WRSP 851 Community, Culture, and Relationship

A survey of the process of the planning, preparation, administration, and leadership of corporate worship in the local church setting. Particular emphasis is given to the tools and resources available for worship planning today.

The modern evangelical church seeks to grow discipleship in its members in many ways, including through music. At the heart of successful worship leadership is the preparation and presentation of worship by a worship leader. Worship leaders, pastors, and professional clergy need to understand the dynamic roles of service in the local church. Responsibilities of the worship leader involve interpersonal skills, ministry to the family, management, administration, conflict management, team development, team rehearsal and preparation, congregational leadership, AVL (audio, video, lighting), and modern technology utilized in worship ministry. Additionally, an understanding of the “call” to ministry must be understood. To do this effectively, worship leaders must display skills as a theologian, pastor, musician, and leader. This course seeks to address these issues and provide opportunity for the students to make application of learned principles to local ministry.

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After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student must participate in 6 Discussions. A Discussion consists of a thread of 350-400 words written in response to the provided prompt and two replies of 150-200 words written in response to other students’ threads. 

The student will provide information regarding various aspects of worship ministry as a benchmark for assessment of gained knowledge over the course of this study.

The student will present a personal assessment of 8-10 pages, considering their current understanding of calling, leadership, administration, and management in worship ministry.

The student will complete a study of the various resources offered in this course to determine usable aspects of learning for conflict management and resolution. For this assignment, the student will assess each chapter for content in association to conflict resolution. His/her assessment will include 4 sections responding to each text, a final section of comparison, contrast, summary, evaluation, and an action plan for conflict resolution.

Worship and Music Service: Planning Assignment

The student will prepare a worship and music service incorporating a clear plan for implementation including the necessary components to fulfill a theme-based experience with service orders, song selection, “tech” requirements, PowerPoint slides, and annotated explanation of usage for each aspect of included planned choices.

Worship and Music Service: Leading Video Assignment

The student will build from the previously developed Worship and Music Service: Planning Assignment with a worship-leading video showing a clear understanding of what is required to effectively develop, administer, and implement worship leadership in a local church setting. The student will utilize what was learned and developed and put into practice via a video presentation of the planned service.

Annotated Bibliography Assignment

The student must compile a list of 15 scholarly sources in preparation for writing the 10-page research paper for the Capstone Learning Project. A short annotation of no more than 2 sentences must be included, articulating why the reference is selected for this Capstone Learning Project. The Instructions and Grading Rubric can be found in Course Content.

Research Paper Assignment

The student will write a research paper covering the two broad areas of personal equipping and professional engagement with an understanding of the biblical, historical, and philosophical aspects of worship that develop utilizable skills of leadership and ministry.