Source, The - Softcover

Beach, Nancy; Dyer, Scott

 
9780310500216: Source, The

Synopsis

PRESENTING THE SOURCE - the first comprehensive guide to choosing creative material for contemporary church services. The Source gives worship planners and creative directors a quick, topical reference that helps them relate sermon topics, drama, music, and movie clips to a unifying theme. Using The Source, you’ll know immediately if a song is right for a seeker-sensitive service. You’ll know which drama to choose for humor, a serious mood, mime, or a combination. Movie clips? They’re measured down to the second -- so you’ll know exactly where to begin a scene and where to end it. Designed to be a supplement to your own creative process, The Source also provides blanks for your ideas, allowing you to customize it to your church's unique needs. Complete with a clear, thorough user’s guide, this one-stop resource for effective programming includes more than 130 topics. Evangelism, decision making, abortion, the character of God--whatever your focus is, you’ll find it under these major headings: - Christian Life Issues - Holidays and Special Services - Identity of God - Life Issues - Relationship with God - Social Issues - Seeker Issues - Relationships -- Liberally punctuated with Programming Tips -- useful ideas for and about creative ministers and programming -- The Source will help you save time, money, and energy . . . and give you an incredibly effective tool for using the creative arts to their full, powerful potential.

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About the Author

Scott Dyer is music product manager for the Willow Creek Association, and a creative consultant for Willow Creek Community Church.;Nancy Beach is the director of programming at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, IL.

From the Back Cover

PRESENTING THE SOURCE - the first comprehensive guide to choosing creative material for contemporary church services. The Source gives worship planners and creative directors a quick, topical reference that helps them relate sermon topics, drama, music, and movie clips to a unifying theme. Using The Source, you'll know immediately if a song is right for a seeker-sensitive service. You'll know which drama to choose for humor, a serious mood, mime, or a combination. Movie clips? They're measured down to the second -- so you'll know exactly where to begin a scene and where to end it. Designed to be a supplement to your own creative process, The Source also provides blanks for your ideas, allowing you to customize it to your church's unique needs. Complete with a clear, thorough user's guide, this one-stop resource for effective programming includes more than 130 topics. Evangelism, decision making, abortion, the character of God--whatever your focus is, you'll find it under these major headings: - Christian Life Issues - Holidays and Special Services - Identity of God - Life Issues - Relationship with God - Social Issues - Seeker Issues - Relationships -- Liberally punctuated with Programming Tips -- useful ideas for and about creative ministers and programming -- The Source will help you save time, money, and energy . . . and give you an incredibly effective tool for using the creative arts to their full, powerful potential.

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