Practicing Skills for Alternative/Emerging Worship
April 12-13: Telling the Story/
April 14: Picturing the Story/
Studio Day for People Who Sew:
Techniques and Problem Solving
June 15-16: Foundational Issues and Concepts/
June 17: Worship Spaces as Art Spaces
June 19: Transition Day: to do what I need to do
to make this make sense back home!
(writing, making, reading, talking…
.. . . in other words, creative time!)
September 14-15: Telling the Story/Crafting the
Sept 16: Picturing the Story/Creating Metaphor
Sept 17: Living the Story/Experiential Bible
Sept 18: Renewing the Story/Practicing Ritual
Studio Day for People who Sew:
Techniques and Problem Solving
Oct 12-13: Foundational Issues and Concepts/
Oct 14: Worship Spaces as Art Spaces
Oct 16: Transition Day: to do what I need to do
to make this make sense back home!
(writing, making, reading, talking….
Advent Retreat for Worship Leaders October 29-30
Practicing Skills
for Alternative/Emerging Worship
Renewing the Story/Practicing Ritual
April 16
(day five of PSfA/EW)
You may register any of these workshops individually, or participate in all of them as part of
“Practicing Skills for Alternative/Emerging Worship”
In our church congregations rituals mark significant moments, bring spiritual presence to times of change and transition, and transform ordinary actions into holy, intimate, spiritual meaning. Ritual, artfully expressed, provides a lens through which persons ‘see God’. Rituals remind us; rituals help us remember significance in our lives; rituals help form communities. This culminating day of the five-day “Practicing Skills” cluster combines storytelling and metaphor as participants develop and practice new rituals to use in worship and other ministries. 8:30am-2pm. $125 includes breakfast and lunch.
