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Willow Arts Conference Day #3, and Personal Reflections

Posted in Arts, Leadership, SLCC, Worship conferences, education, tagged , , , , , on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This is a few days after the Arts Conference, but if you’re interested a few more tidbits, here goes…
The first session was a presentation by Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the very successful book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Other Die. You wouldn’t think a couple of professor-types would share some [...]

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Willow Arts Conference Day #2

Posted in Arts, Corporate Worship, Creativity, Culture, Leadership, Music, Preaching, Teaching, Training, Worship conferences, ministry, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Here’s a quick rundown of today’s events:
- Started off with a workshop by Darlene Zschech on Generational Transitions in Worship. Sometimes you hear songs people have written, see their books, CD’s, etc. and it’s easy to think it’s just an image. But I tell you, she is completely the real deal — incredibly authentic and [...]

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Willow Arts Conference Day #1

Posted in Arts, Corporate Worship, Creativity, Leadership, Music, Worship conferences, education, tagged , , , , on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

What a day! Wednesday at the Arts Conference was a complete winner. Here are a few random thoughts:
The opening session, “Toward Wonder” by Nancy Beach, dealt with the need for us to develop simple “wonder” in our lives. This spoke to me because like most adults, I have a part of me that tends to [...]

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Headed to the Willow Arts Conference

Posted in Arts, Corporate Worship, Creativity, Leadership, Personal growth, Training, Worship conferences, Worship leading, Worship music, ministry, tagged , , , , , on June 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’m leaving tonight for the Arts Conference at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago. I haven’t been to the conference in several years and I’m looking forward to a time to get some new and creative ideas. Plus, I just love the atmosphere of being around a lot of creative, artistic people. I’m also looking [...]

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Two Great Worship Resources

Posted in Arts, Corporate Worship, Training, Worship conferences, education, tagged , , , , , on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here is a quick update on two fantastic resources for learning about worship:
The Calvin Institute for Christian Worship. Although the site is hoted by Calvin College in Grand Rapids, it’s very ecumenical and includes a whole array of thoughtful resources. There are a ton of great resources here, so check it out. The director of [...]

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The Arts Conference at Willow Creek Community Church

Posted in Arts, Corporate Worship, Creativity, Drama, Excellence, Leadership, Music, Worship conferences, Worship leading, Worship music, ministry, tagged , , , , , , on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m very much looking forward to going to the Arts Conference at Willow Creek on June 10-12. If you are involved in worship, music or any aspects of the arts at your church, you owe it to yourself to check it out. (There are other good worship and arts conferences out there, but this is [...]

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Random Thoughts from the ACCME Conference

Posted in Fellowship, Worship Theology, Worship conferences, Worship leading, Worship music, tagged , , on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

As noted in the previous post, I’m in Lansing, MI at the ACCME Conference for Music Educators from the Christian Church/Churches of Christ. It has been well worth my time so far, and probably the best one I’ve attended in the last few years.  Here are a few thoughts:
- Our main speaker this morning was [...]

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