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The Last Thirty Years: What We've Learned along the Way
Seminar at the Calvin Symposium on Worship
January 26, 2006
Host: John D. Witvliet
with Albert Aymer, Nancy Beach, Brian McLaren, Eugene Peterson, Larry Sibley, Joyce Zimmerman

Handbook

A 45-page handbook-containing an outline, companion resources, and further reading-was distributed at this seminar. Selected material from this handbook is available here.

Handbook Contents

Table of Contents   p.1
Goals of this Seminar   p.2
Denominational Membership Chart (similar chart available here) p.3
Conceptual Outline   p.4
Conceptual Outline (continued)   p.5
Conceptual Outline (continued)   p.6
The Nairobi Statement on Worship and Culture (text available here) p.7-9
Drafts of Early Nominations:    
      New Worship Vocabulary   p.10
      They Shaped Our Worship   p.11
      Historically Significant Songs   p.12
      Symbolic Books-A Retrospective   p.13
Speaker Handouts: Joyce Zimmerman    
      "Groundbreaking Grounding"   p.14
      "me to Thee to me"   p.15
      "Do you not know...?"   p.16
      "Forward into Fullness"   p.17
Speaker Handouts: Albert Aymer    
      The Significance of Ancient Creeds   p.18
      Text and notes on three historic creeds (text of creeds available here) p.19-21
Excerpts from Time and Newsweek
(list of articles available by request) p.22-38
Excerpts from James F. White, New Forms of Worship (1971) (A)   p.39-45