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Worship Connection Registrations Now Accepted
CHICAGO, IL (November 6, 2002) - Registrations are being taken for a Worship
Connection to be held at the O'Hare Hyatt Regency Hotel in Rosemont from
February 7-9, immediately following the annual Evangelical Covenant
Church
Pastors Midwinter Conference.
Randall Wilkens, worship and music minister at the Evangelical Covenant
Church of Lafayette, Indiana, will speak on "Unity or Worship Wars"
during
the event's Friday afternoon opening session.
Gary Schmidt, music and worship pastor at LifeSpring Covenant Church in
Loveland, Colorado, will speak Friday evening about "The Challenges of
Worship and Music Leadership." Roger Shenk, worship pastor at Eastridge
Covenant Church in Clackamas, Oregon, will discuss "Our Common Goal in
the
Lord" during the Saturday morning session. Wilkens, Schmidt and Shenk
will
lead worship at various times during the weekend.
Participants will choose from three seminars on Saturday afternoon with
subjects ranging from multigenerational worship to technology in
worship.
Session leaders include Doug Vetvick, dean of the Worship Center at
Covenant Bible College-Midwest in Windsor, Colorado; Walt Whitman of
Oakdale Covenant Church in Chicago, Illinois; and Wilkens.
Saturday evening's speaker will be Doreen Olson, executive minister of
the
Department of Christian Formation, who will address "What Our People
Need
>From Their Worship Leaders." Worship Connection participants will join
with
Youth and Children and Adult Ministry connection groups during a
combined
worship service Sunday morning. In addition to speakers, workshops and
worship sessions, times for small group discussion and prayer will
enable
participants to get to know each other and connect with other worship
leaders in the Covenant.
Registration for the weekend is $119 if paid by December 16 and $139
thereafter. Additional discounts are available for unpaid laypersons,
registered participants' spouses, North Park University students and
worship interns. Participants may also pay an extra fee to attend a
Friday
morning breakfast with those registered for the Pastor's Midwinter
Conference. Author Philip Yancey is the keynote speaker for the
breakfast.
For more information, call the Department of Christian Formation at
773-583-0220 or contact Wilkens by telephone at 765-474-4842 or by email
at
rwilkens@ecovenant.org.
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