Published on
August 1, 2019
Video length
50 mins
2019 Cultivating Vital Worship | Session

Reflections on how profound experiences of pastoral ministry can sharpen and deepen our underlying vision for ministry, and how we can cultivate deeper self awareness—drawing on Doug Brouwer’s leadership of congregations, large and small, in the US and Europe.

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