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Come ready to be surprised about contemporary worship’s complex history. Audio | May 09, 2018 Serious Play: Insights from Augustine and Other Friends from the Early Church on Leading Worship and Administering Sacraments Led by Lester Ruth, this workshop explored insights from Augustine and others in the early church that can break open playful, Scriptural imagination for leading in worship. Audio | May 09, 2018 When the Music Fades: The Overlooked Facets of Contemporary Worship's Historical Development A conversation between Lester Ruth and John Witvliet about contemporary worship, trinitarian lyrics, and the dynamics of church renewal. Video | May 11, 2017 Deepening a Congregation’s Ability to Talk about Worship, Pt.2 We will explore what we can learn from the challenges and gifts of two churches of the recent past, Christ Temple in Jim Crow racism-laced Jackson, Mississippi, and the Anaheim Vineyard Fellowship in the late 1970s. Audio | February 20, 2014 Deepening a Congregation’s Ability to Talk about Worship, Pt. 1 We will explore what we can learn from the challenges and gifts of two churches of the recent past, Christ Temple in Jim Crow racism-laced Jackson, Mississippi, and the Anaheim Vineyard Fellowship in the late 1970s. Audio | February 20, 2014 Loving God Intimately: Worship with the Anaheim Vineyard Fellowship, 1977-1983 This workshop will explore one source for the changes that have swept around the world since the 1970s: the Anaheim Vineyard Fellowship and the ministry of its pastor, John Wimber. Audio | February 18, 2014 The History of Christian Worship This syllabus is designed for a basic worship course. It should cover all the basic aspects of congregational worship life as well as covering the various tasks involved in leading congregational worship. Article | March 08, 2012 Christ in the Church This syllabus was designed for a basic worship course that is designed to prepare people in initial skills needed to lead worship in local congregations today. The main question asked in the course is: how is Christ's presence manifested in a church's worship? Article | March 08, 2012 Does Worship Keep Your Understanding of God Too Small? Insights from Ancient Constantinople about the Transcendent in Worship Worship today often stresses the nearness of God, on God as our personal friend. But God is much more. This session explored the setting and practices of worship in 6th century Constantinople to learn how they can contribute to our worship practices and larger understanding of the greatness of God. Audio | January 27, 2012 Christian Worship in the 4th Century Jerusalem What might an ancient church have to say for renewing our worship today? Audio | January 28, 2011 Why Not "Move" Advent to November? The lectionary says, “repent and prepare,” but the rhythms of many congregations say, “children’s Christmas program.” The calendar says, “fast and pray,” but Sunday schools schedule Christmas parties with cake and cookies. Advent says, “not yet, not yet,” but church-goers clamor to sing their favorite Christmas carols. Article | November 19, 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 Teaching Worship Leadership: Content and Context Leading worship requires attending to the specifics of a worshiping congregation, and yet many classrooms tend toward the general. This workshop looked at a new multi-media resource documenting the life of one Chicago congregation and designed to be a kind of “flight simulator” for worship leaders. It explored teaching worship leadership with a dual emphasis on theological content and congregational context. Audio | January 01, 2010 Introduction to The Catechetical Lectures of Cyril of Jerusalem Can a theologian be a good pastor or evangelist? Can an effective, church-growing evangelist be theological? Can a caring pastor preach doctrine in a relevant way? Is it possible for one person to be a dynamic evangelist, pastor, and theologian all at once? Looking at Cyril, the fourth century bishop of Jerusalem, is helpful. Article | May 08, 2008 War and Religion in America American historian James Bratt will explore the alternative destinations in style, ritual, and spirituality which the antebellum pilgrims sought and found on the road out of revivalism. Liturgical scholar Lester Ruth will respond and discuss analogies on the worship scene in the 21st century, especially noting the recurring popular impulse for alternate forms of worship. Audio | January 01, 2008 Public Biblical Praying This workshop looked at biblical and historical examples of how ancient Christians prayed in public worship. Audio | January 01, 2008 The Most Used Contemporary Worship Songs: Their View of God and of Our Love for God This session explored how the most-used contemporary songs speak of the Triune God and what God has done to save us. Audio | January 01, 2008
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