiences of honoring, praising, and encountering the divine presence in the gathering of the faithful – and hopeful.

Once again, here’s the list. It’s a start, and I welcome suggestions and ideas.

  1. 1 Corinthians 14:26 pot luck – taking each aspect in turn

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  2. Hebrews 10:24-25 – don’t neglect meeting together
  3. Four stages of worship: Gather; Proclamation; Thanksgiving; and Sending
  4. Tabernacle, Temple, Synagogue, and Sanctuary
  5. Ezekiel’s Temple (chapter 40-43?)
  6. Offering
  7. Baptism & Communion – the Entrance and Endurance Sacraments
  8. Preaching/Proclamation as community endeavor
  9. Music and Praise
  10. Corporate prayer
  11. Structure and meaning – architecture (the vertical and horizontal line of communion and communication – also nave, transept, and chancel)
  12. The Christian Year
  13. The Revised Common Lectionary
  14. Liturgy – work of the people
  15. Confession and pardon
  16. Anointing and healing
  17. Curating Worship – space to explore, encounter, reflect, and respond
  18. Emergent Worship
  19. EPIC Worship – experiential, participatory, image rich, connective (Leonard Sweet)
  20. John 4 – in Spirit and in Truth
  21. Postures – kneeling, bowing, standing
  22. Worship and Psalms – the turning
  23. Testimony in the assembly
  24. Ecclesiastes 5:1 (NRSV) Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than the sacrifice offered by fools; for they do not know how to keep from doing evil.
  25. Greeting one another with a holy kiss (Romans 12:12; 1 Cor 16:20; 2 Cor 13:12; 1 Thes 5:26)
  26. Leave your gift at the altar and be reconciled, then bring your gift (Matt 5:23-24)
  27. Levels of intimacy in corporate worship – respecting others’ boundaries (and yours)
  28. Hospitality in corporate worship
  29. Preparing for worship (heart, mind, body, and soul)
  30. Technology/innovation in worship (instruments, symbols, architecture, accouterments, language, ritual, dress, location)
  31. Ancient-Future Worship
  32. What hymns and praise choruses do (traditional, contemporary, and blended)
  33. Corinthian community, conflict, and communion
  34. Leadership Roles in worship
  35. The horizontal and vertical axes
  36. Iconoclasm and iconography
  37. Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs (Ephesians 5:19; Col 3:16)
  38. Vows in worship (ancient and contemporary)
  39. Hospitable worship: widening the circle of family
  40. Taizé Worship
  41. House Worship – House Church
  42. Resources – The Upper Room Worshipbook
  43. The Altar through the ages of worship
  44. The Holy of Holies, the Ark/Throne and the Veil
  45. Revelation as Worship Guide – Triumph of the Lamb commentary by Dennis E. Johnson (need to review this resource)
  46. Pentecost, prophetic utterances, tongues & interpretation, and the role of the Holy Spirit in Worship
  47. Remembering and keeping the Sabbath Holy
  48. Holiness as an experience of being set apart for God
  49. Visio divina – holy seeing – in and beyond the sanctuary (Spiritual Disciplines Handbook by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun)
  50. Connecting personal and corporate worship – extending the experience and boundaries of our worship beyond the sanctuary into all of life