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Starting a Worship Planning Team

September 9, 2014 8:30 p.m. EDT 7:30 p.m. CDT 6:30 p.m. MDT 5:30 p.m. PDT

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• Elder, Indiana Conference 1997-Present

• Director of Worship Resources, GBOD, 2005-

Present

• Chair, Consultation on Common Texts, 2014-

present

• Member, The North American Academy of

Liturgy, 2008-Present

• GBOD staff for General Conference,

2008,2012, 2016

• Brother, The Order of Saint Luke, 1996-

present

• Contact me: [email protected]

@twbe

About Taylor Burton-Edwards

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• Expertise

• Crafting

• Fine tuning

• Reflective work

• Writing/Creating Art/Composing

• Practicing for “solo” leadership


• Production/coordination

• Group rehearsals: Choirs/bands/dance teams

• Specialty team work (altar guild, ushers, acolytes, communion stewards)

• Projects/Commissions

• “Doing things right”


• Big picture: “Doing the right things “

• Overall coordination and flow of series and services

• Visionaries and evangelists

• Engaging the whole congregation in worship

• Diverse expertise

• Extended social networks


Who’s on the team?

Artists/Designers Musicians Pastor(s) Writers

Choreographers Helper Reps Technology Wise Ones

How Many?

5-7 or 7-12 Intimate group or working

team? Relationship or task?


Recruiting

One on one Passion and gifts ACT– Available, Competent Teachable

Clear about your expectations: meetings, participation, duration Ask about their expectations


“Teaming” and Training

Team Covenant

Training

2-3 months <-Accountability

Knowledge and Skills->


“Teaming”

Team Covenant

Preparation: Bring my best game to the table Presence: Be at the table Performance: Respect the expertise of each, and the insights of all.


Training

Common Platforms: “Basic Pattern,” “By Water and the Spirit,” “This Holy Mystery,” Living into the Mystery, RCL and Christian Year Attending to Energy and Flow: Energy Map http://is.gd/V418SV Bearings in Worship http://is.gd/mjp5lX Order of Perception http://is.gd/q9SnzT Attentional Worship http://is.gd/aKy0rq Specialized Expertise

http://www.gbod.org/resources/by-water-and-the-spirit-full-text


http://www.gbod.org/resources/this-holy-mystery-a-united-methodist-understanding-of-holy-communion1

http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-16404.htm

http://www.gbod.org/lead-your-church/worship/resource/exploring-the-revised-common-lectionary


http://umcworship.blogspot.com/2013/02/an-energy-map-for-worship.html

http://umcworship.blogspot.com/2012/05/bearings-in-worship-series-map.html

http://umcworship.blogspot.com/2012/10/worship-planning-cycles-of-perception.html

http://umcworship.blogspot.com/2012/03/attentional-worship.html




Planning Your First Series

“Seasonal” “Something Else”

Announce: 2-3 months out

Suggestion:

Advent, then Holy Week or Eastertide

Book of the Bible Popular Culture Music Urgent Need Ethical /Doctrinal Series Other Start: 6 weeks

+ season length before season or series starts

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http://www.gbod.org/resources/planning-for-advent-2014


The “Series” Meeting: Preparation

Everyone’s Homework (Solo and Team) Read: the scriptures and helps for the season or series Look for: feeling, senses and an “anchor image” or tagline that connects with all the readings Begin: to create a story arc across the texts with the image in mind

Pastor’s Homework (Solo) Study: the scriptures for the season or series Provide: an overview of the season/series and guide questions (WPH) Develop: synopses of the texts and how they relate to overview


60-90 minutes “Anchor Image”

OR Tagline/Story Arc “Metaphoraging”

“Storyboarding”

Gather: Morning/Evening Prayer, brief sharing, covenant reminder

Movement A: “Sense Out” the Series: Feeling (space, sound, “visual touch,” smell, tastes, emotion) , energy flow, anchor image “metaphoraging”

OR Movement B: “Suss out” the series: Start with a

Bible study/word study and listen for story arc and threads that will become the “direction” and “warp” of the story line you weave

The Series Meeting


The Series Meeting “Anchor Image”


The Series Meeting GC 2016

Tagline to Preliminary Story Arc and Threads

As we’ve gone As we’re going As we will go

Learning in the journey Mercy, not sacrifice

“Flockness”


The Series Meeting

Moments: “Sense Out” Each Service Metaphoraging/Story Mining/Theme Weaving, initial blocking, initial art, music, prayer, action ideas, and SLICE focus areas

http://www.gbod.org/resources/slice-overview


•sacramental

•liturgical

•indigenous

•connected

•embodied


The Series Meeting Moments: “Sense Out” Each Service Metaphoraging, initial blocking, initial art, music, prayer, action ideas, and SLICE focus areas

Mapping: Build a

basic storyboard

Assigning: Suggestions for each service

Sending: thanks,

theme, compline



The “Series” Meeting

GC 2012 Storyboard Outline First Draft

• Mark 1:14-20 Call Jesus calls disciples by Galilee

• Mark 2:13-17 Invite Jesus calls Levi and eats with his friends

• Mark 3: 7-12 Heal Jesus heals and exorcises many

• Mark 4: 1-9 Listen Parables from a boat to a crowd

• Mark 4:35-41 Embark Asleep in the storm

• Mark 5:21-43 Believe Jesus raises daughter of synagogue leader

• Mark 6:30-44 Trust Feeding 5000

• Mark 14:26-28; 16:7 Encounter A last meal with prediction of meeting again in Galilee

• John 21:1-17 Feed Jesus meets the disciples by the shore


The First “Services” Meeting

60 minutes


Movement: “Making Sense” of the Series:

Flow, other factors, and further thoughts.

Moments: “Making Sense of each Service” More input, more specifics, SLICE focus areas and flow for each service Mapping: Build out the order for 1 or more Assigning: Full scripts for “built” services

Sending: thanks, theme, compline


Services Change Series

GC 2012 Storyboard Outline Revision

• Mark 1:14-20 Call Jesus calls disciples by Galilee • Mark 2:13-17 Invite Jesus calls Levi and eats with his friends • Mark 3: 7-12 Heal Jesus heals and exorcises many • Mark 4: 1-9 Listen Parables from a boat to a crowd (Act of

Repentance) • Mark 5:21-43 Believe Jesus raises daughter of synagogue leader

(Saturday Morning and Noon only) • Mark 4:35-41 Embark Asleep in the storm • Mark 6:45-51 Encourage Walking to Us on Water (Ecumenical) • Mark 14:26-28; 16:7 Encounter A last meal with prediction of

meeting again in Galilee • John 21:1-17 Feed Jesus meets the disciples by the shore • John 21:19, Mark 16:19-20 Follow (Closing)


Subsequent “Services” Meetings

60 minutes Until 2-3 weeks

out


Movement: Check-in for course corrections Moments: Review full scripts, check in progress on other services

Mapping: Build out the order for more services

Assigning: Full scripts for “newly built” services, notifications, rehearsals (cue to cue)

Sending: thanks, theme, compline


“Mid-Series” Meetings

30 minutes after worship if

possible

Gather: Mid-day

prayer, covenant reminder

Movement: How did

you see God moving in you? In others? In/through the series?

Moments: Alignment,

Attention/Participation, Flow, and troubleshooting

Mapping: All plans in

place through series?

Assigning: Notifications, “fixes,” “eCheck-in”

Sending: thanks,

theme, blessing


“Series Wrap” Meeting

60 minutes home setting celebration

Gather: Evening Prayer, brief sharing, covenant reminder

Movement: How did you see God moving in you and in others across this series? How did we work? SLICE progress? Overall learnings?

Moments: Highlights: best of/worst of by service and specific learnings

Mapping: Gearing

up for next series, 3-6 months out with SLICE in mind

Assigning: Notifications for input, meeting start dates, readings list

Sending: thanks,

theme, compline


Resources for Planning Teams

http://www.worshipdesignstudio.com


Q&A

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Resources – Click on these links for more info!

Common Platforms:

• “By Water and the Spirit,”

• “This Holy Mystery,”

• Living into the Mystery,

• Revised Common Lectionary and Christian Year

Attending to Energy and Flow:

• Energy Map

• Bearings in Worship

• Order of Perception

• Attentional Worship

• Planning for Advent Webinar

• SLICE Overview PowerPoint

• SLICE Webinar and worksheets

• http://www.worshipdesignstudio.com


http://www.gbod.org/resources/this-holy-mystery-a-united-methodist-understanding-of-holy-communion1

http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-16404.htm


http://umcworship.blogspot.com/2013/02/an-energy-map-for-worship.html

http://umcworship.blogspot.com/2012/05/bearings-in-worship-series-map.html

http://umcworship.blogspot.com/2012/10/worship-planning-cycles-of-perception.html







http://www.gbod.org/resources/slice-evaluating-and-improving-worship-where-you-are

http://www.worshipdesignstudio.com/

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