Tag: worship

  • Churches with In-Person Worship Services in the OC

    Churches with In-Person Worship Services in the OC

    Most churches have remained open during the past 3 months or so with livestreamed or on-demand video worship services, due to the global pandemic of COVID19 coronavirus. [update 7/13/20] “Effective immediately, California closes some indoor business operations statewide and additional indoor operations in counties on Monitoring List for 3 consecutive days.” <- this means indoor…

  • More Christian Worship Music Streaming for Free

    More Christian Worship Music Streaming for Free

    Worship music soothes the heart and soul all day and night. With the wonders of internet streaming, you can have the inspiring ambiance of Christian worship music surround you while you’re working, reading, or doing whatever else. While there are many Christian worship streaming stations on popular music services like Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio,…

  • What does Asian American worship sound like?

    What does Asian American worship sound like?

    A significant Asian American population worships weekly in over 7,000 churches, mostly in Asian languages, with some in English. One research approximates 42% of Asian Americans identify as Christian, including both Protestants and Catholics. People can easily distinguish the unique sounds of African-American and Latino-American worship music. A majority of Christian worship music has been…

  • Asian American worship leaders and Christian musicians

    Asian American worship leaders and Christian musicians

    Sharing a list of Asian American Christian musicians and worship leaders here for people looking for good music, inspiration, role models (or event planning 😁). By Christian musician, we mean people who profess to be Christians and the music is not necessarily in the Christian or CCM genre. NOTE: this list is not an endorsement, just…

  • Our Schedule for the 2014 OC Easter Tour

    We the Chuang family have a tradition of multi-churching during the 2 biggest Christian holidays of the year, Easter and Christmas. Here’s a schedule of church worship services around Orange County, California, that I charted out with 18 churches that had multiple service times for Easter weekend:: This is our proposed agenda for the Chuang…

  • What are the best worship service times for 20-somethings?

    What are the best worship service times for 20-somethings?

    More churches are asking how they can reach the next generation (some for its own survival, some for the mandate of reaching more people in their community as part of its on-going mission.) Recently I got this question from a pastor of a church wanting to reach the next generation, and he texted it to me…

  • Mapping out a DC Christmas Tour 2013

    Merry Christmas! What better way is there than to worship God in Jesus Christ during Christmas week? This year I’m in the metro Washington DC area with family; and it’s become a family tradition to worship at as many church services as possible during Christmas week. Here’s my working spreadsheet, as I prepare my itinerary.…

  • 12 days before Christmas Eve

    Today is that magical numerological date in history 12/12/12 and at 12:12:12 I was sitting down for lunch at a place called Chef Chen because a friend suggested it via Yelp. Where were you? As Christmas 2012 draws near, the Chuang family (my dear wife and sharp son) are preparing for the 2012 OC Christmas…

  • Worlds colliding with church leader conferences

    Conferences are kinda of a big deal, even in the 21st century where the internet can deliver content nearly instantly globally and hundreds of digital platforms for online meetings are available, but not yet the norm in most circles. And, it’s big business: RCMA (Religious Conference Management Association) member meetings drew more than 5.3 million…

  • Why isn’t Easter bigger than Christmas?

    The 2 most powerful things about the Christian faith get celebrated year after year: Easter for the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death to life, and Christmas for the incarnation of Jesus Christ born as a baby from a virgin. Both supernatural and miraculous. And being raised from the dead is a far bigger miracle…

  • OC Christmas Tour 2011 recap

    OC Christmas Tour 2011 recap

    We had a most memorable Christmas this year as a family, having family time together _and_ family time with the Family of God, as we took an OC Christmas tour all over Orange County to attend Christmas week worship services at a total of 10 churches. (Couldn’t quite make it to 11, as originally proposed; kept…

  • what is awe and respect in contemporary worship

    How do we express awe and reverence and respect for God in our approach to worship in today’s worship experience.. does it really not matter what we wear, and what can we do when others under-dress, ahem..