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Mentoring Young Worship Leaders in the Church

2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Seminar

Audio | May 01, 2019

Beyond Labels: Encouraging Spiritual Formation in Millennials and Gen Z

2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop

Video | April 08, 2019

Making Worship a Verb for All Ages: Cultivating Worship Awareness and Inviting Response

2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop

Audio | April 08, 2019

Ernest Brooks on Inspiring Young People to Become Preachers

The Academy of Preachers identifies promising young preachers from all Christian backgrounds and brings them together to explore and develop their preaching gifts.

Conversation | September 19, 2018

Youth Heading toward Your Church: Preparing the Path from Parachurch to Church

How can churches be ready to both disciple and learn from people who come to faith in parachurch ministries?

Audio | May 15, 2018

From Barriers to Belonging: The Church and People with Disabilities

Led by Erik W. Carter, this session focuses on ten dimensions of belonging and their salience to the inclusion of people with intellectual disability, autism, and other developmental disabilities in the full life of the church.

Audio | May 10, 2018

Kai Ton Chau on Small Church Choirs

Small church choirs can do far more than sing anthems. Despite perceived challenges, small church choirs can successfully help lead and enliven worship.

Conversation | March 29, 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

Eric Mathis on Expanding Teens’ Vision of Worship

Defining “worship” is an essential step for churches that want to start including youth in planning and leading worship. Teenagers long for worship that connects to life issues such as justice, imagination, and the arts.

Conversation | 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

First Steps for Including Teens in Planning and Leading Worship

Integrating youth leadership throughout the church is a new paradigm. But churches are reaping the benefits of mentoring youth to plan and lead worship.

Feature Story | February 13, 2017

Why Youth Need to Be Leading Worship Regularly NOW

When congregations empower teenagers to use their gifts in meaningful ways over time, teens are more likely to imagine themselves as faithful disciples and devoted worshipers for decades to come. Two summer programs in worship, theology, and the arts inspire teens and mentors.

Feature Story | February 09, 2017

Faith Formation in Children, Teens and Emerging Adults

Children think differently from adults. Greater understanding of how children think can help parents, pastors and ministry leaders foster healthy faith in each stage of development.

Article | September 21, 2016

Faith Formation from Birth to Age 20

This fast-paced audio session is helpful for parents, teachers, mentors and anyone who cares about the faith formation of the next generation.

Audio | August 24, 2016

From the Inside Out: Guiding Adolescents in Worship Leadership

A discussion-based workshop to work toward establishing a framework for shaping the habits, practices, and formation of young worship leaders.

Audio | March 04, 2016

Dale Sieverding on Cultural Differences in Recruiting Youth

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles launched a summer camp to train young Catholics to lead in local liturgical ministries. They discovered that finding gifted youth requires different approaches in different cultures.

Conversation | February 09, 2016

How Ritual Training Overflows into Expressive Worship

Lay training in both formative and expressive liturgy helps Catholic adults and youth live out their identity in the universal priesthood of all faithful believers. Protestants can learn from this.

Feature Story | February 09, 2016

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.

Audio | February 25, 2015

Kathy Hanson on Youth Delivering Homilies

Usually teachers give the homily during daily worship at Mustard Seed School in Hoboken, New Jersey. When the school asked every eighth grader to give a homily, the results surprised and blessed the whole community.

Conversation | November 07, 2014

What Makes All Ages Delight in the Psalms

The learning went both ways when two school communities decided to “dwell in the Psalms” for a year. Their Psalms-based creations revealed that the Spirit can work through kids and adults of any age to nourish faith.

Feature Story | November 07, 2014

Calvin Institute of Christian Worship