worship planning

Century Blogs

Why not a robopastor?

Mar 15, 2013 by Daniel Schultz

Paul MacInnes’s tongue-in-cheek column on “jobs a robot could never steal” got me to thinking: could a robot ever take the place of a pastor?

Sadly, I have to conclude that a robot could replicate a lot of what the average cleric does, or even do it better.

In the World

Showing up for Holy Week

Apr 02, 2012 by Steve Thorngate

Yesterday was a long day. I'm now working not one but two part-time church-music jobs; I'm with the Lutherans by morning and the Methodists by night. Both congregations observe Palm/Passion Sunday, complete with numerous changes to the order of service, additional musical ensembles to plan and rehearse, etc.

Century Blogs

How do you make Sundays go smoothly?

Oct 14, 2010 by Adam J. Copeland

A couple weeks ago, Sunday morning didn't quite go as planned.

Features

Songfest

Challenges for a hymnal committee

Aug 25, 2010 by Adam J. Copeland

The struggle to choose the hymns for the small rural congregation I serve is a microcosm of the challenges faced by members of the Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song (PCOCS) as it decides what hymns and songs to include in the next Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) hymnal and electronic resources.