Friends - sometimes we just need a little jumpstart for creating meaningful worship so we can still have the time to stay connected to the pastoral care needs of our congregations, as well as take care of our own well being.
Imagine the ability to create amazing sensory-rich worship experiences that empower your worship staff/volunteers and ultimately, your congregation... and you don't have to start from scratch! Our fully-scripted series include:
• all liturgies, including leader transitions, children's time scripts, communion liturgies
• original theme and prayer song music as well as hymn/song/anthem suggestions
• visual installation and media suggestions, including logo images and video trailers
• sermon fodder based on solid exegesis to get your own creative juices flowing
• small group suggestions and individual devotional materials
• access to a community of churches utilizing and collaborating on the material!
We are here to help ease the burden of planning meaningful and moving worship services. You don't have to do it alone! Our fully-scripted and ready-to-adapt worship series encourage your own growth and capabilities for connecting people to greater hope, love, joy, compassion and open-mindedness.
Worship Design Studio is committed to building up the church by empowering congregations to celebrate and utilize their inherent creativity and diversity in order to worship fully, thereby forming the Body to make the world a better place.
Whether you travel far away or see your local surroundings as if for the first time, pilgrimage has long been a spiritual practice, and “journey” a deeply-felt metaphor for our spiritual lives. “Quest” comes from the Latin root meaning “ask, seek.” This four week worship series encourages us to open ourselves more fully to the curiosity and wonder, reflection and transformation that travelers–not merely tourists–experience when they choose to immerse themselves in soul-widening adventures.
An early 6th century theologian described God as “beguiled by beauty.” The Creator was lured by a longing for beauty and so set in motion a world of immense diversity and goodness. We were made for this Divine Goodness. We were made inherently worthy, not by our “doing,” but by our simply being. All things are beautiful–not by a standard of “pretty” as seen by our eyes, but by an essence of sacred worth that is sensed by the spirit. This is the root and heart of compassion and justice.
“Change is good… you go first!” Our brains were designed to be suspicious of change, and for good reason–homeostasis in good measure helps us thrive, protecting us from danger. But if we look closely at what the Creator set in motion, we find that change is actually the most constant part of life and necessary for animating our spirits as we find renewed purpose throughout life. Jesus advocated for changes that would keep us moving toward greater goodness!
"You are never alone and you never have to start from scratch."
Worship Design Studio provides educational, inspirational and practical resources that meet you where you are through in-person, online, virtual and print materials.
With your WDS subscription, you receive access to the storehouse of ALL OUR WORSHIP SERIES (70+ lectionary and non-lectionary-based series, including an ever-growing library of 30 fully-scripted worship series for every liturgical season) and training so no one has to feel alone in coming up with meaningful messages, inspiring ideas, enhanced skills, solutions to conflict and team organization.
For clergy and worship professionals faced with heavy workloads and inefficient communication strategies, the Worship Design Studio revolutionizes education, collaboration and organization among church worship teams.
Besides our catalog of worship series, WDS offers education for worship teams for a streamlined and systemized planning process that includes:
- Self-guided educational tutorials
- Inspirational idea-rich articles
- Webinars
- Interviews
- Current tips and resources
All in one location for worship professionals and volunteers from any device (computer, tablet or phone) with an Internet connection.
Worship Design Studio offers more than just ready-made worship resources; it's also Dr. Marcia McFee’s coaching hub. Through live events, over 60 hours of live webinars each year, as well as coaching e-mails and tailor-made training-guides, churches can have a trusted professional and professor on their team!
We are in an amazing time of collaboration between WDS churches because of our private social media platform that allows for shared resource creation between churches.
"For over 25 years I have followed a call to ministry that began in the midst of a successful international performing career. With a seminary degree and PhD in liturgical studies and ethics, the launch of the Worship Design Studio was the culmination of a lifetime of rewarding and purposeful work that led me to this moment, and this endeavor, that now reaches so many more people than I was able to reach before its inception.
WDS is the unique project through which I have followed that Divine Lure of the Spirit. In the opportunities to offer my ministry, I have consistently seen how hungry people are for better, more meaningful, worship experiences. Clergy and worship leaders have asked for helpful guidance, less time-consuming processes for planning, and access to quality resources to jumpstart their tasks. It has been my deep honor to provide this for thousands of congregations over the years."
Find out more at www.marciamcfee.com