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Praying and Leading with the Psalms

This workshop offers ideas and activities, many of which have been used with junior high, high school, and college youth, for working with the psalms in small groups or educational settings to prepare pieces that can help lead worship or devotional study.

February 25, 2015
Reconciling with the Church

Pope Francis recently said "Christians are not made in a laboratory, but in a community called the church." But what about those people for whom the church has been a source of pain?

February 25, 2015
Developing a Multiethnic Accent in Preaching

Congregations are becoming more diverse which increases the need for the church planter, missionary, and preacher to communicate biblical truth in relevant and compelling ways.

February 25, 2015

“We’ve Come This Far by Faith:” Our Story, Our Song

This vesper service features the inspiring prayers, songs, and readings from the African American worship tradition past and present.

February 24, 2015
Hip Hop and Worship: Dealing with the Dilemma

Why is the church still wrestling with whether to engage or not engage Hip Hop Culture, particularly Hip Hop created and performed by Christian artists? Is there such a thing as Christian Hip Hop?

February 23, 2015
What North American Churches Can Learn from the Church in Pakistan

Join this conversation between Eric Sarwar, a Presbyterian pastor from Pakistan, and Emily Brink, Worship Institute staff member, about how Pakistani worship practices can bless and inform the Christian church in North America.

February 23, 2015

Outward-Faced Worship

Is Christian worship for the believer or the skeptic? Is its purpose edification or evangelism? Should worship have depth and substance or should it be accessible to those who know little or nothing about the faith?

February 23, 2015
Water, Wheat, and Honey: A Recipe for Abundant Life

In this workshop we join the surprising journey of a group of emerging adults who volunteered to help fourth graders bake bread for their first Communion.

February 23, 2015
Liturgy, Anthropology, and Life Cycle

How do children worship best? How can worship help young people through the teen years? What practices of worship resonate most with adults and elderly people?

February 23, 2015

Worship and Discipleship: Unresolved Questions in Contemporary Ministry

This workshop features candid, wide-ranging discussions about the most important themes that worshiping communities may need to address in the next 10 years.

February 23, 2015
Becoming Instruments of God: Singing and Worship

How can we, as musicians and lay and ordained ministers, cultivate our bodies as active instruments of God?

February 23, 2015
The Next Worship: Coming to the Table in a Multicultural World

The Table is a dominant image for Christ followers gathering together to worship him. It communicates friendship, commitment, and intimacy. The church is in need of leaders who will work towards seeing every tribe and tongue present, reconciled, and celebrating diversity at the Table of corporate worship.

February 23, 2015