Spanish and English Together: Learning and Worshiping Interculturally
Changes in the United States’ demographics can be seen by churches as a problem or as an opportunity.
Listen to audioReconciliation, Story Telling, and Music
This workshop looks at how the church can lead by example in diversity and reconciliation through storytelling and music.
Festival of Psalms for the Christian Year
A worship service with Vital Worship Grant recipients gathered at Calvin College for a time of worship, learning, and sharing together.
Worship & Reconciliation across Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Cultural Lines
A vesper service led by David Bailey and the Urban Doxology Band.
Seven Streams of 21st Century Congregational Song
Skills for leading people in song in a musically multilingual world
Preaching to the Elder Brother
A guide for preaching to elder brothers.
Overcoming Homiletic Fatigue
This workshop explores ways to reenergize your preaching.
More Than Missional: What are Sundays for?
Why does the church gather together?
Leading Worship in a Post-Christian, Low-Biblical Literacy Age
Practical Lessons from Church History about the Catechetical Dimensions of Worship.
Listening to Your Listeners: A Preaching Preparation Process That Changes…Everything!
During this workshop, participants discover how diverse congregations have established and maintained pre-sermon dialogue groups.
The Most Important Word in Preaching: Story or Exposition?
Presentation, dialogue, and discussion on the biblical text by Graves, Hoezee, and Wilson.
Ancient Wisdom for Preachers
In this workshop, Augustine and John Chrysostom are our primary guides as we reflect on the joys and challenges of proclaiming the Gospel.
Worship 101: Introduction to Principles and Invitation to Practice
Learning to lead worship takes practice, but where does one begin? In this seminar, we will present five vital worship leadership practices and the principles that shape and sustain them.