We are pleased to announce the following confirmed workshops for the National Worship Conference 2010.  We encourage you to make a return visit as we add new workshops in the time leading up to the Conference.

Liturgy and Music

• “We’re not sick, we’re not dying — we’re just poor.”:  John Marsh and Tricia Coldren believe that small congregations have everything they need to worship in ways that bear witness to God’s gift of life abundant. Join the conversation as these two leaders of the Anglican community of St Mark’s, Kitsilano speak from their experience of working and worshiping in a small congregation that is committed to making liturgy together.  You will be encouraged to try new things, new ways of engaging traditions, new ways to work with resources you already have.
• Evangelical Lutheran Worship for non-Lutherans:  The full communion agreement between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada offers Canadian Anglicans a new worship resource, Evangelical Lutheran Worship.  Lorraine Reinhardt, a parish musician, will help non-Lutherans explore this liturgical gift.
• ‘When it’s not in the Book’:  Richard Leggett, Professor of Liturgical Studies at Vancouver School of Theology, will explore how congregations can develop local liturgical rites that are faithful to the congregation’s tradition, responsive to their present context and an expression of our participation in God’s mission.
• Music & the Prayer of Taize:  Paula Porter Leggett and Ruben Federizon of Saint Faith’s Anglican parish in Vancouver will introduce you to the music and prayer of Taize, a resource for small and large congregations and an expression of Christian worship that has appealed to people of every generation.
• Organ Crawl (Tuesday afternoon only):  Would you like to see and hear some of Vancouver’s great organs?  They come in all sizes with varied histories.  Come nd explore a few pipes and pedals.  Space will be limited to ten, so sign up early to reserve your place on the tour.

Action

• Local Pilgrimages:  Marilyn Hames, a worker priest from Saint Philip’s Anglican parish in Vancouver, will help you discover the pilgrimage space to be found even in our neighbourhoods and communities.
• ‘Just Work’ — Church Meets Neighbourhood:  In the midst of economic crisi and joblessness as well as a growing population of people who are interested in being ethical consumers, Just Work is inviting people into a new way of doing work which impacts the way we move into a new way of doing consumerism, care for the environment and community life.  Leigh Wong will guide you in gaining a new vision for caring for the needs of others by means of an asset-based/partnership model of ministry.
• Labyrinth Ministry for Church and World:  April Stanley, a well-known leader of labyrinth ministry in Vancouver, will show you how to use the labyrinth to offer sacred space to ourselves and our neighbours.
• Outreach through Neighbourhood Ministry:  This workshop will provide an opportunity for shared discussion concerning the West Point Grey Neighbourhood Ministry program operated by three Anglican parishes.  Deacon Pitman Potter and a team of volunteers from the Ministry will discuss how the program achieves its goals of (a) service to the community, (b) strengthening of the parishes and (c) building linkages between parish groups.  You will be invited to reflect on how this outreach and service is an expression of worship that empowers all the participants to further the kingdom of God.

Prayer

• The Meditation Project:  Trudi Shaw, an Anglican deacon, and members of the Christ Church Cathedral Healing Prayer team will introduce you to the Saint Jude’s Residential Home Meditation Project, an initiative in the spiritual care of the aging.

Once the workshops are fully established, conference registrants will be contacted to make their workshop selections.