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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 |