NORDIC & BALTIC

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NORDIC BALTIC School of Congregational
Development 9/1-6/09 Oslo, Norway new
communities of faith with new people
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HEARTS STRANGELY WARMED, AGAIN DYNAMIC
WORSHIP - SYNERGY INTEGRITY BETWEEN
TRADITIONAL CONTEMPORARY
WORSHIP Rev.
Kelvin Sauls
ksauls_at_gbgm-umc.org
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THE PRESENT FUTURE? strategies/methodologies
that got us here will not sustain us where we
are, nor grow us to where we need to go
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I don't preach a social gospel I preach the
Gospel, period. The gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ is concerned for the whole person. When
people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is
that political or social?" He said, "I feed
you." Because the good news to a hungry person
is bread. Archbishop Desmond Tutu South
African Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
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To be Christian is to be global. Deeply
incarnate in every soil where it is planted, the
gospel of Jesus Christ knows of no boundaries.
Its song sprouts strong travels unto the very
ends of the earth, declaring the marvels of
Gods salvation Jorge Lockward Director, Global
Praise The General Board of Discipleship
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Whether traditional or contemporary, the
essentials of worship are recognize, evangelize
mobilize. Worship ought to help people
recognize re-cognize God seek surrender to
God continuously be energized excited to make
disciples of Jesus Christ for global holistic
transformation.
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BIBLICAL FRAMING John 4 1-30 (CEV) 19The woman
said, "Sir, I can see that you are a prophet.
20 My ancestors worshiped on this mountain, b
but you Jews say Jerusalem is the only place to
worship. 21Jesus said to her Believe me, the
time is coming when you won't worship the Father
either on this mountain or in Jerusalem. 22You
Samaritans don't really know the one you worship.
But we Jews do know the God we worship, and by
using us, God will save the world. 23But a time
is coming, and it is already here! Even now the
true worshipers are being led by the Spirit to
worship the Father according to the truth. These
are the ones the Father is seeking to worship
him.
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BIBLICAL FRAMING John 4 1-30 (CEV)     25The
woman said, "I know that the Messiah will come.
He is the one we call Christ. When he comes, he
will explain everything to us."  
26"I am that one," Jesus told
her, "and I am speaking to you now." Psalms
961-3 (NIV) O sing to the Lord a new song sing
to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord,
bless Gods name tell of Gods salvation from
day to day. Declare Gods glory among the
nations, Gods marvelous works among the
peoples.
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John Wesleys Aldersgate Experience In 1738, in
his 30s, he attended an evening worship service
in London which moved him deeply. "In the evening
I went very unwillingly to a society located on
Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther's
preface to the Epistle to the Romans
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John Wesleys Aldersgate Experience while the
leader was describing the change which God works
in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my
heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in
Christ alone for salvation and an assurance was
given me that He had taken away my sins, even
mine, and saved me from the law of sin and
death
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Worship whether traditional or contemporary -
need not be a test of endurance. Worship plays
can be a significant resource for tools of
endurance, empowerment and enlightenment. We can
overcome challenges prior, during and after our
worship.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF WORSHIP WITH INTEGRITY
AUTHENTICITY Worship ought to move people from
loneliness to authentic community Worship ought
to move people from hopelessness brokenness to
hope healing
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CHARACTERISTICS OF WORSHIP WITH INTEGRITY
AUTHENTICITY Worship ought to move people from
self-centeredness to God-centeredness Worship
ought to move our values from a mainstream ethic
to a Jesus-ethic Mainline or Methodist
Rediscovering our Evangelistic Mission Scott
Kisker
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CHARACTERISTICS OF WORSHIP WITH INTEGRITY
AUTHENTICITY Worship ought to move people from
cowardice to courage Worship ought to remind us
of our identity ability in God Secrets of
the Vine Bruce Wilkerson
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CHARACTERISTICS OF WORSHIP WITH INTEGRITY
AUTHENTICITY Worship ought to help people
respond to an alter in their lives thats
positive an altar thats transformative Wors
hip ought to invite people into a disposition of
individual corporate thankfulness to God
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CHARACTERISTICS OF WORSHIP WITH INTEGRITY
AUTHENTICITY Worship ought to facilitate
forgiveness, faithfulness fruitfulness
Worship ought to be about the renewal of
faith the refreshing of spirituality
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CHARACTERISTICS OF WORSHIP WITH INTEGRITY
AUTHENTICITY In its essence, our worship unto
God invites us into a lifestyle where we dont
just come to Church, but be and become the Church
of Jesus Christ daily!
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CHARACTERISTICS OF WORSHIP WITH INTEGRITY
AUTHENTICITY Worship is more about what happens
before the processional invocation, and after
the benediction recessional more about what
happens the other six days of the week, than
what happens on Sunday. Everyday ought to be
Sonday!!
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CHARACTERISTICS OF WORSHIP WITH INTEGRITY
AUTHENTICITY The substance of worship is not
its style, but Gods presence. The style of
worship is not what makes us United Methodist.
What makes us United Methodist is that our
worship facilitates a connection with God that
enable us to embrace and practice a spirituality
that can facilitate personal holiness and social
righteousness.
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Embedded in a Wesleyan methodology of hymnody is
a Wesleyan theology of worship incarnational con
textual practical transformational missional invi
tational
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The audacity to imagine the otherwise is at the
heart of Christian worship faith. Such an
audacity can fuel a renewed way of looking at
ones identity spirituality ability
activity destiny divinity. This can be the
imagination mobilization for a post-modern
Methodist Revival thats individual
experiential, holistic global!
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ABCDs of WHERE to GO from WHERE you ARE
ACKNOWLEGEMENT move beyond denial engage in
assessment knowing where youre going starts
with knowing where you are appreciation,
evaluation elevation
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ABCDs of WHERE to GO from WHERE you ARE
BOLDNESS ask the why questions listen to
learn from answers take risks to discern, design
determine the next level
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ABCDs of WHERE to GO from WHERE you ARE
COLLABORATE organize mobilize those inside
outside the church connect your service of
worship with your worship through service
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ABCDs of WHERE to GO from WHERE you ARE
DETERMINATION practice patience, persistence
perseverance victory is given to those who arent
just looking for quick fixes, but who are in this
for the long haul
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CALL TO WORSHIP Like Jesus, we have to go
through Samaria Like the Samaritan woman at
Jacobs Well, we must leave our buckets For the
John Wesleys of today, we must become a people
places where hearts are strangely warmed!
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SENDING FORTH Like Paul Silas, allow
courageous contagious worship of God to free
you from whatever is keeping you imprisoned
incarcerated from Gods purpose, power
possibility GROW! GLOW! GO!
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES FOR ONGOING GROWTRH
Barna, George. Growing True Disciples.
WaterBrook Press, 2001 The Second Coming of the
Church. World Publishing, 1998 Blackaby, Henry
Richard. Spiritual Leadership. Broadman
Holman, 2001 Easum, Bill. Leadership on the
Other Side. Abingdon, 2000 Global Praise, The
General Board of Global Ministry New World
Outlook Mission Magazine. March/April, 2009 For
Everyone Born Global Songs For An Emerging
Church, 2008 Charles Wesley at 300, 2007 Hybels,
Bill. Courageous Leadership. Zondervan,
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P. Putnams Sons, 1998 Knight III, Henry H.
F. Douglas Powe, Jr. Transforming Evangelism
The Wesleyan Way of Sharing Your Faith,
2006 Kotter, John Our Iceberg Is Melting
Changing Succeeding Under Any Conditions,
2006
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES FOR ONGOING GROWTRH
Percy, Harold. Your Church Can Thrive,
2003 Ruffle, Douglas Roadmap to Renewal
Rediscovering the Churchs Mission,
2009 Stewart, Carlyle F. Reclaiming what was
Lost, 2003 Kisker, Scott Mainline or Methodist?
Rediscovery Our Evangelical Mission, 2008 Sweet,
Leornard. AQUA Church, 1999 Teykl, Terry. The
Presence Based Church, 2003 The United Methodist
Publishing House The United Methodist Hymnal,
1989 With One Voice Discovering Christs Song In
Our Worship, 1989 Wilkinson, Bruce. Secrets of
the Vine. Multnomah, Inc., 2001