The true first step in knowing how to put a worship service together is knowing what’s in your own heart. What do you believe? What do you hope others will believe or understand about God just because they worshipped with you today?   Let’s get at understanding this driving force in worship planning through the […]

Ancient Modern worship is a thing. Many church people like it because, well, if they must do something more contemporary, like music, ancient-modern allows them to at least keep liturgy! No problem … new people often like liturgy too, especially those that are younger, perhaps urban, and maybe might have a church background somewhere along the line. […]

If you’ve missed the first two in this series, head to the Blog page at www.townleycoaching.com    On Valentine’s Day, are people looking for love, actually? For sure … but maybe more. What if what we’re really looking for is … here’s my take on it:     ETERNITY Who on this earth has not […]

It is, without a doubt, the biggest national (and possibly international) secular holiday there is. It’s much bigger than Christmas and Easter. We LOVE Super Bowl Sunday even though many of us say we hate hype. On Super Bowl Sunday, we are hype-sters. We gather friends and family in front of the big-screen in our entertainment centers with […]