Praying with the Early Church: Crucial Lessons about Intercessory Prayer
This session reviewed several prayer texts from the third to the fifth century, and then probed the very practical ways they might challenge us to pray more deeply in worship today.
January 1, 2008
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58 min listen
How Race Works in Multiracial Churches
This workshop was given for those who want a deeper understanding of racial dynamics in today?s churches. Stories and examples from real congregations showed how race within churches is becoming complicated?and creatively reconstructed?through the post-1965 waves of immigration. Most important, we show how various good-intentioned priorities and programs work --and often don?t work-- in racially diverse churches.
January 1, 2008
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58 min listen
Simply Christian - N.T. Wright
Based on the speaker's book, this presentation explored the foundations of our spiritual longing and the basics of the Christian faith.
February 5, 2007
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60 min listen
Space, Time, and Sacraments - N.T. Wright
A seminar led by N.T. Wright on the sacraments of the Lord's Supper and Baptism, discussing the larger questions of space, time and matter within which our understanding of sacraments must be located.
Choosing Global Songs for Christian Worship in Multiethnic Settings
The 21st century is characterized by people moving and mixing all over the world, trying to fit into new communities that are varied and diverse. That reality is pushing the church to be multiethnic like the church of the 1st century. We'll explore how to plan worship that is inclusive, allowing everyone to feel welcome by including musical gifts from their culture and worship "back home" in their new church home.
January 1, 2007
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15 min listen
Working with Your Local Media
The relationship between churches and the news media is too often one of mutual indifference or mistrust. This session explores practical ways of connecting with local reporters and maintaining healthy and beneficial relationships with the media.
January 1, 2007
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51 min listen
Worship in Difficult Times
All congregations experience crises, transitions, and conflicts. Worship will be affected by these difficult times, and can be the place where healing begins and continues.
January 1, 2007
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36 min listen
Helping Families Grow Closer to God: Worship Beyond Sunday Morning
How do we find God outside of the sanctuary?
January 1, 2007
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56 min listen
Just Worship
Justice is an indispensable requirement for Christian worship.
January 1, 2007
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44 min listen
What Is Excellence in Preaching?
What should preachers keep in mind in composing sermons? This session will hold up the rubrics "Biblical, Authentic, Contextual, and Life-Changing" as goals for preachers and as helpful categories for congregations to use in discussing sermons.
January 1, 2007
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58 min listen
In Search of the 'NuHomiletic'
What is the homiletical counterpart to the "Emergent" church movement/conversation? In an increasingly postmodern world, how does the church speak a Word from God? The panel explored some of the current experiments in postmodern proclamation as the church makes its way to finding a culturally authentic "NuHomiletic."
January 1, 2007
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42 min listen
How Prison Ministry Is Transforming the Church and Its Worship
The church is engaging in ministry to prisoners as never before. It has become evident that prison ministry is having a profound impact upon the life of the church and that the principles of Restorative Justice are not only for offenders and victims, but for anyone to live all of life as worship.
January 1, 2007
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60 min listen
