Overview
If the chief end of all humankind is to worship God wholeheartedly, we can’t make a worship gathering only about music performance. Join Todd Pickett and Mike Ahn from Biola's Spiritual Development department for sixteen lessons as they unpack principles and strategies to design worship sets with biblical truths and holistic spiritual formation in mind.
Each lesson contains:
- A short video introducing key principles for worship and formation
- Reflections to help you think more deeply about the lesson's topic
Additionally, the course contains four practices that help you collect up what you have learned over the previous lessons and integrate those learnings into your everyday life and your worship leading.
The mission of Spiritual Development is to nurture the fullness of God's love in us and among us through wisdom, rhythms and relationships. Through our programs, we seek to welcome and guide those who long to take the Spirit-led journey that moves faith from the "head to the heart," from belief to trust.
Course FAQ
Everything you need to complete this course is included. No additional purchases are required. There are recommended resources listed at the end of the course if you would like to pursue further study on this topic.
Each lesson is designed to take approximately half an hour, depending on how deeply you engage the reflections and practices. Since this is a self-paced course, the time it will take you to complete it will depend on the speed with which you want to progress through the course.
Since this course is designed as a completely self-paced experience, you will not have any interaction with the professors during the course.
If the chief end of all humankind is to worship God wholeheartedly, we can’t make a worship gathering only about music performance. Join Todd Pickett and Mike Ahn from Biola's Spiritual Development department for sixteen lessons as they unpack principles and strategies to design worship sets with biblical truths and holistic spiritual formation in mind.
Each lesson contains:
- A short video introducing key principles for worship and formation
- Reflections to help you think more deeply about the lesson's topic
Additionally, the course contains four practices that help you collect up what you have learned over the previous lessons and integrate those learnings into your everyday life and your worship leading.
The mission of Spiritual Development is to nurture the fullness of God's love in us and among us through wisdom, rhythms and relationships. Through our programs, we seek to welcome and guide those who long to take the Spirit-led journey that moves faith from the "head to the heart," from belief to trust.
Syllabus
| Lesson Introduction:As a way to introduce the... Overview |
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| Worship and Formation Video |
| Reflection: Worship Leading Experience Reflection |
| Lesson Introduction:Worship leaders are not... Overview |
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| What is the Worship Leader Really Doing? Video |
| Reflection: What Do We Glorify? Reflection |
| Lesson Introduction:Worship leaders are... Overview |
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| What am I Inviting People to Do as Worshippers? Video |
| Reflection: Your Heart Reflection |
| Lesson Introduction:As we teach people to... Overview |
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| How Can I Help People Present Themselves to God? Video |
| Reflection: Dry Worship Reflection |
| Why Musical Worship? Lesson 5 |
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| Lesson Introduction:We can’t forget that music... Overview |
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| Why Musical Worship? Video |
| Reflection: Musical Worship Reflection |
| Practice: Being Present to Beauty Resource |
| The "Impostor Syndrome" Lesson 6 |
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| Lesson Introduction:As worship leaders, we... Overview |
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| The "Impostor Syndrome" Video |
| Reflection: "The Gap" Reflection |
| The Emotions in Worship Lesson 7 |
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| Lesson Introduction:The emotions are the... Overview |
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| The Emotions in Worship Video |
| Reflection: Honesty in Worship Reflection |
| Training and Liturgy Lesson 8 |
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| Lesson Introduction:Worship can be used to... Overview |
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| Training and Liturgy Video |
| Reflection: Worship Habits Reflection |
| Embodied Worship Lesson 9 |
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| Lesson Introduction:Sometimes in worship we... Overview |
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| Embodied Worship Video |
| Reflection: Bodily Postures Reflection |
| Practice: Presenting Our Body Resource |
| Worship as a Spiritual Discipline Lesson 10 |
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| Lesson Introduction:Ultimately, we need to see... Overview |
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| Worship as a Spiritual Discipline Video |
| Reflection: Disorientation and Worship Reflection |
| Lesson Introduction:Todd and Mike provide a few... Overview |
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| Spiritual Disciplines and the Worship Leader Video |
| Reflection: Spiritual Disciplines and the Worship Leader Reflection |
| Importance of Diverse Worship Lesson 12 |
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| Lesson Introduction:Too many times, we’ve made... Overview |
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| Importance of Diverse Worship Video |
| Reflection: Worship Genres Reflection |
| Gospel Music Lesson 13 |
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| Lesson Introduction:Todd and Mike focus on one... Overview |
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| Gospel Music Video |
| Practice: Designing a Rule of Life Resource |
| What We Do at Biola Lesson 14 |
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| Lesson Introduction:Todd and Mike discuss the... Overview |
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| What We Do at Biola Video |
| Lesson Introduction:Todd and Mike share... Overview |
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| Principles and Takeaways - Big Picture Video |
| Principles and Takeaways - Framing Lesson 16 |
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| Lesson Introduction:Todd and Mike share more... Overview |
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| Principles and Takeaways - Framing Video |
| Practice: Developing a Definition/Philosophy of Worship Resource |
| Additional Resources Resource |
| Course Evaluation Resource |
Course FAQ
Everything you need to complete this course is included. No additional purchases are required. There are recommended resources listed at the end of the course if you would like to pursue further study on this topic.
Each lesson is designed to take approximately half an hour, depending on how deeply you engage the reflections and practices. Since this is a self-paced course, the time it will take you to complete it will depend on the speed with which you want to progress through the course.
Since this course is designed as a completely self-paced experience, you will not have any interaction with the professors during the course.