Issue #79: March 2006

Editorial: Expanding the Conversation: Knitting Together Worship and Congregational Life
by John D. Witvliet

Ascension: The Incarnation Continues: Recovering the Importance of the Ascension
by Laura A. Smit

Ascension: The King of Glory Now: A Service Celebrating the Ascension of Christ
by Philip Stel

Feature: Pastors as Mentors and Coaches: Equipping Lay Leaders in Small Churches
by Peter Bush, Christine O’Reilly

Feature: Building for Memory
by Eric Jacobsen

Series for the Season: You’re Invited: A Four-Week Series Focusing on Your Witness and Mission to the World
by Cheryl Molhoek

Feature: Consider Those “In Between” Words: Spoken Transitions in Worship
by Paul Ryan

Feature: Sing With Me: Introducing a Children’s Songbook
by Joyce Borger

Communion: Many Gifts, One Lord: A Communion Service Based on 1 Corinthians
by Fred Bultman

Songs for the Season: “Acts and Letters” Song Search Results
by Emily R. Brink

Church Profile: From an English Lesson to a Church: Lao Unity Church, Sioux City Iowa
by James Calvin Schaap

Feature: Black and Reformed: Perspective from Five African American Leaders
by Andre Daley, James Jones, Denise Posie, Stedford Sims, Reggie Smith

Resources: Giving Everyone a Voice: How We Used a Song Survey for Teaching, Ownership, Renewal, and Unity
by Ron Rienstra

Pentecost: “You Shall Be My Witnesses”: Pentecost Service
by David Rylaarsdam

Q&A: Hand Drumming
by Asher Mains

Viewpoint: Learning from Creative Tension: Observations on Alternative/Emerging Worship in England
by Ron Rienstra

Hospitality: We Need Every Part of the Body: Including People with Disabilities
by Joan Cornelison

Technology: “Can You Hear Me Now?”: Making Your Monitors Work for You
by Chris Koch

Instruments: A Singing Faith: CDs That Celebrate Congregational Song
by Randall D. Engle

Letters: Letters
by Carl L. Stam
lett

Reviews: Book: The Worshiping Life: Meditations on the Order of Worship
by Mary S. Hulst

Notes

Come and See: There's an Elephant in Our Sanctuary
by Dean R. Heetderks