From Blogs to Tweets: Wise Use of Social Networking Technology in Your Worshiping Community
Social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter are changing the way we connect, stay in touch, and share ideas and resources. What are the benefits and what are the dangers of these tools for churches and organizations? This presentation featured examples and guidance based on what some churches are doing.
June 1, 2010
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65 min listen
Dare to Ask a Beautiful Question
After decades of ministry in hard places, Joel Van Dyke recommends asking beautiful questions and giving away power to experience a deeper unity with all in Christ's body.
May 19, 2010
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8 min read
Connect Community Service and Corporate Worship
The people who pour their hearts into worship aren’t always the same ones who pour themselves into church-based community ministry. But there’s power in following the biblical pattern of connecting outreach and worship.
Worshiping the Trinity in Exile: The Prophetic Church with a Post-Era Mission
In a post-postmodern, high-tech, super-hyped, and anti-institutional world, how should we be Church and how should we be the Church at worship and in mission? How will our means match the ends so that worship is faithful to the Jesus of the cross?
March 23, 2010
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66 min listen
The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults
This workshop focused on understanding the latest social scientific research on the religious beliefs and practices of young people as they transition to adulthood.
March 23, 2010
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60 min listen
Matthew's Sermon on the Mount
This study of Matthew 5-7 investigated the main teachings of the whole sermon and their relation to us, the Church, and the world.
March 23, 2010
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58 min listen
Feeding the God-Hungry Imagination
While defenders of Christianity attempt to barge through the front door of reason by arguing the case for Christ, the Holy Spirit has been slipping through the back door of the imagination without the church's permission or even notice.
March 23, 2010
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48 min listen
The Sermon and the Short Story
Preachers are always searching for illustrations, and if you know where to look, short stories are an excellent resource.
March 23, 2010
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52 min listen
The Church for the Sake of the World: Urban Challenges Today
This workshop focused on discerning and acting on the call to integrate worship with ministry in order to be with those who are least and last through the example of LaSalle Street Church in downtown Chicago with a 40 year history in social engagement.
March 23, 2010
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62 min listen
Worship: A Spring of Life and Shalom
Worship helps us answer fundamental questions of human existence regarding our identity, calling, main purpose in life, and how to be empowered for service to God?
March 22, 2010
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62 min listen
Faith Formation in Worship
Faith formation is not just for children—all of us are shaped in our faith by the way we come to God in worship. This session considered what it might mean if we have a faith formation focus as we plan worship.
March 22, 2010
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58 min listen
How to Connect Church-Based Community Ministry Programs to Corporate Worship
Starting with his own very diverse church and community connections, Tony Campbell explored the many different ministry opportunities Christians have to deepen relationships between church and community, and offer a variety of ways to celebrate those relationships in worship.?
March 22, 2010
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51 min listen
