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Francisco Zamora is a bivocational pastor of a Spanish-speaking ministry in Montebello, California. He graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2020 and is currently working on a book titled "Pastoral Ministry in Immigrant Churches." His church ministry focuses on immigrant families through an initiative the church calls Keep On Walking.

Jeremy Simpson describes himself as a theologian and culture maker who believes that Christian communities should be a foretaste of the reconciled “kin-dom” of God. He is a pastor, musician, speaker, consultant, and strategist who brings more than twenty years of ministry and nonprofit experience to his role as director of the Office of Diversity and Belonging for the Reformed Church in America. He previously served as supervisor of race relations and advocacy.

Andrea Hunter spent a decade each at Warner Bros. Records and Worship Leader Partnership in creative editorial. As an author, songwriter, editor and producer, she has collaborated across media. She is passionate about worship, sung prayer, and transformational communication (in all its Spirit-inspired expressions), as well as addressing issues relating to compassion and justice, suicide prevention, and relational healing.

In a world of anxiety, depression, and fatigue, how do we both explain and invite people into experiences of profound joy, peace, and gentleness? Where do our practices of worship—our preaching, singing, praying, and communing—contribute to our mental health crises? How might these very practices become means of grace that bring healing and hope? And how might this be true for people in very different generational contexts?

Violence, Injustice, Trauma, and the Ordinary Practices of Christian Worship in a Social Media Age, a 3-part lecture series with Dr. John Witvliet

Dance can bring healing, express joy, and proclaim good news. Dance also brings unity. During the season of Pentecost, we are reminded of the unity that the Holy Spirit brings to the church. Dancing together in the Spirit of unity is a wonderful way to worship!

To enhance and build upon the nontraditional Jazz Vespers service to offer innovative and radical welcome for in-person and virtual attendees to experience healing and hope.

To promote healing through trauma-informed worship that engages worshipers with the Psalms as expressions of the experiences of God’s people. 

To facilitate healing and ethical responses to public crises by studying the unintended consequences of ritual responses to mass shootings, the enduring legacy of colonialism, and climate disasters. 

This session will explore how to talk about differences in Catholic and Protestant worship. Every time we talk with a neighbor, teammate, or coworker from a different Christian tradition about what we do in worship and why, we are practicing liturgical theology.