TEN WORSHIPPING CHURCHES

'Worship'-the word calls forth images of people flocking to pay honour to God, to show their love and reverence in services as varied as the buildings that enclose them. But what is worship? How can we enliven and enjoy our worship and make it pleasing to God?

Graham Kendrick, well known songwriter and worship leader, draws together ten churches of different affiliations across Britain to discover some surprising and exciting answers to these questions. Gone is the notion of staid, stuffy services. Instead, old frameworks are built upon and polished to a new lustre with experiments in drama, unstructured or free-flowing worship, music, liturgy, and full orchestral accompaniments!

The ten contributors to this book show an understanding for and sensitivity to the feelings of some members of their congregations who wish to maintain tradition, while at the same time an open attitude towards new forms. They write with warmth about what is happening in their churches, charting both the joys and difficulties of worship within a climate of change and sometimes even conflict. What emerges is a dynamic picture of people of varied backgrounds learnin to worship together.