Archive for August, 2009
Nations in Praise Ensemble
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Worship Institute friends and colleagues Robin Harris and Paul Neeley alerted us to this video created by the new inter-ethnic, inter-church “Nations In Praise Ensemble” (NIPE) based in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. This ensemble gathers people from different countries with different music to learn from each other in order to worship God with the nations [...]
Tags: music
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Mid-career musicians gather at Calvin College
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
During the first week of August, about 15 musicians – all in mid-career – gathered at the Prince Conference Center at Calvin College for a time of refreshment, retreat, and renewal. This “interlude” was co-hosted by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Read some reflections by musician and co-host Ken Medema. Posted by Kristen Verhulst
Tags: musicians, reflection, retreat
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Bellflower Book Group – Second Meeting
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Book Groups We invited 30 book groups across the U.S. and Canada to meet and discuss The Church of All Ages and its implications for their worship, and to share their notes here.Learn more Report from Bonny Mulder-Behnia’s book group in Bellflower, California, on August 5: What insights does the “six stages of faith development” [...]
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Bellflower Book Group – First meeting
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Book Groups We invited 34 book groups across the U.S. and Canada to meet and discuss The Church of All Ages and its implications for their worship, and to share their notes here.Learn more Report from Bonny Mulder-Behnia’s book group in Bellflower, California on July 28: 11 participants, including:* 7 ministers/ministry associates, 1 music/worship director, [...]
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Surrey Book Group (Wilma's group) – Second meeting
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Book Groups We invited 34 book groups across the U.S. and Canada to meet and discuss The Church of All Ages and its implications for their worship, and to share their notes here.Learn more Report from Wilma van der Leek’s book group in Surrey, British Columbia on July 21: We began by considering the corporate [...]
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Fredericktown Book Group – First meeting
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Book Groups We invited 34 book groups across the U.S. and Canada to meet and discuss The Church of All Ages and its implications for their worship, and to share their notes here.Learn more Report from Mary Elder’s book group in Fredericktown, Ohio on August 9: In our first meeting, our group was small but [...]
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Surrey Book Group (Wilma's group) – Third meeting
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Book Groups We invited 34 book groups across the U.S. and Canada to meet and discuss The Church of All Ages and its implications for their worship, and to share their notes here.Learn more Report from Wilma van der Leek’s book group in Surrey, British Columbia on August 11: We opened our meeting singing together [...]
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Zeeland Book Group – Second meeting
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Book Groups We invited 34 book groups across the U.S. and Canada to meet and discuss The Church of All Ages and its implications for their worship, and to share their notes here.Learn more Report from Mark Neleson’s book group in Zeeland, Michigan on August 10 Place: Zeeland Hospital The second meeting of the Zeeland [...]
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Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Green Bay, WI
Friday, August 14th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit Project Director Mike Pfeifer, Pastor Steve Witte and members of the team who will implement the 2009 Worship Renewal Grant awarded to Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church hosted us for dinner at Lambeau Stadium, the home of the Green Bay Packers. They explained that the presence of an NFL team impacts the [...]
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St Michael and St Rose Parishes, Milwaukee, WI
Friday, August 14th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit On a summer Monday morning, children gather at St Michael Parish in Milwaukee, WI for the first day of Bible School. Barbara Tracey warmly welcomes each one by name and with questions such as, “How was summer school?” Older children who have been designated as crew leaders will shepherd the younger [...]
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