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We desire to glorify God through the arts, to pave the most accessible path to the throne of God in our corporate worship experience, and to nurture those gifted in the arts in preparation for ministry at Boulevard and beyond.

 

We further desire to advance and conduct God-honoring, life-changing worship in Biblically faithful and culturally relevant ways; drawing the body of Christ to a close relationship with God and fellowship with believers, and allowing God’s Spirit to lead us in evangelizing and ministering to the world.

 

Whether it is in the spotlight or behind the scenes, we want you to find where you fit and get involved in ministry. If your gifts lead you to the area of the arts contact our Worship Minister, Bob Heppner, by phone or email.

 

Opportunities include...

  • Instrumentalists: Piano/keyboard, Guitar (accoustic, electric and bass), Organ, Percussion, Brass/String Instruments, Woodwinds, etc.
  • Vocalists:  Vocal Worship Team, Adult  Worship Choir, Small Ensembles
  • Audio/Visual:  Sound Engineers, Lighting Technicians, Video/projection Operators

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The Potential of Intergenerational Worship

 

Psalm 145:4 says, "One generation will commend your works to another."  Recently the Worship Support Team met (Chris Lyons, Marilyn Walker, Steve Kwapich, and myself) to discuss goals for 2008.  One of our main goals for this year is to work on 5 values/concepts for making change toward healthy intergenerational worship here at the Boulevard Church.  If you don't already know, this church is made up of several generations of believers.  That's great!  However, it also presents many challenges, especially in the area of worship ministry. The W.S.T. (Worship Support Team) believes that working towards further growth in these areas will help us be the "true worshippers the Father seeks".  Here they are!

 

 

 1.  FAMILY - People, especially young people, have a great desire today to belong and be connected to something.  Since corporate worship is something we do together, here is a place we

need to connect more and more of our young people through serving in a number of ways during

our corporate worship.

 

 

 2.  COOPERATION - We need to develop a symbiotic relationship between the young and the old. In other words, there needs to be greater cooperation between generations.  This will take alot of patience, understanding, and a willingness to give and take on everyone's part, especially during our corporate worship.  As we've already discovered, everyone has their own preferences and ideas.  In order to grow in this area we must be willing to set some of those aside and work together

for God's glory.  It's all about Him anyway!  (Eph. 4: 2-3)

 

 

3.  INNOVATION - Technical creativity and virtual reality is a way of life for today's generation.

Right or wrong, it's where today's culture is at and we need to recognize this and create opportunities to engage young people at this level. If we ignore this we're ignoring the gifts and talents of today's generation.  (I Cor. 12:7) 

 

 

4.  RESPECT -  This goes hand in hand with cooperation.  There needs to be mutual respect for the different generations.  This begins with a healthy respect for heritage/history. The first work in this needs to come from the older adults.  Young people have to be taught. The big question is, "Will the older generation help the next generation?" 

 

 

5.  HUMILITY - Again, this is something that goes hand in hand with respect and cooperation.  All of us must humble ourselves and seek what's best for the Lord and His Body.  (James 4:10)

 

 

I believe that it begins with each of us in our personal worship seeking first God's Will and asking Him how He wants us to implement each of these in our own lives. Continue to pray for discernment and wisdom and then trust Him to reveal the specifics to you.  As a result, we will grow in our individual worship and ultimately in our corporate worship as well.  Let's strive to work on these 5 areas and see what God does this year.  I can't wait to see the results!

 

 

 

Bob Heppner

Worship Minister

 

 

 If you have any questions or thoughts feel free to contact me or any of the Worship Support Team.Worship Support Team

 

Chris Lyons

Marilyn Walker

Steve Kwapich

Bob Heppner