![]() Sisco says the college vespers, with its dimly-lit seating, bouncy jazz, and bright stage, created a space so “those on the fringes and uncomfortable with church could draw near to God.“ And the ways we worship form how we live out our Christian faith. “Jazz Vespers here only vaguely resembles its original incarnation at Calvin College,” says Shannon Sisco, who helped lead weekly Jazz Vespers as a college student and transplanted the idea to Wicker Park Grace Church in Chicago, where she’s in graduate school.Īs Sisco and other contemporary worship leaders explain, worship is more than music. Look deeper and you’ll see that neither is all about the music. After all, they’re both doing Jazz Vespers. Seen through the lens of “contemporary worship style,” these coffeehouse settings are twins. You forget your must-do list and let poetry, Scripture, and music soothe you. String bass, keyboard, and saxophone twine a slow rhythm that makes your shoulders relax. Slide Show to Planning Contemporary Worship Services By: Joan Huyser-Honig Tags: contemporary worship, style, theology, tradition Feature Story posted on August 18, 2006 A feature story exploring the planning for Contemporary Worship services. Do you know how to look beyond the style of a "traditional" or "contemporary" worship service to find its worship vision, structure, and theology? Ron Rienstra says it's a question more worship planners should ask and answer.
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