Music and Worship Arts: 2004 Music Conference

Church Music Leaders Gather from Across the Conference
" With Hearts and Hands and Voices"

Saturday, August 7, nearly 60 choir directors, worship leaders, organists, and other church music leaders gathered at St. Luke’s UMC in Highlands Ranch, Colorado for worship, fellowship, and learning. “With Hearts and Hands and Voices,” the first such RMC-sponsored musicians’ event in at least ten years, was co-sponsored by St. Luke’s and Cokesbury Music Service. Keynote speaker Jorge Lockward, director of the New York-based ensemble Cántico Nuevo and former Coordinator of the Global Praise Program at General Board of Global Ministries, offered a keynote presentation on Ethical Considerations for Worship Planning. Following the energetic presentation and experience of global music, participants took part in a fast-paced music reading session before heading off to the first of three workshop periods. Workshop topics ranged from “Creative Worship Planning in the 21st Century” to “Everything You Need to Know about Handbells” to “Is This Thing On? Effective Use of Technology in Worship.” The afternoon closed with a lively worship service on the theme of World Communion Sunday, incorporating diverse tunes from The Faith We Sing and Global Praise 3 into a traditional liturgy. - Kerry Greenhill, Communications & Events Intern, Rocky Mountain Conference

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- Photos by Richard Cox and Ben Roe

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