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Dan Vander Plaats on God and Disability

Dan Vander Plaats is director of advancement at Elim Christian Services in Palos Heights, Illinois. Elim’s mission is to help children and adults with disabilities reach their God-given educational and vocational potential.

February 25, 2014 | 4 min read

Singing Songs from the Global South in a North American Church Context

In this workshop we will sing songs of faith from around the world, share experiences of learning to sing these songs by reflecting together on how to meet the challenges of introducing foreign languages, alternate instrumentation and movement in a predominantly Euro-North American context.

February 21, 2014 | 62 min listen
Prayers of the People: A Spirit-Shaped Agenda for the Next Decade of Worship Ministry

A plenary session on the prayers of the people

February 21, 2014 | 63 min video
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 | 112 min listen

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 | 126 min listen

Proclamation in the Psalms for Christian Worship

This workshop will explore trenchant proclamations in the psalms and suggest uses of these proclamations in Christian worship.

February 18, 2014 | 54 min video