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Program: Featured Lecture, "Intergenerational Christian Formation.", Holly Catterton Allen
Program: Featured Lecture, "Intergenerational Christian Formation.", Holly Catterton Allen
William M. Green Distinguished Christian Lecture Program
Program for the Thirty-Fifth Annual William M. Green Distinguished Christian Lecture Program with featured lecturer Dr. Holly Catterton Allen, Professor of Family Studies and Christian Ministries, Lipscomb University.
The Toronto Blessing: Key To Evaluating Recent Revivals, Jordan Ballard
The Toronto Blessing: Key To Evaluating Recent Revivals, Jordan Ballard
2014-2016 Graduate
The charismatic revivals of recent decades have sparked as much controversy as they have revival fires. Pentecostal and charismatic churches generally embraced the revivals at Toronto (1994), Pensacola (1995-2000), Lakeland (2008), and Mobile (2010) as genuine works of the Holy Spirit, but non-charismatic Christians are often unsure of what to think. On the one hand, Christians do not want to be so gullible that they believe any miracle report or legitimize any manifestation as authentic. On the other hand, Christians do not want to attribute the work of the Holy Spirit to the flesh or to the devil. Evaluating any …
The Essence Of Discipleship: An Evangelical Perspective, Douglas Taylor
The Essence Of Discipleship: An Evangelical Perspective, Douglas Taylor
2014-2016 Graduate
Much literature presents discipleship in terms of what one does, but the latter does not define the former - it only shows what discipleship may look like when executed. Christians in general and seminary students in particular struggle to define the essence of Christian discipleship. Much literature exists today describing how one may do discipleship, but what brands something as the very thing it is is not the same as identifying the work it does. This research fills the gap not addressed by the many “how to do discipleship” books by using a hermeneutical-type approach to identify the way people …
The Rhetoric Of Gay Christians: Matthew Vines And Reverend Nancy Wilson As Exemplars, Josu Miller
The Rhetoric Of Gay Christians: Matthew Vines And Reverend Nancy Wilson As Exemplars, Josu Miller
Graduate Research Symposium (GCUA) (2010 - 2017)
In the United States, there is a perception that the gay rights debate situates Christians against gay rights advocates. According to this perception, Christians oppose gay rights, because the Bible condemns homosexuality as a sin, and those who support gay rights do so using purely secular arguments. This perception of the gay rights debate is flawed and overly simplistic, because simply not all Christians oppose gay rights. In fact, there are multiple interpretations of biblical texts that support homosexuality and have caused a gay rights debate within the church that is as complex and intricate as gay rights debate outside …
Augustine, Wannabe Philosopher: The Search For Otium Honestum, Allen Griffith Wilson
Augustine, Wannabe Philosopher: The Search For Otium Honestum, Allen Griffith Wilson
EURēCA: Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement
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A Response To Abraham's Path, Lucy Felker
A Response To Abraham's Path, Lucy Felker
Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference
No abstract provided.
Everlasting To Everlasting: A Cantata For Congregation, Cornelius Plantinga Jr., Greg Scheer
Everlasting To Everlasting: A Cantata For Congregation, Cornelius Plantinga Jr., Greg Scheer
Symposium on Worship Archive
A Vesper/Prayer Service based on the Hallel Psalms, composed by Greg Scheer. Performed by Greg Scheer and friends, with Neal Plantinga, liturgist.
Encouraging Every Voice: Effective Song Leadership In Worship, Alison Adam
Encouraging Every Voice: Effective Song Leadership In Worship, Alison Adam
Symposium on Worship Archive
For those who strive to get congregations singing new songs and want out to bring the best in them. This workshop is aimed at the song-leader, often more enthusiastic than trained. We will explore how to introduce, teach, and lead new songs in worship and how to develop the singing confidence of a congregation. Alison Adam of the Iona Community has wide experience, helping those leading groups large and small to develop a strong and passionate ministry in congregational song.
Transforming Sermon Communication: A Practical Guide To Making Changes That Make A Difference, Lori Carrell
Transforming Sermon Communication: A Practical Guide To Making Changes That Make A Difference, Lori Carrell
Symposium on Worship Archive
Hundreds of preachers changed their preaching preparation habits in ways that made a difference in the spiritual journeys of their 30,000+ listeners. What did they do? How did they do it? What can others who speak the Word learn from their experiences? In this workshop, participants will discover practical answers to these questions through the stories of preachers and listeners documented over several years. If you believe that the spoken Word can make a difference for individuals, congregations, communities, and culture, attend this workshop with high expectations.
Fresh And New, Tried And True: A Session On Hymn-Based Piano Collections For Worship, Norma De Waal Malefyt
Fresh And New, Tried And True: A Session On Hymn-Based Piano Collections For Worship, Norma De Waal Malefyt
Symposium on Worship Archive
This session will explore the best in both newly published music and the golden publications of the recent past for use in preludes, offertories and postludes. Particular attention will be given to music based on songs and hymns in Lift Up Your Hearts.
Dancing Through The Church Year, Susan Wilson
Dancing Through The Church Year, Susan Wilson
Symposium on Worship Archive
This workshop will teach examples of liturgical dance to be used throughout the church year, starting with Worldwide Communion and then moving to Advent/Christmas, Lent/Palm Sunday and Easter, and Pentecost. She will also offer ideas for how dance can be used throughout the worship service--in a call to worship, praise, prayer, offering, communion, response to the message and the benediction.
Singing Songs From The Global South In A North American Church Context, Debbie Lou Ludolph
Singing Songs From The Global South In A North American Church Context, Debbie Lou Ludolph
Symposium on Worship Archive
In this workshop we will sing songs of faith from around the world, share experiences of learning to sing these songs by reflecting together on how to meet the challenges of introducing foreign languages, alternate instrumentation and movement in a predominantly Euro-North American context.
Art In The Service Of The Liturgy, Ellen Phillips
Art In The Service Of The Liturgy, Ellen Phillips
Symposium on Worship Archive
This workshop will present the history, theory, theology, propriety, and need for art in worship allowing plenty of time for those who attend to ask questions, discuss the ideas and present their own thoughts on liturgical art.
Seven Deadly Sins Of Choosing Music For Worship, Greg Scheer
Seven Deadly Sins Of Choosing Music For Worship, Greg Scheer
Symposium on Worship Archive
The worship music planner plays both a pastoral and prophetic role in the life of the church. Join Greg Scheer in discussing the deadly sins that can derail a healthy song repertoire--and the rules of thumb that can help keep a pastoral, prophetic music ministry on the tracks
Can The Organ Sound Like A Conga? Leading Cross Cultural Song From The Organ, John Ferguson
Can The Organ Sound Like A Conga? Leading Cross Cultural Song From The Organ, John Ferguson
Symposium on Worship Archive
The organ can lead and accompany an amazing variety of musical styles. John Ferguson will share techniques for leading many nontraditional styles of congregational song from the organ, using his new resource Many and Great: Introductions and Accompaniments for Global Hymns (Morningstar). If you own this resource, bring it to the workshop!
Proclamation In The Psalms For Christian Worship, Cornelius Plantinga
Proclamation In The Psalms For Christian Worship, Cornelius Plantinga
Symposium on Worship Archive
A proclamation is a confident and significant declaration. A proclamation does not say “I wish that God were in charge.” A proclamation says, “The Lord reigns.” A proclamation does not say, “I feel that God wants to take care of me.” A proclamation says “The Lord is my shepherd.” A proclamation is a confident and significant statement of what is true of God and the world, and the Psalms are full of them. This workshop will explore trenchant proclamations in the psalms and suggest uses of these proclamations in Christian worship.
Five Stages On The Journey Of Disability Attitudes, Dan Quist, Dan Vander Plaats
Five Stages On The Journey Of Disability Attitudes, Dan Quist, Dan Vander Plaats
Symposium on Worship Archive
No abstract provided.
Story And Worship, Jeff Barker
Story And Worship, Jeff Barker
Symposium on Worship Archive
Every church has wonderful stories—that are not being told. Barker, author of The Storytelling Church, encourages the church with reasons and ways to tell its story. His Northwestern College students will bring life to his presentation with biblical storytelling (solo and groups), testimonies, enacted prayers, video storytelling and more.
Biblical Principles Of Worship, Ron Man
Biblical Principles Of Worship, Ron Man
Symposium on Worship Archive
How do we balance the need for biblical fidelity with the need for cultural sensitivity and relevance in our worship? This seminar will consider some of the unchanging, transcultural, non-negotiable biblical foundations for our worship, which also allow for a tremendous amount of freedom and creativity as we put these principles into practice.
Reading For Preaching: The Preacher In Conversation With Storytellers, Biographers, Poets, And Journalists, Cornelius Plantinga
Reading For Preaching: The Preacher In Conversation With Storytellers, Biographers, Poets, And Journalists, Cornelius Plantinga
Symposium on Worship Archive
This workshop is for anyone who is interested both in good reading and in good preaching and, especially, in how the first supports the second. Introducing and drawing upon the presenter's new book on this topic, this session will propose ways that a program of general reading is likely to benefit the preacher. For example, well chosen reading is likely to start the preacher's heart, to tune the preacher's ear, and to make the preacher wise. Wisdom is requisite because folly in the pulpit is homiletical malpractice.
Eve’S Two Sons: A Case Study For Biblical Drama In Worship, Jeff Barker
Eve’S Two Sons: A Case Study For Biblical Drama In Worship, Jeff Barker
Symposium on Worship Archive
Barker is collaborating with Thomas Boogaart (Professor of Old Testament at Western Theological Seminary) on a Bible study guide: A New Way to Study the Old Book. The Cain and Abel story is one biblical drama the guide explores; this workshop includes three very different performances of the Genesis text.
Transformational Preaching: Engaging With Exodus And The Old Testament, Scott Hoezee, Jeff Manion
Transformational Preaching: Engaging With Exodus And The Old Testament, Scott Hoezee, Jeff Manion
Symposium on Worship Archive
In this seminar Jeff Manion will help preachers explore the art of building a bridge back to the world of the Bible and then bringing the drama back to our generation. Compelling teaching rests on an emotional connection with the characters in the Biblical drama and so the seminar will ponder first “The Power of Connection” and then next how to explore ways to utilize tension in the telling of the biblical narrative in ways that help listeners wonder “What’s at Stake?” in both the biblical story and its implications for our lives today. The seminar will include conversations with …
Learning To Lead Worship—Forming Worship Leaders In Congregations And Schools, Constance Cherry, Paul Ryan, John Witvliet
Learning To Lead Worship—Forming Worship Leaders In Congregations And Schools, Constance Cherry, Paul Ryan, John Witvliet
Symposium on Worship Archive
Every worship leader—every preacher, musician, artist, media specialist, hospitality provider and more—grows into this role over time. There is so much to learn about worship on so many levels—theologically and pastorally as well as technically. This learning happens in many different settings, through trial and error as well as reading and study, through formal courses as well as informal, off-hand comments in the middle of a service or rehearsal. This seminar will explore the process of teaching and learning worship, and is intentionally designed to both address first-time Symposium attendees as well as veteran teachers of worship. Plan on coming …
Questions Churches Are Asking, Moses Chung, John Witvliet
Questions Churches Are Asking, Moses Chung, John Witvliet
Symposium on Worship Archive
One of the joys of serving at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and Christian Reformed Church Home Missions is the opportunity to listen to so many different local conversations. This session will offer reflections on topics that are bubbling up in a host of local conversations across North America, along with provisional thoughts about what this means for the future of faithful ministry. Come ready to reflect on your context in light of these broader patterns, and to contribute insights from your own joys and struggles in ministry.
Vital Worship: A Grants Program For Worshipping Communities, Kathy Smith, Lisa Weaver
Vital Worship: A Grants Program For Worshipping Communities, Kathy Smith, Lisa Weaver
Symposium on Worship Archive
Come to this workshop to learn about a grants program that seeks to foster vital worship in congregations, parishes, and other worshiping communities in North America. The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship encourages grant proposals for year-long projects from a variety of worshiping communities that connect public worship to intergenerational faith formation and Christian discipleship, a theme that can unfold in many facets of worship from Bible reading to preaching to baptism and Lord’s Supper, intercessory prayer, congregational song, visual arts, and more.
Top Ten Challenges Facing Worship Leaders In 2014, Paul Detterman
Top Ten Challenges Facing Worship Leaders In 2014, Paul Detterman
Symposium on Worship Archive
At the 2003 Symposium, Paul Detterman presented a seminar on the “Top Ten Challenges Facing Worship Leaders" that is still sparking conversations a decade later. While some basic realities remain the same, accelerating change in the culture and the church make this a conversation worth revisiting regularly. Come with your challenges!
Wise Church: Learning From The World-Wide Church, Alison Adam, Emily R. Brink, Marie Eugenia Cornou, Paul Detterman, Jerry Pillay, Anne Zaki
Wise Church: Learning From The World-Wide Church, Alison Adam, Emily R. Brink, Marie Eugenia Cornou, Paul Detterman, Jerry Pillay, Anne Zaki
Symposium on Worship Archive
Whether in Toledo, Toronto, Taipei, Tehran, or Tegucigalpa, worship of the Triune God has many commonalities, and followers of Jesus have much to learn from one another. This seminar will focus on the wisdom gathered in “Worshiping the Triune God,” a collection of proverbs developed through global consultation and explored in the study guide Wise Church (Faith Alive, 2013). Leaders from around the globe will speak to this wisdom as it is applied in their unique contexts in order to celebrate, challenge, and inspire each participant with ways our worship can more deeply connect us to the heart of God …
Leading Effective Praise Team Rehearsals, Paul Ryan
Leading Effective Praise Team Rehearsals, Paul Ryan
Symposium on Worship Archive
Our best praise team rehearsals prepare our hearts, minds, hands, and voices to lead the community in song. In this workshop, we’ll explore the goals and techniques of effective and life-giving rehearsals by considering personal preparation, repertoire, team dynamics, and the pastoral needs of our teams.
A New Song. A Skillful Song, Bruce Benedict, Ruth Duck, Greg Scheer
A New Song. A Skillful Song, Bruce Benedict, Ruth Duck, Greg Scheer
Symposium on Worship Archive
Those of us who feel Psalm 33's call to write new songs must remember that the Psalm also tells us to play skillfully. In this seminar we will focus on the skills of songwriting for congregations, digging into what it means to balance inspiration and perspiration. Join Ruth Duck, Bruce Benedict and Greg Scheer, three songwriters who also spend much of their time editing the works of others as they discuss their approaches to creating new texts, new tunes, and combining texts and tunes. Participants will be invited (not required) in early January to send two of their own congregational …
Jazz Vesper/Prayer Service, Jonathan Gilley, Tom Jennings, Fred Knapp, Julia Smith
Jazz Vesper/Prayer Service, Jonathan Gilley, Tom Jennings, Fred Knapp, Julia Smith
Symposium on Worship Archive
Vesper/Prayer Service led by Tom Jennings, liturgist and pianist, with Julia Smith, vocals, Jonathan Gilley, bass, and Fred Knapp, percussion.