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Artists and church members Cheryl and Lori shared how visual arts are used in their congregation in collaborative projects as well as within worship services to create a visual liturgy. They discussed how their church has used visual elements to expand the worship services, tying their traditional and nontraditional services together, and described the surprising ways art has expanded the congregation’s relationships within the worldwide church. They shared practical guidelines for creating projects that are meaningful, inclusive, and theologically grounded.
The last few minutes of corporate worship are critical because they frame the entire purpose of worship and its connection to our lives in the world.
Pastors of three Hispanic churches will share what they learned from experiences implementing congregational projects related to the development of new understandings and practices of worship and preaching.
Explore how Christians in the earliest centuries of Christianity engaged topics related to wealth and poverty in their preaching, public prayers, offerings, celebrations of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and the shaping of buildings and spaces for Christian worship.
The last few minutes of corporate worship are critical because they frame the entire purpose of worship and its connection to our lives in the world.
Pastors of three Hispanic churches will share what they learned from experiences implementing congregational projects related to the development of new understandings and practices of worship and preaching.
Explore how Christians in the earliest centuries of Christianity engaged topics related to wealth and poverty in their preaching, public prayers, offerings, celebrations of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and the shaping of buildings and spaces for Christian worship.
How did early Christians understand their illness and pain in their Greco-Roman context?
