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    Serving the Assembly's Worship: A Handbook for Assisting Ministers
    Serving the Assembly's Worship: A Handbook for Assisting Ministers
    Serving the Assembly's Worship: A Handbook for Assisting Ministers
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    Serving the Assembly's Worship: A Handbook for Assisting Ministers

    By Christian Scharen

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    This new resource provides a brief history of assisting ministers in Christian worship. Christian Scharen addresses topics associated with what makes a good assisting minister and gives a step-by-step walk through this important role. Scharen considers this leadership role not just as a task, but as a ministry to the whole assembly. Filled with tips and encouragement for the assisting minister, this helpful resource will be used again and again.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAugsburg Fortress
    Release dateOct 1, 2013
    ISBN9781451479256
    Serving the Assembly's Worship: A Handbook for Assisting Ministers

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      Serving the Assembly's Worship - Christian Scharen

      Serving the Assembly's Worship

      A Handbook for Assisting Ministers

      Christian Scharen

      Augsburg Fortress

      Minneapolis

      SERVING THE ASSEMBLY’S WORSHIP

      A Handbook for Assisting Ministers

      Also available:

      Leading Worship Matters: A Sourcebook for Preparing Worship Leaders (ISBN 978-1-4514-7806-8)

      Getting the Word Out: A Handbook for Readers (ISBN 978-1-4514-7807-5)

      Altar Guild and Sacristy Handbook, 4th rev. ed. (ISBN 978-1-4514-7809-9)

      Worship Matters: An Introduction to Worship (Participant book ISBN 978-1-4514-3605-1; Leader guide ISBN 978-1-4514-3604-4)

      Copyright © 2013 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. For more information, visit www.augsburgfortress.org/copyrights or write to: Permissions, Augsburg Fortress, Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1209.

      Scripture quotations, unless otherwise marked, are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Cover design: Laurie Ingram

      Cover photo: Mark Christianson

      Interior design: Ivy Palmer Skrade, Erica Rieck

      Editor: Suzanne Burke

      Manufactured in the U.S.A.

      pISBN: 9781451478082

      eISBN: 9781451479256

      17 16 15 14 13 1 2 3 4 5

      This book was produced using PressBooks.com.

      Contents

      Introduction

      1. You are asking me?

      2. Why assisting ministers?

      3. Who is the assisting minister?

      4. What does the assisting minister do?

      Summary of duties

      Preparing the prayers of intercession

      Preparing for worship

      For further reading

      Introduction

      "Just as I have loved you, you also

      should love one another." John 13:34b

      Welcome. We begin a journey together here to explore the beauty and dignity of the assisting minister role in worship. We will consider the basics of assisting in worship—the why, who, and what questions. As an assisting minister, you will find it helpful to have some biblical, theological, and histori­cal understanding of the role. That background is provided in chapters 2 and 3. And, of course, this handbook provides guidance on specific how-to questions. You may wish to turn directly to chapter 4 where such questions are addressed—but do come back around to the why and who chapters. Those new to this crucial role will do best as assisting ministers when they have gained a basic map of the territory.

      Serving as an assisting minister is much more than technique, even if posture, bearing, and bodily skill do matter a great deal. As with the presiding minister’s role, the assisting minister communicates with words and actions, verbally and through body language. Taking care to understand the reasons for words and gestures entailed in worship leadership informs the style of presence the worship leader inhabits. As one classic book on worship leadership puts it, such study and prepara­tion can form leaders who are strong, loving, and wise (Robert W. Hovda, Strong, Loving and Wise: Presiding in Liturgy [Litur­gical Press, 1976]).

      Why would an assisting minister aim to be strong, loving, and wise in worship leadership?

      Strong here does not signal the need for physical might. Rather, it refers to a grounded assurance, a proper confidence in inhabiting the role. This prop­er confidence arises from baptism and the

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