Worship Committee
The Primary Task of the Worship Committee
To work with your pastor and leaders of music to ensure that your congregation provides opportunities for worship that will help people develop and strengthen their relationship with God and will help them live more faithfully as Christian disciples.
Responsibilities of the Worship Committee
1. To learn both about worship and about
the people in your congregation and community so that you can plan worship
appropriate to their needs.
2. To work with the pastor and leaders of music in planning worship.
3. To develop and support effective musical leadership in the church.
4. To promote and foster regular individual and family spiritual formation.
5. Other responsibilities may include:
a) encouraging the study of worship by
individuals and groups
b) planning for ministry of lay people as worship
leaders
c) caring for furnishings, paraments, and
sacramental elements for congregational worship
d) enabling the congregation to experience the
worship style and contributions of various racial and ethnic groups
e) recommending the placement and use of memorial
gifts for worship
f) encouraging the wider use and understanding of
visual arts; dramatic arts, and architectural design as expressions of faith and
means of proclaiming the gospel.
Responsibilities of the Chairperson
1. To be responsible for guiding the work
of this committee through the year, to plan its agendas and preside at its
meetings.
2. To plan (at least quarterly) worship with the pastor, leaders of music, and
others who may be responsible for planning and leading worship. This cooperative
planning, led by the pastor, shall outline all worship services, including the
use of Scripture, music, and special services.
(Source: Discipleship Ministries Unit, General Board of Discipleship, The United Methodist Church.)