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Sarah Kathleen Johnson and Andrew Wymer on Worship and Power

Sarah Kathleen Johnson and Andrew Wymer, two Free Church scholars in worship and liturgical studies, break new ground in “Worship and Power”, a book edited with other scholars in this tradition, and celebrate what these insights offer for ecumenical conversation and learning around liturgical authority.

Audio | Podcast | December 18, 2023

Paul Louis Metzger on Setting the Spiritual Clock

Paul Louis Metzger shares about the formative nature of the church calendar, which emphasizes that Christ in the fullness of time is what shapes us and how we inhabit time.

Audio | Podcast | December 18, 2023

Lisa Allen-McLaurin on the OneWord Worship Model

Lisa Allen offers an approach to worship planning that centers on the transformative power of holistic biblical worship.

Audio | Podcast | December 18, 2023

Kevin J. Adams on the Gospel in a Handshake

Kevin Adams explores the beautiful gifts of framing words for worship—the “conversation of worship”—that are lifegiving and engaging.

Audio | Podcast | December 18, 2023

Sarah Travis on Unsettling Worship

Sarah Travis explores how Christian worship, through its rhythm of Gathering, Word, Table, and Sending, both unsettles us and equips us to do the work of conciliation and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

Audio | Podcast | December 18, 2023

Nurturing Children through Intergenerational Worship and Prayer

Congregations, pastors, and parents/caregivers have many opportunities to join together in worship and prayer practices that more intentionally engage children and help them come to know and love God and grow in faith together. Panelists will discuss ways to intentionally create intergenerational community in which people of all ages, including children, are welcomed as full participants whose participation enriches the community and gives praise to God.

Session | October 17, 2023

Creating a Sense of Belonging with Youth in Worship and Church Life

What does it mean to be religious? Spiritual? How does a sense of place, identity, culture, and embodied engagement relate to a young person’s sense of belonging to Christ’s church, including the public worship gathering? We will explore these questions and share stories about how young people actively participate in the life of the church.

Video | July 19, 2023

Katie Ritsema-Roelofs on Intentional Work for Intergenerational Worship and Community

In this episode, worship planner and musician Katie Ritsema-Roelofs shares about the importance of thoughtful and intentional ways the whole congregation can join in the formational work of intergenerational, corporate worship.

Audio | Podcast | December 05, 2022

Lamar Hardwick on Disability as Diversity and Full Participation

In this episode, Pastor Lamar Hardwick reminds us that as many worshiping communities seek to become more diverse, celebrating and appreciating the beauty of all types of minds and bodies is an important theme in the life of the church.

Audio | Podcast | December 05, 2022

Mark Doerries on the Formative Arc of Children Leading the Church in Song

In this episode, artistic director Mark Doerries tells the emerging story of the Notre Dame Children’s Choir, now ten years old, and the formative process and unifying vision the choir has built as they learn what it means to sing the sacred story of the church across time and space.

Audio | Podcast | November 29, 2022

La Verne Tolbert on the Vital Role of Parents and the Church in Raising Children in the Faith

In this episode, Christian educator Dr. La Verne Tolbert shares her hopes and desires for renewed connections between parents and the church in the formative work of raising children in the faith and including children in the worship life of the church.

Audio | Podcast | November 29, 2022

Sarah Farmer on Courageous Hope in Youth

Practical theologian Sarah F. Farmer offers four promising pathways for African American youth to strengthen capacity for hope infused with courage in the life of the church and community.

Podcast | May 17, 2022

Benjamin T. Conner on Friendship and Hospitality that Embraces Youth with Developmental Disabilities

Practical theologian Benjamin T. Conner encourages and challenges congregations and pastors to reorient ministry with youth to fully include and amplifiy the witness of adolescents with developmental disabilities.

Podcast | May 17, 2022

Amy Adamczyk on the Influence of Parents in the Religious Lives of Their Children

Sociologists Amy Adamczyk and Christian Smith co-authored the book "Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation," which explores the research results of more than 200 interview with US parents exploring intergenerational transmission of religious faith and practice between the generations.

Podcast | May 17, 2022

Angela Williams Gorrell on the Gravity of Joy for Young People

Practical theologian Angela Williams Gorrell shares how experiencing life's challenges and sorrows is also an opportunity to share in its joy.

Podcast | May 17, 2022

Richelle B. White on Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian: Repertory with Roots for Youth

In this episode, Richelle B. White shares her passion for drawing from the wisdom of the Bible along with Black history, Black culture, and Black music as rich, relevant, and necessary sources in nurturing in faith the lives of Black youth.