Summary

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.

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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.

Presented at the 2010 Calvin Symposium on Worship.

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