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But they say and do Scripture in a great many ways and they can sound very different from each other depending on the acoustics of time, place, and audience. Audio | March 23, 2010 The Sermon and the Short Story Preachers are always searching for illustrations, and if you know where to look, short stories are an excellent resource. Audio | March 23, 2010 The Church for the Sake of the World: Urban Challenges Today This workshop focused on discerning and acting on the call to integrate worship with ministry in order to be with those who are least and last through the example of LaSalle Street Church in downtown Chicago with a 40 year history in social engagement. Audio | March 23, 2010 The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults This workshop focused on understanding the latest social scientific research on the religious beliefs and practices of young people as they transition to adulthood. Audio | March 23, 2010 Worshiping the Trinity in Exile: The Prophetic Church with a Post-Era Mission In a post-postmodern, high-tech, super-hyped, and anti-institutional world, how should we be Church and how should we be the Church at worship and in mission? How will our means match the ends so that worship is faithful to the Jesus of the cross? Audio | March 23, 2010 A Worship Leadership Dilemma: Are consumers still able to worship? How do I as a pastor or worship leader engage a congregation in deep, rich worship when their hearts have been shaped by consumeristic spirits that tell them to be shallow and self-serving? And how do I lead in such a way without being negative or preachy? Audio | March 23, 2010 Matthew's Sermon on the Mount This study of Matthew 5-7 investigated the main teachings of the whole sermon and their relation to us, the Church, and the world. Audio | March 23, 2010 Singing the Psalms Against a Backdrop of Persecution: A View from Pakistan Find out how the psalms bring hope to suffering Christians in Pakistan and how the psalms can challenge theologians, poets, and musicians around the world to strengthen faith, ministry, and worship. Audio | March 23, 2010 The Origins of Contemporary Worship: The Case of John Wimber's Anaheim Vineyard Congregation Although it has swept across the nation in the last 25 years, contemporary worship didn't just pop out of nowhere. Have you ever wondered where it came from? This workshop reviewed some of its origins with particular attention to the important Anaheim Vineyard congregation in the 1970s and 1980s. Audio | March 23, 2010 How to Connect Church-Based Community Ministry Programs to Corporate Worship Starting with his own very diverse church and community connections, Tony Campbell explored the many different ministry opportunities Christians have to deepen relationships between church and community, and offer a variety of ways to celebrate those relationships in worship.? Audio | March 22, 2010 Faith Formation in Worship Faith formation is not just for children—all of us are shaped in our faith by the way we come to God in worship. This session considered what it might mean if we have a faith formation focus as we plan worship. Audio | March 22, 2010 Tending the Heart: Soul Care for Worship Leaders It is all too easy for worship leaders--preachers and musicians alike-to--slip into "mere professionalism." When that happens, we settle into dull habit, holy things no longer stir our soul, and God becomes distant and even abstract? This session examined that spiritual danger and suggested some practices to "guard our souls." Audio | March 22, 2010 Worship and Civility In what ways can the church's worshiping life equip people for the patterns of civility-public politeness-that make for good citizenship? Should we even care about the question? Audio | March 22, 2010 Preaching the Great Stories of Genesis An absentee father with a son of blistering hate; a frightened man pimping his wife; a penniless mother left to die; a husband beaten down by his wily woman. The stories from Genesis read like last night's news. Audio | March 22, 2010 Worship: A Spring of Life and Shalom Worship helps us answer fundamental questions of human existence regarding our identity, calling, main purpose in life, and how to be empowered for service to God? Audio | March 22, 2010 Forgotten Ones: Worship and Pastoral Care Many people have a vision for pastoral care that takes place in homes, hospitals, and institutions, often in times of crisis. But the prime place for pastoral care is in the community gathered for worship, when all who are able gather under the care of the Good Shepherd, and those who cannot attend are still remembered and named. Audio | March 17, 2010 Worship Renewal in a Latin American Context A presentation by Gerardo Oberman on worship renewal in a Latin American context. Audio | Video | January 01, 2009 Teens and Worship: Encouraging Creative and Meaningful Worship with Teenagers Practical suggestions, strategies, and resources to encourage vibrant, meaningful worship with teens were presented in this session. Audio | January 01, 2009 Praying Around the Communion Table: Cultivating a Spirit of Thanksgiving Discover ways that the prayer of thanksgiving at the Lord's Supper provides a shape and vocabulary to guide us in lives of gratitude as well as connect our practices in church with the actions in our daily lives. Audio | January 01, 2009 Worship that Changes Lives: The Next Dimension This workshop highlighted how our understanding of transformational worship experiences is deepened through a study of worship that included the narratives of church members. Drawing on the insights that are summarized in the book Worship that Changes Lives, participants were encouraged to reflect on the relational dimension of their worship experiences. Article | January 01, 2009 « Previous 5 6 7 8 9 ... Next »