Long-range and short-range planning are essential to worship services characterized by strength, order, and beauty. Pastors and church musicians are responsible for planning, but participation in music during worship should include adult and children's choirs and the congregation singing hymns, psalms, and anthems together.
In Into His Presence: Perspectives on Reformed Worship (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Christian Reformed Church Publications, 1985), James De Jong describes worship as a dialogue...
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