Conference costs:
Tuition: $100
(free for undergraduate
and graduate students)
Tuition for Individual Lectures or Workshops: $25 each
Meal package: $100 per person

Students may register for this
event as a course for three hours academic credit at Louisville Seminary. Contact the
Registrar’s Office

Continuing Education Units
(CEUs) are also available through
the Louisville Seminary office
of Lifelong Learning.
Contact Laura March.

SCHEDULE


REGISTRATION
Register pay all
fees online.

Conference Lodging
Conference lodging is
available at Laws Lodge at
Louisville Seminary. www.lpts.edu/Rentals/LawsLodge
To make reservations,
call 502.992.0220.

JULY 22-25, 2009

“For Christ is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us.” (Ephesians 2:14)

Borders and Beyond
Worship & the Arts Conference 2009

Come to the 2009 Worship and the Arts Conference to engage your theological imagination and renew your creative spirit as we consider the theme “borders and beyond” in worship. Sponsored by Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the Office of Theology, Worship, and Education of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), this four-day event will offer pastors, worship leaders, liturgical artists, church members, and seminarians ideas and inspiration for creative approaches to worship planning and leadership.

Through lectures, workshops with professional artists, and creative worship experiences, participants will explore the biblical, liturgical, and theological symbolism of borders in a variety of media: music, dance, performance, writing, and visual arts.

KEYNOTE LECTURES
Sara Miles
“Glorifying the Stranger”

In her keynote lectures, “Glorifying the Stranger,” Sara Miles will lead participants into liturgical practices that break down boundaries to create new communities.

Sara Miles is the founder of The Food Pantry and the director of ministry at St Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. Her memoir, Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion, illuminates the connections between daily bread and the bread of heaven, and shows how feeding strangers is at the core of both worship and service. 

WORKSHOPS IN LITURGICAL ARTS
Conference participants will have the opportunity to choose from workshops in five areas: dance, writing, drama, music, and visual arts. Each three-hour workshop, guided by an experienced liturgical artist and teacher, will feature participatory exercises, exploration and discussion of selected topics, and constructive feedback on liturgical creativity and leadership.

Workshops take place from 2 – 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, and Friday, July 24. The workshops are independent, so that participants may attend the same workshop (e.g., dance) both days (different topics will be addressed on Thursday and Friday), or may choose to register for different workshops (e.g. writing and performance) on Thursday and Friday.

VISUAL ARTS

Marie McCanless
Marie is finishing her theological studies and is an multi-media artist. She has developed arts in different venues and is interested in developing a visual vocabulary that will effectively convey theological content.

DRAMA

Jennifer Thalman Kepler
Jennifer is the Community Outreach Director of Looking for Lilith Theatre Company as well as an actor, director and playwright. She has recently completed her MDiv at Wesley Theological Seminary.
 

WRITING

Kimberly Bracken Long
Kimberly Bracken Long is assistant professor of worship at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia; she is also editor of the journal, Call to Worship.

MUSIC

Harry Pickens
Harry Pickens is a jazz pianist, composer, teacher, and popular workshop leader based in Louisville, Kentucky.

DANCE

Judith Rock
For many years a professional modern dancer and choreographer, in addition to stints as actress, playwright, professor and police officer, Judith Rock is now a writer and lecturer, and leads workshops on the relationship of movement and language.  Her first novel, a historical mystery set against the backdrop of Huguenot-Catholic conflict in 17th century France, will be published in 2010, by Berkley/Penguin.

For more information, contact Claudio Carvalhaes at Louisville Seminary or David Gambrell at the Office of Theology, Worship, and Education of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).