Posted on August 22, 2019 by Dr. Will Whittaker
If music preferences were eliminated, there would be no need for separate types of worship services.
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Posted on November 12, 2018 by Dr. Will Whittaker
The other day I was rereading an article written by Michael Hawn “Singing Across the Generations: is there Hope?”1 and I came across this statement on page 20, “congregations that are virtually all African American or Latino most often worship together as multigenerational families.” He… Continue Reading “Minority-Dominate Congregations are More Likely to be Intergenerational.”
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Posted on September 4, 2018 by Dr. Will Whittaker
The truth is…you can’t DO intergenerational worship, being intergenerational is who you ARE
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“Intergenerational Worship” is worship in which people of every age are understood to be equally important.
Howard Vanderwell