Category Archives: Worship Pastor Helpers

Ancient-Future Worship

Posted on December 9, 2018 by radamdavidson

Here is an excellent summary of Ancient-Future Worship, proposed and propagated by Robert E. Webber, written by Joan Huyser-Honig and Darrell Harris A glimpse from the article: While fewer people today are eager to argue about religion, many “spiritual but not religious” … Continue reading →

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Advent = Awkward

Posted on November 30, 2017 by radamdavidson

When we were young our Mom brought home a peculiar Advent Calendar that had a picture of a creepy lion and some dude with horse legs.  To add to the strangeness, Mom made us Turkish delight.  I can’t speak for … Continue reading →

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September 11 — In Context

Posted on September 11, 2017 by radamdavidson

In his book The Younger Evangelicals, worship theologian and professor Robert Webber writes: The younger evangelicals are marked in a very special way  by the events of September 11, 2001.  They know that the world will never be the same, that … Continue reading →

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Who is Communion For?

Posted on August 1, 2017 by radamdavidson

Losers.  Communion is for losers. And imperfect people, like the ones who microwave fish for lunch in the office kitchen, and those who slander and gossip and kill and destroy, and for people who hate dogs and love cats, or … Continue reading →

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A Fresh Word on Worship (from 1954)

Posted on February 4, 2017 by radamdavidson

From Ilion T. Jones, A Historical Approach to Evangelical Worship (Abingdon Press) The liturgical movement is one of the significant movements of our time.  (Not only) is it creating a revival of interest in worship but it is bringing about changes in church … Continue reading →

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New Sermon Series: Hope (Romans 5:1-11)

Posted on March 28, 2016 by radamdavidson

We start a new series this Sunday called Hope, which is based on a verse-by-verse walk through of a very hope-filled passage in Romans (5:1-11).  Each week brings another installment of a sentence fragment which locks together to make a powerful statement of our … Continue reading →

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Sunday Text Messages

Posted on February 9, 2016 by radamdavidson

People text me while I preach.  At the beginning of each message, I put up my digits and encourage people to text as I speak.  I usually make the following clear, so as to establish protocol: As I’m talking, please feel … Continue reading →

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We’re All On the Worship Team

Posted on January 11, 2016 by radamdavidson

The parking lot team has a job, and it’s to show you where to park your car and help you find your way inside for worship.  The coffee team gets there early and brews a holy brew for people to wake up … Continue reading →

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Changes at PFM (Third Service)

Posted on December 16, 2015 by radamdavidson

This Sunday, December 20, 2015, PFM will hold its final Third Service.  We’re stepping forward into a new Sunday morning format starting January 3, 2016, with two essentially identical worship services at 9am and 11am.  I’ll be taking on the … Continue reading →

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On Choosing Songs

Posted on September 25, 2014 by radamdavidson

It is the  contradiction for worship planners: Pick songs your congregation knows YET pick new songs for your congregation to learn. Yep, we gotta sing songs people know, otherwise, they won’t sing.  How can they?  Yet, if we keep singing the same … Continue reading →

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