{"id":3451,"date":"2013-02-08T20:02:57","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T02:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=3451"},"modified":"2013-02-08T20:06:18","modified_gmt":"2013-02-09T02:06:18","slug":"worship-imagination-inspires-and-equips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2013\/worship-imagination-inspires-and-equips\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship + Imagination Inspires and Equips"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Powery\"<\/a>
\nFebruary 8, 2013 – CMU\u2019s 2013 three-day, biennial music and worship conference, Worship + Imagination (W+I), opened on February 7 with CMU welcoming, among its special guests, Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery, Dean of Duke Chapel and Associate Professor of the Practice of Homiletics at Duke Divinity School, and Graham Maule, liturgist, artist from the Iona Community, and trainer in lay leadership with Wild Goose Resource Group. <\/p>\n

An influential church leader and keynote speaker, Powery led the plenary session, \u201cMore than a Song: Worship, Justice, and Suffering,\u201d helping to set the tone for the conference. He also led the W+I clinic, Preaching in the Valley of Dry, exploring African American spirituals as resources for contemporary preaching.In 2008, the African American Pulpit named Powery to its “20 to watch” list, an honour given to outstanding black ministers under age 40 who are helping to shape future direction of the church.<\/p>\n

\"Maule\"<\/a>Maule, who studied Fine Art at Edinburgh College of Art, focuses in the areas of participative biblical exploration of worship, creative reflection, and lay adult training with the Wild Goose Resource Group (WGRG). Maule has published a wide range of books and recordings of liturgy and song with his colleague, John L. Bell, and, along with another colleague, Jo Love, he also co-ordinates “Holy City,” the WGRG’s monthly workshop and liturgy event in Glasgow. Maule, joined by others, lead the daily worship services, \u201cFencing God\u2019s People In.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CMU Worship + Imagination conference, previously known as \u201cRefreshing Winds,\u201d brings people together to share music and participate in clinics and workshops that open the imagination to wonder and praise. \u201cWhat began as a church music seminar decades ago has become a symposium that equips, inspires, and encourages persons involved in worship planning, worship leading, pastoring, preaching, music leading, and other church leading roles,\u201d says conference co-organizer Abram Bergen, Church Relations Director at CMU. <\/p>\n

Serving on the 2013 W+I organizing committee with Bergen were CMU faculty members Irma Fast Dueck, Dan Epp-Tiessen, Tim Rogalsky, and Rudy Schellenberg. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe 2013 conference theme, \u201cWorship & Witness,\u201d invites us to consider how worship bears witness to the imagination of God in the world and shapes us for witness,\u201d says Bergen. \u201cOur times of worship, plenary addresses, workshops, clinics, field trips, and visual arts challenge us to greater faithfulness. We also explore how worship and the arts resist injustice and oppression and enable God\u2019s peace and reconciliation in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were pleased to feature a commissioned work for Worship + Imagination, Psalm 46,<\/em> by Tim Corlis, CMU music faculty member,\u201d says Bergen. The CMU Singers and Conductor Rudy Schellenberg presented the choral work during the opening service. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe extend our thanks to the many gifted leaders and engaged participants who are involved in the Conference, to our staff and volunteers working behind the scenes, and to exhibitors present at this year\u2019s conference. Our prayer,\u201d says Bergen, \u201cis that during these days together, our imaginations will be sparked and our witness strengthened through worship, presentations conversations, and interactions.\u201d<\/p>\n

For detailed conference information, visit the CMU Worship + Imagination Conference website:
\nhttp:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/wi\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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