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When the Story about a Song Changes How We Sing the Song

2020 Symposium on Worship | Seminar

February 17, 2020

Hidden Secrets from the History of Contemporary Worship

Led by Lester Ruth, this workshop investigates little-known but significant details about the rise and development of this style of worship. Come ready to be surprised about contemporary worship’s complex history.

May 9, 2018
Serious Play: Insights from Augustine and Other Friends from the Early Church on Leading Worship and Administering Sacraments

Led by Lester Ruth, this workshop explored insights from Augustine and others in the early church that can break open playful, Scriptural imagination for leading in worship.

May 9, 2018
When the Music Fades: The Overlooked Facets of Contemporary Worship's Historical Development

A conversation between Lester Ruth and John Witvliet about contemporary worship, trinitarian lyrics, and the dynamics of church renewal.

May 11, 2017

Deepening a Congregation’s Ability to Talk about Worship, Pt. 1

We will explore what we can learn from the challenges and gifts of two churches of the recent past, Christ Temple in Jim Crow racism-laced Jackson, Mississippi, and the Anaheim Vineyard Fellowship in the late 1970s.

February 20, 2014
Deepening a Congregation’s Ability to Talk about Worship, Pt.2

We will explore what we can learn from the challenges and gifts of two churches of the recent past, Christ Temple in Jim Crow racism-laced Jackson, Mississippi, and the Anaheim Vineyard Fellowship in the late 1970s.

February 20, 2014
Loving God Intimately: Worship with the Anaheim Vineyard Fellowship, 1977-1983

This workshop will explore one source for the changes that have swept around the world since the 1970s: the Anaheim Vineyard Fellowship and the ministry of its pastor, John Wimber.

February 18, 2014

Christ in the Church

This syllabus was designed for a basic worship course that is designed to prepare people in initial skills needed to lead worship in local congregations today. The main question asked in the course is: how is Christ's presence manifested in a church's worship?

March 8, 2012
The History of Christian Worship

This syllabus is designed for a basic worship course. It should cover all the basic aspects of congregational worship life as well as covering the various tasks involved in leading congregational worship.

March 8, 2012
Does Worship Keep Your Understanding of God Too Small? Insights from Ancient Constantinople about the Transcendent in Worship

Worship today often stresses the nearness of God, on God as our personal friend. But God is much more. This session explored the setting and practices of worship in 6th century Constantinople to learn how they can contribute to our worship practices and larger understanding of the greatness of God.

January 27, 2012