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Alternative Worship by Jonny Baker and Doug Gay ISBN 0-8010-9170-5; Multi-Sensory Church - Ready-to-use ideas for creative worship using, art, liturgies, rituals by Sue Wallace . Scripture Union ISBN 1-85999-667-1; Multi-Sensory Prayer - Creative prayer ideas using, art, the body, the senses by Sue Wallace .
Other Reformed churches participated in early phases of the development of a new Book of Common Worship. Work resumed on a revised Book of Common Worship when in 1961 the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., and in 1963 the Presbyterian Church in the U.S., adopted new directories. The committee distributed two trial use pieces prior to ...
Before 1940, youth fellowships were primarily headed by the congregation's pastor. Beginning in the late 1940s, some churches introduced church youth committees, composed of youth who had recently returned from war. The 1940s also saw the founding of parachurch ministries. Young Life was founded by Jim Rayburn in 1941. The Young Life Parachurch ...
The Book of Worship for Church and Home (1965) was the second liturgical book of The Methodist Church, replacing the 1945 book of the same name. This book was replaced in 1992 with The United Methodist Book of Worship. The 1945 book, whose use was considered optional and completely voluntary, was ordered revised by the 1956 General Conference ...
The ideas of both the German Reformation and Counter-Reformation stimulated hymn and religious poetry writing among both Catholics and Protestants, e.g. the Lutheran hymns of Martin Luther, Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg, and Paul Gerhardt (oft used in the chorales of Johann Sebastian Bach), the Calvinist hymns of Gerhard Tersteegen, and the ...
World Youth Day (WYD) is an event for the youth organized by the Catholic Church that was initiated by Pope John Paul II in 1985. Its concept has been influenced by the Light-Life Movement that has existed in Poland since the 1960s, where during summer camps Catholic young adults over 13 days of camp celebrated a "day of community".
Christian monasticism is a religious way of life of Christians who live ascetic and typically cloistered lives that are dedicated to Christian worship. It began to develop early in the history of the Christian Church, modeled upon scriptural examples and ideals, including those in the Old Testament.
EFY was created by Ronald C. Hills in 1976 when 172 youth and 15 counselors met for the first session of the summer program. Then-Commissioner of Church Education Jeffrey R. Holland, now of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, was one of the banquet speakers at the founding session. The next year, attendance rose to 863 youth.