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Ancient Wisdom for Preachers

In this workshop, Augustine and John Chrysostom are our primary guides as we reflect on the joys and challenges of proclaiming the Gospel.

March 11, 2015
Listening to Your Listeners: A Preaching Preparation Process That Changes…Everything!

During this workshop, participants discover how diverse congregations have established and maintained pre-sermon dialogue groups.

March 11, 2015

The 'Turn Toward the Formative' in Contemporary Worship

Hear first-hand accounts and testimonies about this turn to the formative, and discuss what it might mean for faithful and vital worship in your community.

March 4, 2015
Worship and Discipleship: Unresolved Questions in Contemporary Ministry

This workshop features candid, wide-ranging discussions about the most important themes that worshiping communities may need to address in the next 10 years.

February 26, 2015
Developing a Multiethnic Accent in Preaching

Congregations are becoming more diverse which increases the need for the church planter, missionary, and preacher to communicate biblical truth in relevant and compelling ways.

February 25, 2015

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.

February 25, 2015
Reconciling with the Church

Pope Francis recently said "Christians are not made in a laboratory, but in a community called the church." But what about those people for whom the church has been a source of pain?

February 25, 2015
Liturgy, Anthropology, and Life Cycle

How do children worship best? How can worship help young people through the teen years? What practices of worship resonate most with adults and elderly people?

February 23, 2015

Water, Wheat, and Honey: A Recipe for Abundant Life

In this workshop we join the surprising journey of a group of emerging adults who volunteered to help fourth graders bake bread for their first Communion.

February 23, 2015
Hip Hop and Worship: Dealing with the Dilemma

Why is the church still wrestling with whether to engage or not engage Hip Hop Culture, particularly Hip Hop created and performed by Christian artists? Is there such a thing as Christian Hip Hop?

February 23, 2015