A church leadership team that wanted to make these changes could create a checklist of desired steps and then schedule each item: ___ Review the prayers that we use in public worship. Diversify the ways we refer to the divine. Specify the desires we want to strengthen. Replace religious verbiage that sounds familiar but says little with meaningful and needed language. ___ Look at the length and structure of our services. Determine the desired outcomes for each element, identify missing elements, and experiment with redesigning our service plan. ___ Determine which song and hymn lyrics are
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