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Preacher’s Prayer Song – Words by Lenny Luchetti with Music by Emily Vermilya

We’re taking a brief break from the series on a Wesleyan Ordo Salutis for Preaching. This week we’re posting a wonderful song written by Lenny Luchetti and Emily Vermilya. Several Wesleyan Pastors were requesting access to this song from Lenny, so he asked us to post it here. It’s worth listening, and praying.

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Pursuasive Words by Emily Vermilya

Imagine yourself, if you will, standing in your church foyer, atrium, narthex—or whatever else you might call your central gathering space—following a Sunday morning worship service. Congregants, having just exited the service, now gather to greet one another and discuss the news, sports, and weather of the week past as well as the service from […]

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People See, People Do: A Parable by Emily Vermilya

Not long ago, a pastor commented to a friend that his congregation had “lost its zeal in worship.” The friend pressed in and asked him to be specific with his concerns. The pastor did so, mentioning a lack of participation by the congregants in singing, a perceived increase in people’s level of distraction throughout times […]