A Community at Worship

A year-long worship experience to help your congregation explore the theology, culture, and practice that guides your worship.

Participating Congregations:

Berwick First Baptist
First Baptist Church of Norristown
Calvary Baptist, Allentown
 Grace Crossing Community Church
First Baptist Church of Bethlehem
Prospect Hill Baptist Church
First Baptist Church of Lansdale
The Baptist Church of West Chester 

Participating Congregations Will Receive:

  • Three workshops for up to five people

  • Three church-specific consultations

  • $500 to grow your worship program (not for equipment)

  • $240 to support communicating your worship norms with the congregation

  • A community working together to grow as worshipers of God

 

Commitment Required to Participate:

  • Congregation’s leadership has agreed to support participation in the year-long Community at Worship project.

  • Congregation will contribute $100 towards the program. Checks made payable to “A Place in the Conversation.”

  • A team of up to five people (including the pastor) who are committed to attending all three workshops. (see below)

 

Workshops:

Workshop 1 – September 23, 2023: Discerning your Congregation’s Unique Theology, Culture, and Practice of Worship

9 – 9.30: Sign in and Coffee
9.30 – 9.45: Welcoming Comments and Opening Prayer
9.45 – 10.15: Session I: Worship is Our Thing
10.15 – 11.00: Session II: Discernment -vs- Planning
11.00 – 11.15: Break
11.15 – 12: Breakout Exercise
12 – 1: Lunch
1 – 1.45: Session III Workshop: Begin exploring your own community’s worship norms
Short break to compile results of session III
2 – 3: Session IV: Tactical Planning and Group Discussion (Planning to take the project home)
3 – 3.30: Closing

Workshop 2 – January 20, 2024: Communicating your Congregation’s Unique Worship Norms

9 – 9.30: Sign in and Coffee
9.30 – 9.45: Welcome and Opening Prayer
9.45 – 10.15: Session I: Sharing Your Discernment Process
10.15 – 11.00: Session II: Sharing What the Spirit Spoke
11.00 – 11.15: Break
11.15 – 11.45: Session III: Leading the Change Process (Helping People Navigate Transition)        11.45 -12.00: Crafting a Communication Plan                                                                                                12 – 1.00 Lunch (Pastors lunch with Dan in the conference room)
1 – 2.15: Session IV: Crafting Your Communication Plan (work with your team)
2.15 – 2.30 Break                                                                                                                                              2.30 – 3.15: Share the Highlights of Your Plan
3.15 – 3.30: Closing

Workshop 3 – April 20, 2024: Living Into Your Community’s Unique Worship Culture

9 – 9.30: Sign in and Coffee
9.30 – 9.45: Welcoming Comments and Opening Prayer
9.45 – 10.15: Session I:
10.15 – 11.00: Session II:
11.00 – 11.15: Break
11.15 – 12: Breakout Exercise
12 – 1: Lunch
1 – 1.45: Session III Workshop:
Short break to compile results of session III
2 – 3: Session IV:
3 – 3.30: Closing

All workshops will be held at FBC Lansdale: 700 N Broad St, Lansdale, PA 19446

First Baptist Church – Lansdale

Workshop I & 2

What People Are Saying

For more information:

Pastor Dan Nicewonger

dan@aplaceintheconversation.org     704-918-8043

Dr. Chris Wells

physicistintheory@gmail.com       410-869-2192

A Community at Worship is a very practical book that outlines Chris and Dan’s thinking about worship renewal. They guide the reader through a process of discerning a congregation’s unique worship norms.
A Community at Worship

The Community at Worship year-long experience is a project of A Place in the Conversation done in partnership with the Central Union Association of American Baptist Churches of PA and DE.

This program is made possible through a Vital Worship Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Grand Rapids, Michigan, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment Inc.