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Emerging Adults, Emerging Worship

We are currently observing a new phenomenon within the development of young adults: emerging adulthood, which spans the ages of 18 to 29, marked by unprecedented options for education, work and career choices, delayed marriage and family life, and remarkable geographic mobility.

January 27, 2012 | 66 min listen
Psalms for All Seasons: A Festival of Singing

An evening celebrating the release of this major collection that holds promise to bring the psalms into the heart of worship.

January 27, 2012 | 86 min video
My Life and the Soundtrack of Hymns

Hymns have been woven into our lives with layers of significance. Hear the stories behind the hymns that were written, why hymns still matter today, and how they have shaped my own story. This session was a combination of discussion, performance and singing together.

January 27, 2012 | 58 min listen

Enacted Word: Using Theater to Present Scripture

Learn a variety of techniques from theater and oral interpretation that can be used to proclaim Biblical texts.

January 27, 2012 | 59 min video
Worshiping in a Multicultural Environment

A multicultural, multilingual congregation is one that reflects the diversity of God’s kingdom, but also the complexities of life together this side of eternity. Having a way of understanding and interpreting the differences among us makes it possible to anticipate the worship described in the Revelation vision.

January 27, 2012 | 57 min listen

The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice

Worship and justice are often seen as separate and unrelated. Nothing could be further from the truth based on the character of God and the revelation we have been given in Jesus Christ.

January 27, 2012 | 63 min video
Developing Vertical Habits

Recipients of Worship Renewal Grants describe practical resources that helped people of all ages better understand why we do what we do in worship.

January 27, 2012 | 58 min video
The Strange Silence of Songs of Justice in Contemporary Biblical Worship

The word justice is never far hidden in the vocabulary of the psalmists. Over half the psalms specifically use the word. But in worship today, particularly in the Western church, the word is suspect and politicised.

January 27, 2012 | 60 min listen

What College Students Have Taught Me About Preaching

They are the emerging leaders in our congregations. They are only a few years away from serving as deacons, elders, or preachers themselves. What are they listening for in sermons? What are they hungry for? What bores them?

January 27, 2012 | 58 min listen
Using Re-tuned Hymns in Worship

Mike Cosper and Kevin Twit discuss using old hymn texts set to new music and how to nurture a “hymn movement,” including such issues as finding texts, songwriting, copyright issues, as well as working with artists, and recording and distributing music.

January 27, 2012 | 64 min listen