Presentation slides on the formational role of worship in youth (or any) ministry

1. THE GLORIA
GLORY
to the Father
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning,
is now,
and will be forever,
AMEN

2. THE (FORMATIONAL) ROLE
OF WORSHIP
IN YOUTH (OR ANY!) MINISTRY
DALE CAMPBELL
NORTHCOTE BAPTIST CHURCH
BYM QB LEADER TRAINING 2015

6. 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’

7. 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

9. WORSHIP AS ‘DIALOGUE’
God Speaks & We Listen
• Gospel Story IMPRESSED upon us
We Reply & God/Others
Hear
• Gospel Faith EXPRESSED by us

10. 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)