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From Missional Worship To Missional Living And Back Again, Chris Schoon Thd Jan 2015

From Missional Worship To Missional Living And Back Again, Chris Schoon Thd

Symposium on Worship Archive

Mission and worship have quite a history of being kept separate from each other. But what if they were intended to flow into each other, to be mutually edifying? In this session, we’ll explore characteristics of a missional approach to worship, paying attention to how our communal worship forms us for a missional way of life and how this missional living in turn pours back into our communal worship.

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The Sound Of Scripture, Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence Jan 2015

The Sound Of Scripture, Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence

Symposium on Worship Archive

We spend hours planning and rehearsing music for worship. But what about scripture? If scripture is a central component of worship, how can we more intentionally and creatively present the text so that it is rehearsed, meaningful, and emotionally compelling? Answering both "why" and "how to," this workshop will provide an array of practical tools and examples to empower participants to put into practice what they have learned. This seminar will be assisted by students from Unity Christian High, who will participate in biblical storytelling, scripture tableaux, and choral readings using a variety of biblical literary genres.

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Singing The Story: Hymns For Holy Week, David Cherwien, Awet Andemicael Jan 2015

Singing The Story: Hymns For Holy Week, David Cherwien, Awet Andemicael

Symposium on Worship Archive

Congregational singing invites us to not just think about the events of Holy Week, but to become participants in unfolding drama of Christ’s passion and resurrection. Through song we explore what it means to be united with Christ in his dying and rising (Rom. 6:4). Come ready to sing the story of the events that unfold from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, with songs from Lift Up Your Hearts (Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2013), and to prepare your hearts for your own shaping of Holy Week services this coming spring.

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One, Holy, Catholic And Apostolic Church: Psalms That Sing The Church's Mission, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship, Michael Hawn, William N. Heard, Jorge Lockward, Martin Tel Jan 2015

One, Holy, Catholic And Apostolic Church: Psalms That Sing The Church's Mission, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship, Michael Hawn, William N. Heard, Jorge Lockward, Martin Tel

Symposium on Worship Archive

What a joy to gather with Christians from all over the world in this Symposium! In this service, we will sing music that expresses our joy and our calling to live and work together as part of Christ’s body in the world. We will pay attention to way that biblical Psalms express all four of these key themes, centuries before these four marks of the church came together in the Nicene Creed. The songs and prayers in this service could be used on almost any occasion, but would be especially poignant during celebrations of Pentecost.

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Worship 101: Introduction To Principles And Invitation To Practice, Eric Mathis, Paul Ryan Jan 2015

Worship 101: Introduction To Principles And Invitation To Practice, Eric Mathis, Paul Ryan

Symposium on Worship Archive

Learning to lead worship takes practice, but where does one begin? In this seminar, we will present five vital worship leadership practices and the principles that shape and sustain them. We will learn about praying publicly, choosing music, speaking introductions and transitions, telling stories, and the planning process that pulls these practices, and more, together. Along the way we will see examples and hear testimonies from students. We will engage in exercises and share together around tables. By the end, participants will have many opportunities to practice skills and gather valuable resources for future planning and learning in their communities …

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Moving Worship: What Is Liturgical Dance?, Julia Start Fletcher Jan 2015

Moving Worship: What Is Liturgical Dance?, Julia Start Fletcher

Symposium on Worship Archive

Christian liturgy consists of a holy conversation between God and the gathered community. Dance, movement, and gesture may seem silent—but they powerfully shape our experience of this conversation. Come ready to explore how dance, movement, and gesture can be used in many different elements of the worship dialogue, both through leadership of trained dancers and in people in the pews.

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Harmony On The Staff: Preachers And Musicians Should Be Friends, Wendie Brockhaus, Mike Graves Phd Jan 2015

Harmony On The Staff: Preachers And Musicians Should Be Friends, Wendie Brockhaus, Mike Graves Phd

Symposium on Worship Archive

We usually think of harmony in relation to music, but it also applies to church staffs. In the musical Oklahoma the farmer and cowman weren’t always friends, the one protecting turf and the other desiring freedom. Unfortunately, something similar happens with preachers and musicians who must work together weekly in planning and leading the church’s worship. Preachers don’t always understand music and musicians who must plan worship well in advance; musicians don’t always have theological training and appreciate the weekly burden of sermon preparation which can be in flux down to the very last moment. In this interactive workshop led …

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Water, Wheat, And Honey: A Recipe For Abundant Life, Susan Briehl Jan 2015

Water, Wheat, And Honey: A Recipe For Abundant Life, Susan Briehl

Symposium on Worship Archive

In this workshop we will join the surprising journey of a group of emerging adults who volunteered to help fourth graders bake bread for their first Communion. With them we will travel on "paths as yet untrodden through perils unknown" in our common search for a faithful way of life in and for the world.

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Accessible Gospel, Inclusive Worship: Vertical Habits In Action, Betty Grit, Barbara J. Newman Jan 2015

Accessible Gospel, Inclusive Worship: Vertical Habits In Action, Betty Grit, Barbara J. Newman

Symposium on Worship Archive

This workshop will give practical and innovative ideas for welcoming people of all ability levels into your worship service by using the framework of Vertical Habits—a set of habits that identify the words of worship that form our relationship with God and the way we live out our faith. Worship leaders, pastors, education volunteers, and worship planners will discover new ways to have each one enter into your corporate conversation with God.

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The Art Of Collaboration, Linda Witte Henke Jan 2015

The Art Of Collaboration, Linda Witte Henke

Symposium on Worship Archive

This workshop will delve into the opportunities and challenging ingredient in the collaborative creation of liturgical art. Award-winning liturgical artist Linda Witte Henke will use images and narratives from a variety of collaborative projects to invite participants into consideration of guiding principles, group dynamics, and practical considerations for creating liturgical art in collaboration.

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Glorifying God In Worship, Cornelius Plantinga Jr. Jan 2015

Glorifying God In Worship, Cornelius Plantinga Jr.

Symposium on Worship Archive

The Scriptures are full of glory. Israel is told by prophets to "give glory to the Lord." Angels at Jesus’ birth sing "Glory to God in the highest heaven." In John’s Gospel the Father and the Son glorify each other. And in the Psalms and I Chronicles people are told to "ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name." But how would this go in worship today? What, exactly, does it mean to glorify God in worship? Isn’t God already maximally splendid? What more can mere mortals add?

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In-Between Words, Paul Ryan, Worship Apprentices Jan 2015

In-Between Words, Paul Ryan, Worship Apprentices

Symposium on Worship Archive

Scripture readings, sermons, and songs take up most of the time in a worship service. But it’s often what happens in between them that is most telling. Those little words and phrases that welcome guests, introduce songs, and prepare us for prayer make all the difference for encouraging full participation in worship. These phrases are crucial for extending hospitality and for forming congregations for deep engagement with God and each other.

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Psalms For All Seasons As A Resource For Choirs, Martin Tel Jan 2015

Psalms For All Seasons As A Resource For Choirs, Martin Tel

Symposium on Worship Archive

The choir is an excellent conduit for bringing psalmody back into the heart of worshiping communities. Members of the Princeton Seminary Choir will demonstrate how musical settings from the psalter Psalms for All Seasons can be augmented by the choir or presented as choral anthems. Particular attention will be given to resourcing the smaller church ensemble or intergenerational choirs.

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Links In The Liturgy: Creating "Flow" In A Worship Service, Howard Vanderwell Jan 2015

Links In The Liturgy: Creating "Flow" In A Worship Service, Howard Vanderwell

Symposium on Worship Archive

Are your worship services more like a novel which pursues a common theme, or a magazine that has a whole collection of elements which may (or may not) have much to do with each other? Vital worship can often be strengthened by an overall theme which holds it all together faithfully, and worship leaders will want to understand how creating links can help the service to be a complete conversation with God, flowing smoothly from one step to another. While this takes different forms in different worship traditions, we’ll explore the importance of these links, how best to create them, …

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How (Not) To Preach In The Secular Age, Timothy Blackmon Jan 2015

How (Not) To Preach In The Secular Age, Timothy Blackmon

Symposium on Worship Archive

Many of my friends have a very different take on life. They hope to find personal significance without God. The gospel story I preach seems neither plausible or all that relevant. Philosopher Charles Taylor explains "we are now living in a spiritual supernova, a kind of galloping pluralism on the spiritual plane." This workshop is a brief field guide on how (not) to preach and teach the gospel in a secular age.

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2015 Program Book Jan 2015

2015 Program Book

Symposium on Worship Archive

No abstract provided.

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Sticky Liturgies: Worship, Youth Ministry, And The Faith Of America's Teenagers, Eric Mathis Jan 2015

Sticky Liturgies: Worship, Youth Ministry, And The Faith Of America's Teenagers, Eric Mathis

Symposium on Worship Archive

Research has shown that young people are abandoning the faith and leaving the church by the time they graduate from college. Might worship be part of the problem? This interactive workshop will briefly examine major studies in adolescent spirituality, explore multiple worship paradigms within individual congregations, and encourage reflection on the relationship between liturgical practice and adolescent spirituality

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Leading Worship In A Post-Christian, Low-Biblical Literacy Age: Practical Lessons From Church History About The Catechetical Dimensions Of Worship, Gerald L. Sittser Jan 2015

Leading Worship In A Post-Christian, Low-Biblical Literacy Age: Practical Lessons From Church History About The Catechetical Dimensions Of Worship, Gerald L. Sittser

Symposium on Worship Archive

When we gather for worship, we long to have many people present who do not yet know the Bible well. We also long to have life-long worshipers, including our children and youth, come to know the Bible well. How can worship be led in ways that embrace these goals, in ways that foster greater love for and knowledge of God’s word? How can church history challenge us to imagine very practical ways of shaping warm, instructive, life-giving worship practices?

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Prayer Around The Cross: Unpacking The Liturgies, Susan Briehl, Tom Witte Jan 2015

Prayer Around The Cross: Unpacking The Liturgies, Susan Briehl, Tom Witte

Symposium on Worship Archive

Discover the shape and essential elements of this meditative form of prayer akin to the practices Taizé, Iona, and Holden Village, a center for renewal in Washington State. Explore both musical and liturgical resources and imagine how to incorporate or create such liturgies in your setting. Participants in this workshop are encouraged to attend the Vesper/Prayer Service at 4:15 on Thursday or Friday, led by Susan Briehl and Tom Witt, before attending this workshop.

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The Multicultural Dance: Its Implications For Christian Worship, Fernando A. Cascante-Gómez Jan 2015

The Multicultural Dance: Its Implications For Christian Worship, Fernando A. Cascante-Gómez

Symposium on Worship Archive

Using the imagery of "dancing" and based on the encounter of Jesus with the Syrophoenician woman as presented in the gospel of Mathew, participants in this workshop will be able to distinguish three steps to follow for relating with people from other cultural/ethnic backgrounds. Together we will discern some conceptual and practical implications of those steps when it comes to planning and implementing worship in a multicultural context.

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The Most Important Word In Preaching, Mike Graves Phd Jan 2015

The Most Important Word In Preaching, Mike Graves Phd

Symposium on Worship Archive

Since the inception of the New Homiletic in the 1970s, preachers have been experimenting with inductive and narrative forms of preaching, thanks to the likes of Fred Craddock and Eugene Lowry. The idea is for sermons to engage people, create an experience of the biblical text. In recent years, however, some critics have noted a lack of biblical exposition among narrative preachers, and this at a time of biblical and theological illiteracy among congregations. In this interactive workshop we will explore the tension and talk about what may be the most important word in preaching, narrative, or otherwise.

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Worshiping A Christ Who Is Hard To Know, Cornelius Plantinga Jr. Jan 2015

Worshiping A Christ Who Is Hard To Know, Cornelius Plantinga Jr.

Symposium on Worship Archive

In the gospels, Jesus seems to answer questions people did not ask. He abruptly switches topics. He unexpectedly falls silent. He exalts babies. He had to heal one man in two stages because he didn’t get it quite right at first. He needs to pray all the time. Frankly put, like his Father, Jesus Christ can be known but he is also hard to know. With this stubborn fact in mind, how shall we worship him?

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Abraham Kuyper's Surprisingly Relevant Theology Of Liturgy, John D. Witvliet Jan 2015

Abraham Kuyper's Surprisingly Relevant Theology Of Liturgy, John D. Witvliet

Symposium on Worship Archive

Before Abraham Kuyper became a university leader and prime minister, he was a church historian and pastor. He wrote copiously and passionately about many topics, including both the devotional and liturgical dimension of worship. His writing offers much to challenge and deepen our own experience of worship, exploring how we can imagine heaven as we worship, how we can elicit sincere worship, and how we can perceive God’s action in and through worship. Come ready to think theologically and to leave with a set of sparkling quotations to provoke discussions in your ministry contexts back home.

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Prayer Around The Cross For The Healing Of The Nations: A Candlelight Liturgy Of Scripture, Silence, And Simple Song, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship, Susan Briehl, Tom Witte Jan 2015

Prayer Around The Cross For The Healing Of The Nations: A Candlelight Liturgy Of Scripture, Silence, And Simple Song, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship, Susan Briehl, Tom Witte

Symposium on Worship Archive

Join us for this contemplative evening prayer service, set in the darkness, as we gather around a large map of the world, with the cross—our Tree of Life—at its center, to pray for nations, places, and peoples in need of healing, hope, and peace. Note: Workshop C6, Prayer around the Cross: Unpacking the Liturgies is being offered to help participants think about how to offer these kind of liturgies in their own setting.

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"We've Come This Far By Faith:" Our Story, Our Song, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship, Emmett G. Price Iii, James Abbington Jan 2015

"We've Come This Far By Faith:" Our Story, Our Song, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship, Emmett G. Price Iii, James Abbington

Symposium on Worship Archive

This Vesper/Prayer Service will feature the inspiring prayers, songs, and readings from the African American worship tradition past and present.

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Telling Stories In Worship: Principles And Practices, Eric Mathis Jan 2015

Telling Stories In Worship: Principles And Practices, Eric Mathis

Symposium on Worship Archive

This workshop will focus on telling stories in worship as well as the principles that shape and sustain this important worship leadership practice. While students will provide examples and discuss their own experiences with story-telling, workshop participants will be given the opportunity to practice their story telling skills as well as gather valuable resources for future planning and learning in their communities of faith.

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Program: 2015 Featured Lecture, "God's Wider Presence: Recognizing God's General Revelation", Robert K. Johnston Jan 2015

Program: 2015 Featured Lecture, "God's Wider Presence: Recognizing God's General Revelation", Robert K. Johnston

Frank Pack Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecture Program

Program for the Eleventh Annual Frank Pack Distinguished Christian Lecture Program with featured lecturer Dr. Robert K. Johnston, Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary.

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Psalm-Surfing, Graham Kendrick Jan 2015

Psalm-Surfing, Graham Kendrick

Symposium on Worship Archive

Can we engage in sung worship together without knowing the songs, without a song-list or chord charts, using 100% God-inspired words, while being responsive to the Holy Spirit and creatively and musically adventurous all at the same time? I say yes! Come and see if you agree.

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Laundry And Bourbon, Tanner O'Neal Jan 2015

Laundry And Bourbon, Tanner O'Neal

SFA School of Theatre

This production was directed by Tanner O'Neal

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The Arabian Nights, Scott Shattuck Jan 2015

The Arabian Nights, Scott Shattuck

SFA School of Theatre

This production was directed by Scott Shattuck

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