DanWilt.com » liturgy http://www.danwilt.com spiritual storytelling, keeping faith Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:14:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Dunn & Wilt – “The Cycle Of Light” Fall Tour 2011 http://www.danwilt.com/dunn-wilt-the-cycle-of-light-fall-tour-2011/ http://www.danwilt.com/dunn-wilt-the-cycle-of-light-fall-tour-2011/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:46:11 +0000 Dan Wilt http://www.danwilt.com/?p=2687

Dunn & Wilt are on tour this Fall, and may be in your area.

They will be presenting their Cycle Of Life instrumental worship experience in colleges, churches and cafes, as well as filling cafes with ambient goodness and bringing training to worship leaders and teams.
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Connect to one of the following events this Fall. (Note – some events are private, but are noted for dates and locations). Contact info@dunnandwilt.com if you’re interested in hosting a satellite event when they are in your area.
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Sun. Sept. 10
Redding, CA
Morning Services (9 & 11), Wilt with Garrett Viggers (www.garrettviggers.com)
Open Event, Contact: Garrett Viggers
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Tues. Sept. 13
Redding, CA
Evening Instrumentals (Dunn & Wilt, 7-9)
Open Event, Contact: Garrett Viggers
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Wed., Sept. 14
Redding, CA
Morning Worship (Dunn & Wilt)
Simpson Spiritual Life iTunes Chapelcast
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Wed. Sept. 14
“Into Tomorrow” Creative Leader Luncheon
Redding, CA
Private Event
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Wed., Sept. 14
Redding, CA
Evening “Cycle Of Life” Concert (Dunn & Wilt)
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Fri., Sept. 16
Redding, CA
(Attending Only – Garrett Viggers & Friends)
Open Event, Contact: Cascade Theatre – 877.646.4TIX (4849)
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Sat., Sept. 17
Ventura, CA
Closed Event
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Sun., Sept. 17
Ventura, CA
(Dan Wilt – teaching, Chris Lizotte – worship leader)
Open Event, Contact: Ventura Vineyard
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Thurs., Sept. 29 – Sat., Oct. 1
Ocean Grove, NJ
(Dunn & Wilt – Cycle Of Life Worship Session, Keynote, Workshops)
(With Jonathan Lee, Darrell Harris – Robert E. Webber Institute, Matt Boswell)
Open Event, Contact: Joel Klampert
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Fri., Oct. 7 – Sat., Oct. 8
Lee University
Cleveland, TN
(Dunn & Wilt, Seminar, Workshops)
Open Event, Contact: Randy Sheeks, Music Department
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Sun., Oct. 9
Chattanooga, TN
Worship Session
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Fri., Oct. 28 – Sat., Oct. 30
Langley, BC
Private Event
Franklin, TN
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TBA
Advent/Christmas/Epiphany “Cycle Of Light” House Concert
Nashville, TN
Open Event
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TBA
Franklin, TN
Special Christmas House Concert Appearances
Open Event
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TBA
Franklin, TN
Various Worship Gatherings
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For More Information On All Events, Visit www.DunnAndWilt.com
]]> http://www.danwilt.com/dunn-wilt-the-cycle-of-light-fall-tour-2011/feed/ 0 The Acolyte: Lighting The Fires Of Worship http://www.danwilt.com/the-acolyte-lighting-the-fires-of-worship/ http://www.danwilt.com/the-acolyte-lighting-the-fires-of-worship/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:38:35 +0000 Dan Wilt http://www.danwilt.com/?p=2584 When I was an acolyte as a child in my small United Methodist church in Pennsylvania, I had the privilege of lighting the altar candles that begin the worship service. Our cherubic faces would gleam as our pastor lit the wicks of our acolyte rods behind the small door that led into the sanctuary. He would then remind us of what he had taught us so well. “You are not just lighting candles out there,” he would say. “You are calling people to worship.”

I would take the arched, golden rod into my hand, wick lit and fire blazing, and step out of the door into the sanctuary.One by one, each candle I touched would blaze to life. The lighting of those three candles was, for me, the child’s equivalent of saying “Come. We have gathered to worship. Where, when can we go and meet with God? Here, and now. Let’s fix our gaze on God.”

The acolyte then has the further privilege of extinguishing those same candles, signifying the end of the gathered worship experience by symbolically saying “Our gathered time has concluded. Lift your eyes to your Help, and walk in the world as the worshipping people of God.” I may have been young, but because I had good teachers, I understood the importance of my job.

Since those early days, I have never looked back. My life, no matter how hard I’ve tried to run over these four decades, has continued to be about creating spaces within which ordinary people can meet with God.

As a worship leader of now 20+ years, I keep going back to the call of the acolyte. When my hammered dulcimer is blending with electronic keyboards, and the room is engaged in a great anthem, I remember why I do what I do because of those early moments – fire in hand and a waiting group ready to respond to God.

Dan
www.WorshipTraining.com

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Looking through the lens of Advent and Christmas worship, we see the coming of the New Year.

We’ve prepared a “turning of the times” gift for our e-resource and blog friends, and their worshipping communities. It is a prayer meant to be read by families and congregations in worship – asking God for fresh vision for the coming year.

Click here, or on the image below to download the New Year Community Prayer. Feel free to forward this on to others. If you’re already on our e-resource list, it will just ignore your email when you enter it (so relax, no duplicate emails will come thy way!).


We hope this serves you and your community well.

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The full version, and fully designed PDF can be purchased here for printing (small fee), but this is a sample below.

Hope my friends don’t mind if I ask for the price of a bagel and coffee for it. It’s an artist’s time and energy thing, and I have teenagers to raise. If you really can’t afford the $5, just let me know and I’ll email you one.

INCARNATION: A Christmas Reading
by Dan Wilt, M.Min.

Celebrant: The fire of heaven has taken on flesh.
Community: Living God, You are the Wonderful Counselor.

Celebrant: The voice of stars and suns is now audible to our ears.
Community: Living God, You are the Mighty God.

Celebrant: The love that binds all the cosmos has revealed Himself.
Community: Living God, You are the Everlasting Father.

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It goes on from here to invite the whole community into engagement with the God who intervenes in a world He is righting. Hope it can serve your community this Advent and Christmas.

Click here if you’d like the full version.

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