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A vesper service at Worship Symposium 2014.
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.
A new resource explains that the most disabling aspect of living with disabilities is the attitude of others.
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.
A plenary session on the prayers of the people
Vesper service led by Debbie Lou Ludolph and Inshallah, the global song ensemble from Waterloo Lutheran Seminary.
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.
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.
How can a congregation in one part of the world best pray for our neighbors around the world?
This workshop will explore trenchant proclamations in the psalms and suggest uses of these proclamations in Christian worship.
from Worship Symposium 2014 with Heidi De Jonge preaching
from Worship Symposium 2014
