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Multicultural Worship Set for September 26th, 2010
Worship in Song
We celebrate Your glory (English, Spanish, Hmong)
by Redemption Boulevard
Welcome and Announcements
Worship in the Word
Acts 2:46-47 (Russian, English)
Worship in Song
With One Heart (English, Spanish)
By Proskuneo Ministries
He is exalted
By Twila Paris
Worship in the Word
Revelation 7:9-10 (Spanish, English)
Worship in Song
All Creatures of our God and King
Via David Crowder Version
Worship in Giving
Let Your light shine
By Peter Park and Ron Porter
Worship in Fellowship
Worship in Prayer
Worship in Proclamation – Sermon
Worship in the Word
Romans 12:9-13 (English)
Worship in Song
How deep the Father’s love for us
By Stuart Townend
Let Your light shine
By Peter Park and Ron Porter
Benediction
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Multicultural Worship Set for August 15th, 2010
Introduction to my multicultural worship set
I have to say that there are two things I was excited about for this multicultural worship set. These are elements in the worship service that I’ve never done before, but I’ve have been preparing for this a couple of weeks ahead of time.
Exciting multicultural worship elements…
1. The first set of songs is done in three different strumming patterns. So, we started with David Danced to the chorus of Grande es el Senor to the chorus of Awesome God. It actually made this multicultural worship set feel chaotic at first, but after we went 
through it several times the team was quite comfortable with the style changes.
One of our worship team members said it felt like a Messianic type of song melody. I wasn’t necessarily going for that, but we did have fun dancing to these set of songs during practice.
2. This is the first time we’re singing a full song in Korean. We have 1.5 people in our congregation who represent the Korean people. One is me and the other is my son, who is biracial.
It took nearly 5 years for someone on our worship team to say, “We should sing a song in Korean” to encourage me to go in that direction. I was very surprised how quickly the worship team picked up I love You Lord in Korean, especially since none of them had really spoken the language before.
One of our worship team members said she’s been watching Korean dramas a lot lately and felt this helped her with the pronunciation. I guess you never know what will prepare you for multicultural worship.
Multicultural Worship Set
Worship Team…
3 Vocalists, 2 Acoustic Guitars, 1 Piano
Service Order…
Worship in Song
David Danced
Awesome God
Grande es el Senor (Spanish)
Welcome and Announcements
Worship in the Word
Psalm 85:10-11 (Russian, English)
Worship in Song
More (Spanish, English)
I love you Lord (Korean, English)
Doxology (Hmong, English)
Worship in Giving
I sing praises
Worship in Fellowship
Worship in Prayer
Worship in Proclamation
Worship in the Word
Psalm 57:9-10 (Spanish, English)
Worship in Song
I sing praises
You are worthy of my praise
Benediction
Other multicultural worship sets:
Multicultural Worship Set for July 11th, 2010
Multicultural Worship Set: June 14th, 2010
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Orderly worship and multicultural worship
Chaotic worship or orderly worship?
If you’re starting out in multicultural worship it can make Sunday mornings seem more chaotic than a typical Sunday. Why?
There’s a sorts of things going on during a multicultural service:
1. More people are involved on Sunday mornings.
2. You’re trying to make sure the PowerPoint is correct, especially the different languages represented.
3. The person you planned to read scripture or praying in another language hasn’t shown up.
4. Your worship team still hasn’t gotten a certain beat down for a gospel song you’re doing.
5. It’s testimonial Sunday and you really wanted a diverse group of people, but you don’t.
6. Just singing in multiple languages at the same time can be overwhelming.
It’ll take time for it to feel like orderly worship
I remember feeling stressed about all those things listed above and more when I first started out. And, I still feel a little bit of it now. But it’s just a matter of getting used to 
multicultural worship.
Before we had a written schedule for our worship team I was really worried about not having a Hmong worship team member come to practice. It felt like it was a hit or miss situation. I didn’t know how to speak the language and it I didn’t occur to me to think about using phonetics.
But, as I immersed myself in the process and learned from “trial and error” I become more and more comfortable with multicultural worship. Slowly…over time…it’s felt more like orderly worship.
Orderly worship and unexpected elements
When you’re starting out in multicultural worship you might sometimes feel like a failure because you didn’t have a certain language or style. Don’t worry about it.
You might even have a person not show up for a particular part of the service. Don’t worry about it.
Even though we have a person in our congregation who read scripture for us in Russian he’s not always there on Sunday. I need to make an effort to develop a relationship with him, but I’m okay if
Lesson…
Don’t worry if your multicultural service doesn’t feels more chaotic versus an orderly worship service.
Remember, it takes time to make a big transition like this. But with planning, organization, and time it will get better.
And it can feel a little crazy on Sunday mornings, but I want you to know….I’m right there with you striving for orderly worship.
Do you get stressed about multicultural worship? What’s helped you along your journey?
Share your story and your life…
Sincerely,
Peter Park
Blogger/Worship Leader/Speaker
peterpark@redemptionboulevard.com
(800) 453-3284
Blog posts related to orderly worship:
Baby steps, really?
Transition: Stage One
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