{"id":9923,"date":"2024-08-05T16:22:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T20:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/?p=9923"},"modified":"2024-08-05T16:25:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T20:25:16","slug":"church-administration-and-leadership-contextual-worship-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/2024\/08\/church-administration-and-leadership-contextual-worship-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Administration and Leadership: Contextual Worship Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\", Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18px\">The Center for Leadership Excellence presents a new webinar series, Church Administration and Leadership. The series will cover specialized topics and ministry essentials for targeted interests. Our first webinar, led by Carl Frazier and Ben Williams, is on Contextual Worship Planning.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Webinar:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this workshop, we will cover how to effectively plan for worship services. This content is intended for those newer to ministry or those who want to reflect on and evaluate their church\u2019s current worship planning processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Planning, planning, planning! How far in advance should worship be mapped out?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to engage the laity in worship planning and why it matters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resources for worship and planning to preach.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When to use a sermon series and when to lean into lectionary preaching.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integrating worship planning with holistic discipleship practices such as Bible studies, small groups, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Theology of worship and creating an effective flow for worship services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Church Administration and Leadership:<br>Contextual Worship Planning<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Presented by the Center for Leadership Excellence<br>with Carl Frazier and Ben Williams<br>Thursday, August&nbsp;22,&nbsp;2024, 10-11:30 am ET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/event\/church-administration-and-leadership-contextual-worship-planning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Presenters:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/12\/Carl-Frazier-e1576687028440.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3115\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/12\/Carl-Frazier-e1576687028440.jpg 220w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/12\/Carl-Frazier-e1576687028440-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/12\/Carl-Frazier-e1576687028440-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Carl&nbsp;Frazier<\/strong>&nbsp;is a retired elder in The United Methodist Church.&nbsp; For 43 years, he has pastored churches of all sizes in the&nbsp;NC Conference from&nbsp;some of the smallest in membership to one of the largest.&nbsp; In addition to his parish work,&nbsp;Carl&nbsp;has served on several Annual and General Conference boards and agencies, as a delegate to three General and four Jurisdictional Conferences, and as a District Superintendent.&nbsp; He has degrees&nbsp;from Barton College (B.A., 1980), Duke University (M.Div., 1984), and Princeton Theological Seminary (D.Min., 2003).&nbsp; As a local church pastor,&nbsp;Carl\u2019s passions were preaching, teaching, vision casting with a congregation, and leadership development in the context of congregational life.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/08\/williamsaugust2019-2268.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9912\" style=\"width:250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ben Williams<\/strong>&nbsp;serves as Lead Pastor of Christ UMC in Chapel Hill. Prior to Christ UMC, Ben served as Lead Pastor of St. Mark\u2019s UMC in Raleigh for thirteen years. He began in ministry over twenty-two years ago at Millbrook UMC, serving as the Pastor of Contemporary Worship and Witness. In addition to serving the local church, Ben has served on the NC Conference Board of Ordained Ministry and as a delegate to General and Jurisdictional Conferences. Ben loves forming and leading teams of clergy and laity in support of God\u2019s mission in the world. Outside of ministry, Ben loves being in, on and or near almost any body of water he can find. He loves reading great novels, riding his bike, and attempting new recipes on the grill. 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