"The
desire to worship is rooted in our hunger for heaven. Our coming
together for worship is a foretaste of heaven. In his book that
is both spiritual and intensely practical at the same time, Kevin
Navarro explores this vital connection between our fragmented experience
in the here and now and the hope we all share for the time that
certainly will come when heaven will come for us."
Michael Card, Award-Winning Musician, Author and Teacher
When I closed this book, I felt a tremendous mixture of hope, excitement,
affirmation, and renewed devotion to the work of crafting weekly
worship services. Kevin Navarro ennobles the entire effort of preparing
the Sunday "dress rehearsals" for our ultimate worship experience
in heaven. I'm grateful for the hard-won lessons, practical advice,
and inspiring vision offered in these pages. Let our weekly celebrations
resound with greater joy, profound hope, and a taste of eternity
whenever we gather together!
Nancy Beach, Teaching Pastor and Creative Director, Willow Creek
Community Church, Barrington, Illinois
"Here's a book on worship to be read by every church musician, pastor,
leader and worshipper. Everything you always needed to know about
an effective worship service."
Leith Anderson, Author and Senior Pastor of Wooddale Church
This is a book for those who know that "something's wrong about
the way we are doing our worship." If you want to get off the "consumer
track" and "do truth," then this book will help you reverse the
trend and go in a direction that is more satisfying to the soul
because it gets to the heart of what worship is all about.
Robert Webber, Myers Professor of Ministry, Dir. of M.A. in
Worship and Spirituality, Northern Seminary
What a wonderful book! "Here is a book that anyone dissatisfied
with the quality, Christ- and Scripture-centered nature, or impact
of their worship services must read. While some may feel that Navarro's
goals of excellence at times lie beyond their reach, no one can
doubt his heart for seeing people brought to Christ and brought
up in him through worship. His track record, moreover, first as
a worship pastor and then as a senior pastor, at a church where
I once served as an interim, speaks for itself--steady growth, qualitatively
and quantitatively, in a congregation that dearly loves this infectiously
upbeat leader who also models integrity and humility in everything
he does."
Craig L. Blomberg, Distinguished Professor of New Testament,
Denver Seminary
Are
worship services at your church flat? Predictable? Not really connecting
people with God? Then get ready to fiesta in the Complete Worship
Service! In
this encouraging and challenging book, Kevin Navarro
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invites us to move past the "worship = music" myth and into a fuller
approach to worship: a creative, corporate feast of praise, prayer,
the Word of God, and the Lord's Supper. And he shows us how to practice
hospitality that encourages members and guests to engage with God
in worship. Weekly worship can be much more than a dreary duty; as
Navarro ably demonstrates, the "Complete Worship Service" can be the
appetizer course at your church for the heavenly banquet to come.
Navarro writes with the heart of a worshiper, a pastor, and a jazz
musician. The Complete Worship Service is filled with biblical insight
and practical application. Pastors and lay leaders alike will benefit
from Navarro's field-tested recommendations for practicing welcoming
hospitality and designing meaningful worship services. I can't think
of a better book to stimulate and inform conversations in your church
about worship that engages the whole people and the whole person.
Dr.
Robb Redman, Pastor of Forest Hills Presbyterian Church, San Antonio,
TX Author of The Great Worship Awakening
When it comes to worship, nothing matters if the only One worthy of
worship is just a footnote beneath worship glitz. Kevin Navarro prods
our hearts back to Jesus and to worship services that give life, not
just lessons; a foretaste of heaven, not just so many factoids to
get through another week. The Complete Worship Service is a timely,
passionate anecdote to the worship humanism saturating contemporary
services. Sally Morganthaler, Author of Worship Evangelism and
Founder of Sacramentis.com
"Fellow
worship leaders . . . God calls us to a supreme walk of faith and intentionality.
May this much-needed book serve as your ready guide for a most exciting journey."
Sally Morganthaler, Author of Worship Evangelism and Founder of Sacramentis.com
While
there's plenty of books on worship, few fall into the "must-have" category for
worship leaders. The Complete Worship Leader is one of them. If you only read
one book on worship this year, this is it. In the most in-depth study of the subject
to date, Navarro gives us a glimpse at the opportunities and challenges of a worship
leader. A "complete" worship leader excels in several ways, not just in one area.
Gone are the days when worship leaders could carry the ministry by their musicianship
alone. In this well-written book, Navarro artfully weaves together the four main
strands of effective worship ministry leadership: theology, discipleship, artistry
and leadership. It's easy to see how neglecting any one of these will lead to
problems; Navarro shows how we can grow in all of them and keep our balance. Navarro
brings a worship leader's perspective to these issues, and he writes as a worship
leader to his peers. He's been there and done that, and offers nuggets of important
insight in each of the four areas, as well as specific applications worship leaders
will appreciate.
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