The Center for Congregational Song staff is working hard along with volunteers from across the U.S. and Canada to put together the final details for the “Centered In Song” launch events for 2018. Spring 2018 events include two February events in Chicago (Wheaton & Park Ridge), an April event in Washington D.C., and a Canadian event in Ottawa, Ontario. Clinicians will include some of the most talented song leaders and influential worship leaders from across the U.S. and Canada.
Along with the “Centered In Song” launch events, there are also other opportunities to learn about The Center and to sing with us. A January Ambassadors Program at the University of Arizona in Tucson, our display booth at the Calvin Worship Symposium, multiple ACDA Divisional Conferences where we’ll present interest sessions, and the Montreat Music and Worship Conference in June.
While all this is happening, we’re also planning many exciting updates and improvements to our Resource Connection Tool, continuing to write challenging blog posts, and launching our podcast!
With so many appearances and initiatives, it’s going to take a village to accomplish everything! We’re so grateful for everyone who’s chipping in to present for us, plan these gatherings, and for the generous financial support of the Christ Is Our Salvation (CIOS) foundation that is making this all possible. We’ll see you in 2018!
Come join Director of The Center for Congregational Song, Brian Hehn, and some of the nation’s top voices on worship as we introduce participants to all that new Center for Congregational Song has to offer, including our ground-breaking Resource Connection Tool. For $35, you’ll get to spend the day with Chuck Fromm of Worship Leader Magazine, Leaders of United Adoration, Wheaton Faculty including Tony Payne and John William Trotter, and Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary’s Center for Music and Worship in the Black Church Experience Advisory Committee Member, Dr. Alisha Lola Jones.
SCHEDULE
8:30AM – Check In
9AM – Greeting from Dean Michael Wilder & Round Tables Discussions Hosted by Conference Clinicians
10AM – Chuck Fromm on the borderlands between diverse practices of music and worship
11AM – Plenary Address – Dr. Alisha Lola Jones
Noon – Lunch (included in registration price)
1:30PM – Brian Hehn on The Mission of The Center for Congregational Song
2:15PM – Coffee Break
2:45PM – John William Trotter on Improvisation, Choral Music, Congregational Song
3:45PM – Closing Hymn Festival – John William Trotter and friends
4:30PM – Dismissal
5:30PM to 7:30PM – Optional Dinner, location TBD (Pay on your own)
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We can’t wait for The Center for Congregational Song to join our voices with the people of Ottawa! We’ll hear from some of Canada’s top song-leaders and sing together with a closing hymn festival. This workshop will also feature a “serve & sing” where we purposefully connect our song with mission and service. Registration is still open, so register today.
