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Come and find out ways to experience the ‘All Nations’ in the context of local ministry.
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This session explores the growth of the church behind bars in several Michigan prisons and in Angola Prison in Louisiana.
What does worship look like for a church that is economically, educationally, and culturally diverse?
A discussion-based workshop to work toward establishing a framework for shaping the habits, practices, and formation of young worship leaders.
How do we help people connect their faith to their work in our worship services? For many Christians, bringing faith into the workplace falls into two main categories—evangelism and ethics.
Seasons of renewal are God's gift to the church. They are also occasions for controversy and division. Together we reflect on one of history's greatest revival preachers to understand not only how revivals come but what follows in their aftermath.
This workshop is designed to explore the riches of Lutheran hymnody for those, like Professor Noll, who are not themselves Lutherans. We take a quick historical journey to note important landmarks.
With a new frontier of research on children's spirituality, research as well as experience is showing churches that creating a sacred space for children, where they can encounter the living God, is vital for their faith formation.
Each local congregation has its own unique history, geographical and social location, demographic makeup, and mission.
Explore musical settings of the biblical Psalms shaped by a black gospel idiom, the power of call-and-response approaches to singing, and a deep commitment to engage the full congregation in singing as prompted by soloists or choirs.
For the Life of the World is one of the most influential books ever written on the sacraments.
This video provides information on the Children & Worship program and why it is so effective in the spiritual development of young children.
Barbara Newman shares how the entire worshiping community benefits from worship services that are designed and led with the goal of including everyone.
