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Explaining Christian Worship To The Skeptical Or Questioning Seeker: Group Exercise, Kevin Adams
Explaining Christian Worship To The Skeptical Or Questioning Seeker: Group Exercise, Kevin Adams
Symposium on Worship Archive
What are best practices for introducing people to the practices of Christian worship? How can we give an account of what we do in worship in warm, winsome, and convicting ways that move beyond surface level explanations to address the deepest spiritual hungers of our age?
Teenage Youth Worship Leaders: Wisdom For Teenagers And Those Who Mentor Them, Eric L. Mathis
Teenage Youth Worship Leaders: Wisdom For Teenagers And Those Who Mentor Them, Eric L. Mathis
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“Sometimes, it’s so awkward to stand in front of your friends and lead them in worship,” a teenager recently said. It may be awkward at times, but it’s also an unfathomable privilege that comes with much responsibility. This workshop, designed with teenagers and their mentors in mind, will focus on the task and responsibility of leading worship when those closest to us are present. More importantly, this workshop will remind us all of the ways God fits into the work of teenagers seeking to be an example in speech, behavior, love, life, and purity.
The Great Prayer Of Thanksgiving At Baptism And The Lord's Supper, John D. Witvliet
The Great Prayer Of Thanksgiving At Baptism And The Lord's Supper, John D. Witvliet
Symposium on Worship Archive
In the past 40 years, many Protestant communions have recovered a robust, historically-oriented prayer of thanksgiving at celebrations of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Nearly every official denominational liturgical publication has featured strong examples of this practice. Yet thousands of local congregations do not practice this for a variety of reasons, including concern over the length of the service, and—quite likely—not really understanding the spiritually formative power of this practice for the daily life and faith of Christian believers. This session will feature a robust testimony about the value of this ancient practice, deeply rooted in the Psalms, and present …
Singing The Psalms In A Modern Worship Setting, Wendell Kimbrough
Singing The Psalms In A Modern Worship Setting, Wendell Kimbrough
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The Psalms were written to be sung. But if your church favors guitar-led modern worship, how do you sing the Psalms? Songwriter Wendell Kimbrough’s pastor answered this question by asking him to write short Psalms refrains that are singable and memorable for his congregation. For the past two years, their church has engaged the Psalm through music each week, following the Revised Common Lectionary. In this workshop, Wendell will share some of the best-loved of these refrains and talk about his church’s journey learning to sing and love the Psalms.
The Sun Rises In The East: New Congregational Songs From Asian Composers, Joel Navarro
The Sun Rises In The East: New Congregational Songs From Asian Composers, Joel Navarro
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This session features new congregational songs and music for church choir from young composers in Southeast Asia whose works are currently making waves in many parts of the world. This session is recommended for choir directors and singers who are looking for fresh ideas for regular worship, intercultural worship, or church choir repertoire.
Worship: The Embodied Moment For Self And Church Community, Kathleen S. Turner
Worship: The Embodied Moment For Self And Church Community, Kathleen S. Turner
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The guiding question for this workshop is: How can movement gesture enhance the worship of God in ways that are whole, imaginative and fulfilling for both the individual and the collective church body? This workshop will explore the ways in which song, word, prayer, liturgical materials and movement gesture meet within the worship experience. It will pay particular attention to the use of the body as an expressive instrument that embodies and displays reflective thought and honest emotion during the worship moment. This workshop welcomes participants to wear comfortable clothing and shoes in order to explore various worship movements that …
Biblical Storytelling Masterclass, Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence
Biblical Storytelling Masterclass, Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence
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How can dramatic arts and oral interpretation be used in worship? By applying skills from these art forms to scripture recitation! Bring your memorized Bible narrative to share and hone. Participants are welcome to observe, or to work with Joy in deepening their communication of God’s Word.
What Makes Christian Worship Trinitarian?, Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
What Makes Christian Worship Trinitarian?, Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
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The doctrine of the Trinity is old, deep, and mysterious. How should Christian trinitarianism manifest itself in worship—that is, beyond simple repetition of the trinitarian formula? How might deep trinitarian worship bless God and ourselves? How might it even affect the way we look at each other after worship is over?
Singing Psalms: An Outpouring Of Contemporary Song For Congregational Use, Alison Adam, Alfredo Colman, Wendell Kimbrough, Greg Scheer, Isaac Wardell
Singing Psalms: An Outpouring Of Contemporary Song For Congregational Use, Alison Adam, Alfredo Colman, Wendell Kimbrough, Greg Scheer, Isaac Wardell
Symposium on Worship Archive
Remarkably, even since the publication of Psalms for All Seasons just a few years ago, over 30 new Psalm-based songwriting and recording projects have emerged from a variety of contemporary worship leaders across North America and beyond. While some of these settings are designed for solo voices, many are well-suited to congregational use, and are worthy heirs to the legacy of congregation-based Psalms re-established by Luther and Calvin. Come to explore a variety of examples of this music, as well as the stories behind the songs. In addition, to consider new songs you might use in your context, come ready …
Faith Formation From Birth To Age 20: A Psychology Professor's Insights For Strengthening Congregational Ministry, Marjorie L. Gunnoe
Faith Formation From Birth To Age 20: A Psychology Professor's Insights For Strengthening Congregational Ministry, Marjorie L. Gunnoe
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What are the most important things to know when working with kids ages 0–2, 3–6, 7–11, early adolescents, and late adolescents? This fast-paced session is a (really, really) condensed version of a course required for Calvin students minoring in Youth Ministry—without the homework. Helpful for parents, pastors, teachers, mentors and anyone who cares about the faith formation of the next generation.
Short Songs: Deepening Our Participation In Worship, Alison Adam
Short Songs: Deepening Our Participation In Worship, Alison Adam
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Short songs do something different: they deepen, with music, the responses a congregation makes in an act of worship. Often tied to liturgical moments in a service, short songs enable us to gather, to pray, to prepare to hear God’s Word, to affirm, to go forth, to move, to rejoice. They tap into the emotion of worship songs, and they draw on the ancient tradition of chant, but they are neither contemporary nor traditional. We’ll sing about 10 of these songs, gathered by the Iona Community from their own writers and from the world church. They are easily led, enable …
Inviting The Text To Direct The Service, Joan Devries
Inviting The Text To Direct The Service, Joan Devries
Symposium on Worship Archive
Biblical text is central to Christian worship gatherings. Generally, the most significant piece of scripture is the focus of the sermon or the message, and worship planners are happy when they can match that theme in other parts of the worship gathering. What if, however, we invited the text with its various parts and movements to shape the whole of our service more concretely rather than have it be packaged as the teaching contained in a sermon? What if we adopted the movements within a psalm as the separate movements of our worship gathering and we enacted the psalm together? …
Essential Worship: Introducing People To The Art Of Leading Worship, Greg Scheer
Essential Worship: Introducing People To The Art Of Leading Worship, Greg Scheer
Symposium on Worship Archive
Greg will offer reflections on his new book. This is an ideal session for beginning worship leaders, anyone who mentors, teaches, or encourages them, or anyone who is preparing to lead brief training sessions for a worship team or worship committee in their context.
Innovation In Worship: Working With A Team To Make Healthy Changes, Jordan Clegg, Dawn B. Gibson, Kathy Smith, Jonathan Tamayo, Jeff Wong
Innovation In Worship: Working With A Team To Make Healthy Changes, Jordan Clegg, Dawn B. Gibson, Kathy Smith, Jonathan Tamayo, Jeff Wong
Symposium on Worship Archive
Listen to a diverse group of panelists from various churches across North America describe how they envisioned and led their congregations through changes in worship. We will consider the value of empowering members’ gifts in worship, and wisdom for healthy change processes. This seminar will be valuable for any church considering changes in worship.
Universal Design, Responsive Design: Keys For Welcoming Persons With Varied Abilities, Benjamin T. Conner, Melissa Conner, Barbara J. Newman, Karen Roberts Phd, Reginald Smith
Universal Design, Responsive Design: Keys For Welcoming Persons With Varied Abilities, Benjamin T. Conner, Melissa Conner, Barbara J. Newman, Karen Roberts Phd, Reginald Smith
Symposium on Worship Archive
Worshipers and congregation members certainly do not come in a “one size fits all” wrapping! As you gather for worship you will notice an array of gifts, but you may also see the areas of struggle each one brings to the community. How do worship planners and pastors best weave in best practices for including each one in the conversation with God in worship? Join us as we highlight ideas to get your congregation launched in the right direction as you include members with disabilities.
Program - 2017 Worship Symposium, 2017 Worship Symposium
Program - 2017 Worship Symposium, 2017 Worship Symposium
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How Churches Around The World Pray For Churches Around The World: How We Pray In Argentina For Churches Around The World?, Nina Ciesilski, Dwight Kelly, Hanns Lessing Phd, Gerardo Oberman, Kathy Smith, Ester P. Widiasih, N. T. Wright, Anne Zaki
How Churches Around The World Pray For Churches Around The World: How We Pray In Argentina For Churches Around The World?, Nina Ciesilski, Dwight Kelly, Hanns Lessing Phd, Gerardo Oberman, Kathy Smith, Ester P. Widiasih, N. T. Wright, Anne Zaki
Symposium on Worship Archive
Intercessory prayer is an essential part of public worship, and we are called to pray for the flourishing of Christians all over the world. This seminar begins with a brief reflection by theologian N.T. Wright on Ephesians 6:18: “Pray . . . with all perseverance and intercession for all God’s holy ones. . . .” Then learn from church leaders from Argentina, Indonesia, Egypt, Jamaica, Germany, and Scotland about how their communities pray for the worldwide church, and also how they would like others to pray for them. Come to see the world from several different perspectives, from voices that …
Movement And Worship: An Experiential Engagement Of Embodiment In Ministry, Cassandra Vander Well
Movement And Worship: An Experiential Engagement Of Embodiment In Ministry, Cassandra Vander Well
Symposium on Worship Archive
From the earliest origins of the Judeo Christian tradition, dance and movement have been integral to the Christian life and faith practice, moving us individually and communally closer to the heart of God. This seminar will examine the history of liturgical/sacred dance in the church and how a biblical perspective on dance can inform current approaches to weaving movement into the fabric of Christian worship and ministry. Come ready to explore and engage these concepts through movement and dialogue.
Playing In Luke's Gospel, Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence
Playing In Luke's Gospel, Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence
Symposium on Worship Archive
Though we often think of Bible study as serious business, adding an element of play into our exploration of scripture deepens our emotional connection to the text and can invite our congregations to experience God’s Word in a new way. In this hands-on seminar, we will explore and consider contextualized ways to present portions of Luke’s gospel in worship.
Autism And Your Church, Barbara J. Newman
Autism And Your Church, Barbara J. Newman
Symposium on Worship Archive
With one in 68 individuals being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), it is likely that your worshiping community already includes someone with ASD. If you are a pastor, worship leader, musician, church school teacher, or church volunteer, discover specific ways to identify, interact with, and worship with persons with ASD. Using six key areas of difference, this session will take best practices in special education and apply them to a church setting. Leave with a toolbox full of new ideas to try starting next week with both children and adults!
Worship 101: Giving Witness To The Unseen, Eric L. Mathis, Paul Ryan
Worship 101: Giving Witness To The Unseen, Eric L. Mathis, Paul Ryan
Symposium on Worship Archive
A fundamental task of worship leadership is giving witness to God. Although we do not see God, we do see evidence of God’s work in the world. We bear witness to God’s work in worship through songs, stories, prayers, and words, and we prompt the congregation to do the same as they embody each action of worship. In this seminar, we will explore the ways worshiping communities name, or give witness to, those things that are seen and unseen. Then, we will imagine how communities similar to or different from our own might teach us about our own faithful witness.
Worship 201: Giving Witness To The Urgent, Eric L. Mathis, Paul Ryan
Worship 201: Giving Witness To The Urgent, Eric L. Mathis, Paul Ryan
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A critical task of 21st century worship leadership is to name pressing issues, and give confident witness to the reality of God’s presence in sometimes difficult circumstances. In this seminar, we will identify pressing issues in local and global worshiping communities. Then we will engage past and present worshiping communities as case studies to identify their approach to urgent issues. Finally we will imagine how these communities might teach us about giving confident witness to those issues that are urgent in our time and place.
Bad Worship In The Bible, Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
Bad Worship In The Bible, Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
Symposium on Worship Archive
Dirkie Smits, eminent South African theologian, has observed that virtually every book of the Bible condemns bad worship—which is likely to be some odious combination of idolatrous, hypocritical, or careless. Concretely, what does the Bible have to say about bad worship? And how might we strive to learn from what it says and adjust our own worship practices accordingly?
Sanctifying Art: Inviting Conversation Between Artists, Theologians, And The Church, Deborah Sokolove
Sanctifying Art: Inviting Conversation Between Artists, Theologians, And The Church, Deborah Sokolove
Symposium on Worship Archive
In her book, Sanctifying Art, Deborah Sokolove offers ways to understand the arts as a way of thinking and understanding, as a tool for healing the broken places in the world, and even as a divinely ordained means of grace. To sanctify an object or an activity is to set it aside for divine purposes, to purify it, to make it holy. Similarly, individuals and even communities are said to be sanctified when they live in close alignment with God’s will. Art is one of the activities that human beings have been given to aid in the process of sanctification. …
Heartsongs For Good Friday And Easter: Insights And Inspiration From Worshiping Communities Across North American And Around The World, Robert J. Batastini, Judith Laoyan-Mosomos, Swee Hong Lim, Emmet G. Price Iii, Raymond Wise Phd, John D. Witvliet
Heartsongs For Good Friday And Easter: Insights And Inspiration From Worshiping Communities Across North American And Around The World, Robert J. Batastini, Judith Laoyan-Mosomos, Swee Hong Lim, Emmet G. Price Iii, Raymond Wise Phd, John D. Witvliet
Symposium on Worship Archive
The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is at the center of Christian faith, life, and worship. Every Good Friday and Easters, Christians from all over the world gather in remarkably different contexts to tell this story—and sing about what it means for us and the world God loves. During this session, panelists will be asked to choose two songs from their ministry context which unpack the significant of Jesus’ death and resurrection—songs which are deeply loved and that poignantly express the meaning of these events. Come to discover some new songs that you will want to sing, to glimpse …
How To Commission Liturgical Art, Jeanne Logan
How To Commission Liturgical Art, Jeanne Logan
Symposium on Worship Archive
Jeanne will show examples of her own commissioned work as well as outstanding examples of the work of others. She will then focus on the nuts and bolts of commissioning a work of liturgical art: what does the artist expect from you and what you should expect from the artist.
21 Spirituals For The 21st Century, Raymond Wise Phd
21 Spirituals For The 21st Century, Raymond Wise Phd
Symposium on Worship Archive
The Negro Spiritual has been hailed as American’s first authentic folk music. Spirituals have served as a primary musical source from which many sacred and secular musical genres have stemmed. The “Spiritual” itself has evolved into many forms. There are oral, concert, art song, congregational, and gospel spirituals, and each has its own unique musical characteristics that have helped to preserve the Spiritual as a musical form. Come learn more about Spirituals, hear and sing some traditional spirituals and experience contemporary spiritual arrangements from Raymond Wise’s collection of 21 Spirituals for the 21st Century.
Liturgy That Cares, Howard Vanderwell
Liturgy That Cares, Howard Vanderwell
Symposium on Worship Archive
Some call it the “preliminaries,” some hastily put it together, and others have very elaborate liturgies. This sectional is built on the conviction that it’s time to take a thorough new look at the pastoral power of the order of worship. We will try to identify the needs worshipers bring to church, and we’ll examine the liturgy with an eye to finding the best ways to meet those needs. Our goal is the development of liturgies that join with the sermon in providing pastoral care.
The Doorway To A New World: The Gracious Power Of Baptism In The Christian Life, Lisa Weaver
The Doorway To A New World: The Gracious Power Of Baptism In The Christian Life, Lisa Weaver
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What a remarkable event baptism is: at once a sign of our being washed clean, a sign of rebirth, and a sign of our dying and rising with Jesus. How can we celebrate baptisms in ways that convey this grace, this depth, and this mystery? How can we best mentor, teach, and encourage those who are baptized, whether as adults or children? Come to learn from a student of worship who has learned from Baptists, Presbyterians, and Roman Catholic communities, and whose research is unpacking the power of early church baptismal practices.
The Formative Power Of Art And Architecture In Worship, Michael J. Crosbie Phd, Lisa Deboer
The Formative Power Of Art And Architecture In Worship, Michael J. Crosbie Phd, Lisa Deboer
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Hear from two experts whose work puts them in touch with a wide variety of worshiping communities across North America. First, art historian Lisa DeBoer will share insights from her forthcoming book, The Visual Arts in the Worshiping Church (Eerdmans), about how Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant worshipers relate to the meaning of art in such different ways. Then, Michael Crosbie, editor of Faith and Form, will take us on a memorable tour of recently built or renovated award-wining worship spaces, taking note of the underlying motivation and artistic vision of master architects and the congregations they work with. This is …