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How can that identity be defined and shaped by the relationships it seeks to nurture and the mission it seeks to promote? Audio | February 17, 2017 Innovation in Worship: Working with a Team to Make Healthy Changes Listen to a diverse group of panelists from various churches across North America describe how they envisioned and led their congregations through changes in worship. Audio | February 16, 2017 What J.S. Bach's Music Means for Worship Today What is it like to be a church musician today in the same place that J.S. Bach once worked? In what ways can Bach's music be a model for us? Audio | February 15, 2017 Public Worship as Sign and Means of New Creation N. T. Wright gives his plenary address at Worship Symposium 2017. Audio | Video | February 15, 2017 Music from African-American Traditions for Use in Any Congregation One of the remarkable stories about music that has emerged out of African-American communities is its reception in communities of diverse cultural backgrounds all over the world. Audio | February 15, 2017 Autism Spectrum Disorder and Your Church With one in 68 individuals being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, it is likely that your worshiping community already includes someone with ASD. If you are a pastor, worship leader, musician, church school teacher, or church volunteer, discover specific ways to identify, interact with, and worship with persons with ASD. Audio | February 15, 2017 Shaping a Congregation's Worship DNA The workshop offers wisdom for designing and shaping the first year of worship in new and restart church settings. Audio | February 14, 2017 The Great Prayer of Thanksgiving at Baptism and the Lord's Supper In the past 40 years, many Protestant communions have recovered a robust, historically-oriented prayer of thanksgiving at celebrations of Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Audio | February 14, 2017 A Sweet Sound: Absorbing God's Word in the Language of the Heart What changes when a person hears God’s Word in their own language as opposed to their second or third language? How does the translation of key theological terms into a person's mother tongue change their understanding? Audio | February 14, 2017 What Makes Christian Worship Trinitarian? The doctrine of the Trinity is old, deep, and mysterious. How should Christian trinitarianism manifest itself in worship—that is, beyond simple repetition of the trinitarian formula? Audio | February 14, 2017 Cultural Intelligence for the Pastoral Leader Cultural Intelligence is an essential skill for all those in the worshiping community, especially those in leadership positions. Audio | February 14, 2017 The Evangelical Mosaic: Patterns and Tensions in 21st Century Worship How do we communicate the relevance of Scripture? How do we engage music and the arts? How does our worship connect with our witness in the world? Audio | February 14, 2017 Teenage Youth Worship Leaders: Wisdom for Teenagers and Those Who Mentor Them Eric Mathis offers wisdom for teenage worship leaders and those who mentor them. This workshop, designed with teenagers and their mentors in mind, focuses on the task and responsibility of leading worship when those closest to us are present. Audio | February 13, 2017 The Challenges and Opportunities of Preaching Matthew Each of the four gospels has its own flavor, themes, and overall character and so each requires different things of the preacher. Matthew’s Gospel presents a number of challenges, a few of which are peculiar to the present day when biblical literacy in most places has fallen off. Audio | February 13, 2017 Enacted Scripture: Revelation 1 Calvin College students give a dramatic presentation of Revelation 1. Enacted Scripture | Video | February 06, 2017 Enacted Scripture: Revelation 21-22 Calvin College students give a dramatic presentation of Revelation 21-22. Enacted Scripture | Video | February 06, 2017 Enacted Scripture: Revelation 7 Calvin College students give a dramatic presentation of Revelation 7. Enacted Scripture | Video | February 06, 2017 Enacted Scripture: Revelation 13 Calvin College students give a dramatic presentation of Revelation 13. Enacted Scripture | Video | February 06, 2017 Wendell Kimbrough on the Psalms Wendell Kimbrough is a songwriter and worship leader in southern Alabama who believes church music should simply be good music that forms us as we sing it together. Drawing on the sounds of American folk and soul music, Wendell writes scripturally-rich songs with singable, memorable melodies. His music has been embraced by a growing number of churches, young and old, large groups and small, contemporary praise bands and traditional choirs. Conversation | Video | December 08, 2016 Kiran Young Wimberly on the Celtic Psalms Project When she moved to Northern Ireland, Kiran Young Wimberly was surprised to discover how few Presbyterians there knew the Irish and Scottish melodies she’d grown to love in the U.S. Her Celtic Psalms project is helping Protestants and Catholics reconnect with their shared heritage. Conversation | December 01, 2016 « Previous 1 2 3 4 Next »