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Audio | March 14, 2018 Beyond Stigma to Hospitality: Creating a Gracious Space for People with Mental Illness Worship and fellowship are sometimes difficult for people with mental illness because few people understand their experience and their needs in worship. Audio | March 13, 2018 The Work of the People in Racial Tension 2018 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Vesper Video | March 09, 2018 Singing Poetry In this workshop led by Jan Kraybill, we looked at and sang some great hymns and songs, and we discussed how best to help our worshiping communities sing poetry with appreciation, enthusiasm, and artistry. Audio | March 02, 2018 The Contemplative Worship Leader New and ancient patterns in Christ’s Spirit are available to worship leaders, this workshop explores how to find life and vitality in our diverse contexts and through our varied personalities. Audio | March 01, 2018 Teaching and Learning in Christian Congregations and Ministries This session featured insights from a variety of people who love to teach in ways that help people in ordinary congregations learn about worship, the arts, inclusion, and, ultimately, Jesus himself. Audio | February 28, 2018 Luke 24:13-19 | Road to Emmaus & Easter Evening 2018Calvin Symposium on Worship | Service Video | February 28, 2018 Jaewoo Kim on Making Room for Multicultural Worship To worship in line with the Lord’s Prayer—on earth as it is in heaven—requires making room in worship for stories, songs, and gifts from many cultures. Doing so depends in part on how churches form their views about refugees and immigrants. Conversation | February 28, 2018 Cameron J. Anderson on How Beauty Reveals God Some churches think of beauty - apart from nature - as superficial, or a distraction from how God calls us to live. Cameron Anderson makes a case for how beauty and visual arts can help us encounter God more deeply. Conversation | February 28, 2018 Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion, and Truth in Christian Worship and Life All over the world, Christian churches are struggling to obey the Bible’s clear commands to welcome the stranger, to displace the fear that leads to exclusion, and to both extend and receive mutual hospitality as gifts of God’s Spirit. Audio | February 16, 2018 Jubilation, Awe, Penitence, and Petition in Corporate Worship in Kenya In this session Prof. Kidula shared contemporary congregational music in Kenya by using examples birthed out of diverse situations and locations on the continent and in the country. Audio | February 14, 2018 Mental Health and the Practice of Christian Public Worship: An Exploratory Conversation Sessions related to mental health are not a common feature of many conferences on worship. Yet mental-health-related concerns affect as many as one in five people at any given time, with one of every twenty-five people living with serious mental health challenges. More than four in ten people in the United States experiences a psychological disorder in their lifetime. What we say or fail to say about these challenges in worship settings can be profoundly formative for how Christian communities respond to these challenges Audio | February 13, 2018 Models of Mentorship: Training the Next Generation of Worship Leaders In this session, a panel of experienced mentors shared the models of mentoring used in their contexts, explored the implicit and explicit goals of each model, and explained how each model trains and equips mentors. Audio | February 09, 2018 The Immigrants' Creed This creed professes the Christian faith through the experience of an immigrant. Worship Service | February 08, 2018 A Random, Crazy List or Really Cogent Lections: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary In this session, the panelists discussed the structure of the lectionary system and the advantages and challenges of its use. Audio | February 08, 2018 Warren Kinghorn on Mental Health and Christian Worship It is far more common to hear about physical ailments than mental ones in congregational prayers and worship. Psychiatrist Warren Kinghorn explains why mental health issues and people with mental illness should be acknowledged in Christian worship. Conversation | February 06, 2018 Warren Kinghorn on Mental Illness and Our Deepest Identity We hear a lot about using person-first language. Yet it is still common to label people with their mental health diagnosis. Christians and churches can offer another way to describe our common human identity. Conversation | February 06, 2018 Worship and Mental Health What we say or fail to say about mental health concerns in worship settings can be profoundly formative for how Christian communities respond to these challenges. Article | January 04, 2018 Renewed: Lord God, Now Let Your Servants Depart in Peace Join Greg Scheer as he introduces one of his own songs, based on Simeon’s words in Luke 2:29-32. It works beautifully as a closing song in worship, especially during the season of Epiphany. Video | December 11, 2017 Mika Edmondson on MLK’s Theology of Unearned Suffering Jesus’s example of laying down his life for others inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and the U.S. civil rights movement. This theology of how to engage undeserved suffering can help congregations deal with pain. Conversation | October 10, 2017 « Previous 1 2 3 4 Next »