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On the campus of Calvin University
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How and where a church choir enters, stands, and moves can make a difference in how deeply a congregation engages in singing and other parts of worship.
In this workshop, we focused on what it looks like for a church to be committed to racial reconciliation for the long haul and offered five foundational practices for becoming a reconciling community.
This is a conversation with Cory Willson and Cornelis van der Kooi, who is professor of systematic theology and director of the Center for Evangelical and Reformation Theology at the Free University of Amsterdam.
How can churches be ready to both disciple and learn from people who come to faith in parachurch ministries?
What are the times proclaiming? What are the demographic shifts clamoring for our ministries?
Led by Erik W. Carter, this session focuses on ten dimensions of belonging and their salience to the inclusion of people with intellectual disability, autism, and other developmental disabilities in the full life of the church.
Led by Lester Ruth, this workshop investigates little-known but significant details about the rise and development of this style of worship. Come ready to be surprised about contemporary worship’s complex history.
Artists and church members Cheryl and Lori shared practical guidelines for creating projects that are meaningful, inclusive, and theologically grounded.
Led by Lester Ruth, this workshop explored insights from Augustine and others in the early church that can break open playful, Scriptural imagination for leading in worship.
Led by artist Ellen Phillips, this workshop was a time to explore collaborative methods as well as to share ideas for the art of worship.
In this seminar, veteran practitioners discussed how mission-shaped preaching and sacramental life function as means of grace in their communities. Audience engaged a discussion that sees evangelism and robust worship as beautifully integrated elements of every congregation’s ministry.
Good relationships are built on healthy practices; the same is true for our relationship with God.
