Teens and Worship: Encouraging Creative and Meaningful Worship with Teenagers
Practical suggestions, strategies, and resources to encourage vibrant, meaningful worship with teens were presented in this session.
January 1, 2009
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59 min listen
Symposium 2009 - Standards for Excellence in Worship
Worship planners and leaders often speak of excellence in worship. What are these standards and who determines them?
January 1, 2009
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54 min listen
Sermon on Luke 15
A sermon on Luke 15, "Coming Home Empty"
January 1, 2009
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20 min video
Rediscovering the Lord's Supper: Growing Deeper into the Gospel
A renewed theology and practice of the Lord's Supper can help believers grow into a deeper and multifaceted vision of salvation. Come and explore the ways in which the Lord's Supper illuminates the gospel as participation in Christ by the Spirit.
January 1, 2009
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49 min listen
Kaleidoscope: Shifting Perspectives of Faith Formation, Young People, and Intergenerational Worship
This session explored how our understanding of young people and faith formation ought to enhance appreciation for worship that is intergenerational. Drawing on current resources, ideas for promoting change and exchanging ideas will outline a strategy for promoting intergenerational worship.
January 1, 2009
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58 min listen
Worship Renewal in a Latin American Context
A presentation by Gerardo Oberman on worship renewal in a Latin American context.
January 1, 2009
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60 min video
Training and Engaging Lay Leaders of All Ages in Planning and Leading Worship
This panel of Worship Renewal Grant recipients reflected on their experiences with worship renewal and offered practical ideas to help congregations engage all worshipers from youth to the elderly Panelists were from Bridge Street AME, Brooklyn, N.Y.; South Grandville Christian Reformed Church, Grandville, Mich.; St. Luke AME Zion, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Granite Springs Church, Lincoln, Calif.
January 1, 2009
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61 min listen
A Theological Understanding of the Liturgy as the Work of the Spirit
The intimate connection between the Spirit and the Church has deep roots in Christian tradition, such that the liturgy, i.e., "the work of the people," is also the work of the Spirit. This presentation will explore the relationship of the Spirit to the liturgy in terms of the Trinitarian economy and the Orthodox doctrine of synergy.
January 1, 2009
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64 min listen
Helping Children Understand the Psalms
The Psalms have been a great source of inspiration for generations of Christians but children seldom get the chance to interact with more than a handful of Psalms in a meaningful way. This workshop will explore how we can help children do this and why it matters.
January 1, 2009
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63 min listen
Worship that Changes Lives: The Next Dimension
This workshop highlighted how our understanding of transformational worship experiences is deepened through a study of worship that included the narratives of church members. Drawing on the insights that are summarized in the book Worship that Changes Lives, participants were encouraged to reflect on the relational dimension of their worship experiences.
January 1, 2009
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1 min read
Paved Roads
“Be still and know that I am God.” That is the exhortation we hear from God in Psalms 46:10. But how possible is this in our modern technological world? What does it mean to be still before God? I used to think I understood
January 1, 2009
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7 min read
Multi-Media Preaching: Body, Voice, Sound, Screen
A key part of preaching is having something to say. Another key part is saying it well.
January 1, 2009
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53 min video
