Worshiping with United Methodists Revised Edition: A Guide for Pastors and Church Leaders

Provides an idea of how to conduct a Church service. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a solid process for conducting a Church service. I gave it four stars; because, in part, I would liked to have seen a more fuller treatment of how African-Americans were originally treated during worship service, which spun a denomination where they could worship God in a Wesleyan tradition.

Easy to read and share in class.

This book was required reading for a lay leadership class. However, unlike the first book I was required to read, this book was informative, inspirational, and not at all a burden to read. I was not raised Methodist so there were many things I did not know about the Wesleys and Methodism. I hope to lead worship in the future, and this book gave me ideas and some confidence. It also taught me about the Book of Worship which I was really not aware of before. Being an organist and singer, I was particularly interested in the history of music in the church. This book is very "readable", and I looked forward to learning more. It will continue to be a wonderful resource.

This is a great book about the history, the rituals & the reasons of our worship service but it does need to be revised and updated to show the changes in our worship in the last 10 years

This book was required for a class I just completed. I would not have chosen it if it wasn't. But I'm happy I read it. Professor Hickman did a masterful job of condensing a ton of information into such a short book! Very well done.

Read as a need to better understand the worship in the UMC. The book although dry was informative. Read this foe a class.

One of the best short books I've read and used for planning worship service - from the standpoint of a lay person, not an ordained clergyman.

This book is for a first semester class at the Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. I have not received a syllabus for the class so I do not know what to read.