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Would you or someone you know like to be a part of creating the visual impact of our gathered worship services at Hannaford?
If you know computer basics and would like to creatively arrange and select weekly song backgrounds, titles, and movies - please let us know soon. We have an immediate need for some passionate individuals who would like to get involved today. Contact Pastor Eric soon for more.
Eric Powell, Pastor of Worship Arts
Are you comfortable on the computer? Looking for a way to get involved at Hannaford?
We need people to help weekly online and Sunday Worship preparation. If you like blogs or using PowerPoint, it should be easy.
SUNDAY WORSHIP PREPARATION
What this involves ... Prepare MediaShout "scripts" (a.k.a. files) for weekly worship. You would assemble moving backgrounds, still backgrounds, song lyrics, and other items from existing sources. Use the weekly order of worship for guidance. Must be prepared on Hannaford Worship Center computer. Photoshop and design skills a plus, but not necessary.
How this is done ... Take the existing MediaShout "script" from the previous week as a template. Add and arrange worship elements from this new week's order of worship. May involve adding a new song to existing song database, but most songs already exist. Select appropriate section headers for different worship elements.
ONLINE WEBSITE UPDATES
What this involves ... Add weekly information to website using any web browser (home computer okay). Consult the weekly bulletin and Hannaford office for source information. Basic writing and research skills needed. Basic understanding of online tools helpful (such as experience posting info on a blog). Photoshop and image manipulation skills a plus, but not necessary.
How this is done ... Highlight new items and events in bulletin and transfer the Home page and What's New page on the Hannaford website. Log into website using password. Type in text and select images from existing database. May involve finding and adding new images from Google Images from time to time. If you've ever maintained or published a blog, the process is similar.
CONTACT US TODAY
If you are interested and think you can help, just let us know and we can talk more. We'd like to train a few people for each task. Training begins soon, so contact or email Pastor Eric for more info (465-0286).
Eric Powell, Pastor of Worship Arts
Are you comfortable on the computer? Looking for a way to get involved at Hannaford?
We need people to help weekly online and Sunday Worship preparation. If you like blogs or using PowerPoint, it should be easy.
SUNDAY WORSHIP PREPARATION
What this involves ... Prepare MediaShout "scripts" (a.k.a. files) for weekly worship. You would assemble moving backgrounds, still backgrounds, song lyrics, and other items from existing sources. Use the weekly order of worship for guidance. Must be prepared on Hannaford Worship Center computer. Photoshop and design skills a plus, but not necessary.
How this is done ... Take the existing MediaShout "script" from the previous week as a template. Add and arrange worship elements from this new week's order of worship. May involve adding a new song to existing song database, but most songs already exist. Select appropriate section headers for different worship elements.
ONLINE WEBSITE UPDATES
What this involves ... Add weekly information to website using any web browser (home computer okay). Consult the weekly bulletin and Hannaford office for source information. Basic writing and research skills needed. Basic understanding of online tools helpful (such as experience posting info on a blog). Photoshop and image manipulation skills a plus, but not necessary.
How this is done ... Highlight new items and events in bulletin and transfer the Home page and What's New page on the Hannaford website. Log into website using password. Type in text and select images from existing database. May involve finding and adding new images from Google Images from time to time. If you've ever maintained or published a blog, the process is similar.
CONTACT US TODAY
If you are interested and think you can help, just let us know and we can talk more. We'd like to train a few people for each task. Training begins soon, so contact or email Pastor Eric for more info (465-0286).
Eric Powell
Pastor of Worship Arts
At Hannaford, we're exploring how we can better provide young people with opportunities to explore faith, worship together, grow spiritually, and to meet socially. As part of this effort, we're holding an initial meeting and Bible study we're calling DIALOGUE for those in their 20s and 30s.
It's happening this Saturday, November 22 @ 6:00pm and it will be an opportunity to have some food, meet people, study the Bible, and to talk more about how to best connect young adults into life at Hannaford.
If you can come, please let us know and plan to bring a food item to share. Child care will be available upon request.
Eric Powell, Pastor of Worship Arts
The observance of Advent candle lighting is an important one for worshiping congregations. It helps foster the anticipation of Christmas, not simply for the giving and getting of gifts, but for the anticipation of the coming return of Christ.
The word 'Advent' itself, is defined as "The arrival of something or someone important or awaited." An important aspect of observing Advent is to connect the experiences of ancient God-followers with ours today. Using the themes of Hope, Peace, Joy, Love, and Light, we will attempt to look back to those who anticipated Jesus' coming as well as hope for His coming return.
HOPE in Christ (November 30) - Like God's people centuries ago, we also look forward with HOPE and anticipation to the coming of the Christ.
PEACE in Christ (December 7) - Through long generations, God prepared a way in our world for the coming of His Son, and is still bringing peace to darkened lives. Jesus is our Peace. Jesus – The Prince of peace.
JOY in Christ (December 14) - We know that when Jesus was born in Bethlehem, the angels brought "good news of a great joy, which shall be to all people." The good news of Jesus' birth and the promise of peace are still "tidings of great joy" for us today…not only because Christ came, but also because He is still here.
LOVE of Christ (December 21) - We ask God to give us such love and wonder, that with shepherds and wise men and pilgrims unknown, we may come to adore the holy child, the promised King; and with our gifts worship him, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
LIGHT of the World (Christmas Eve) - Christ has made God known to us, and He makes us known to God. He can make the darkness and the despair of our lives shine like day. He is the Light of the world, the dawning of a new day.
It is our prayer that all people would experience the anticipation and hope of Christ this Christmas season; that you and I, like generations before, would find hope, peace, joy, and love through Jesus, who is the Light of the world.
There are still a few openings to participate in lighting candles this year during our worship services. If you are interested, please let me know.
Eric Powell, Pastor of Worship Arts
Make sure you get your copy of The Worshiper magazine. It's free and it's in the Hannaford foyer while supplies last. This is a great way for you to get insight on continuing your worship even after you leave the church doors.
The Worshiper is a quality publication full of content that will encourage and inspire readers to seek after God in worship. Each issue is filled with reviews of the latest music and Christian entertainment; articles include interviews with Christian ministers, musical artists and people who are making a difference in worship in their communities.
Other features include outreach profiles, stories from the front lines of vibrant ministries and worship articles designed to offer your congregation guidance in their everyday lives from a biblical perspective.
Remember, they're free - but there are only so many to go around :-)
Eric Powell, Pastor of Worship Arts
What does the Hannaford website and an iPod have in common? Well, iPods can replay last Sunday's message - and now the Hannaford website can as well.
So if you missed a Sunday, you can now listen to the message online or download it for your mp3 player. Just visit the new Hannaford Messages Center on the website. Also, all our services are now being recorded on CD (no more cassette tapes). You can request one through the church office.
Eric Powell, Pastor of Worship Arts
If Jesus truly is the model we seek to imitate, then how Jesus worshipped should give us insight into how we, too, can worship our Father in heaven. As Chris Jack* reminds us, we know that Jesus was a Jew - and as such, He worshiped as a good Jew. "Jesus worshipped according to the established Jewish patterns and practices of his day."
Have you ever considered how Jesus worshipped? Why or why not? Should Jesus be our model for some things and not others?
HOW DID JESUS MODEL WORSHIP?
Chris Jack lists a number of scriptures that give us evidence that Jesus followed the Jewish practices of the day. Circumcision, temple and synagogue attendance are just a few examples. But I think the most important model of worship Jesus gave us is this: Jesus lived his life in complete submission and obedience to the Father. In that, Jesus was a model worshipper.
How are you doing in your submission and obedience to the Father? Are you a model worshipper? Are there areas that you are holding back from God? How about in gathered worship - are you completly surrendered to God among your brothers and sisters in Christ?
JESUS IS THE TRUE WORSHIPPER
Not only was Jesus a model worshipper, He was the one totally true worshipper - and more! "As the ultimate sacrifice for sin ... Jesus becomes the means of worship, the One through whom worship is to be offered." He makes true worship possible for us all. Praise God!
Are you focused on Christ in your worship? In personal worship? In gathered worship? Or is your focus distracted by other things? How can we better focus on the object of our worship?
Eric Powell, Pastor of Worship Arts
* Quoted excerpts taken from "Understanding Worship In The New Testament" by Chris Jack, pages 55-60 of the book Inside-Out Worship by Matt Redman and friends. For more, see here.
The Hannaford website and email went through a big change last week - behind the scenes. For now, the only difference you may notice is that everyone here in the Hannaford office has a new email.
Each of our email addresses consists of our full first name and the initial of our last name. Then you add the hannaford.org (i.e. firstl@hannaford.org). We also have new email addresses for "office" and "coffeebreak." Also, know that the old email addresses still work, but will be phased out in the coming months. Now you know.
Eric Powell, Pastor of Worship Arts
I just finished reading Andy Stanley's Making Vision Stick. Among many others, he makes a great point about vision. Basically, if your vision isn't clear and concise, you can't effectively communicate it, much less embrace it and carry it out.
This is why we, in the worship ministry, have been discussing a simpler vision and how we can better embrace, communicate, and live it out - both inside and outside Hannaford.
We've reduced our worship ministry vision - our goal - down to this simple statement: "To do anything we can to encourage inside-out worship with everyone we meet." It's not complete. it doesn't explain everything. But it puts our main goal right out front.
Here are some basic thoughts behind inside-out worship:
I am Dick Crosby and have been Senior Pastor of Hannaford Street Bible Church in Helena, Montana for the past 26 years.
