"For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into
one body."
(1 Cor. 12:12-13).

Students will be able to register for this event as a 3 credit hour course at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Registrar's Office

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are also available through the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary office of Lifelong Learning. Please contact
Carol Webb for more information.


REGISTRATION
Register online and pay all fees for this event.

 

The Body
Worship & the Arts Conference
July 9—12, 2008
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Come to the 2008 Worship and the Arts Conference to engage your theological imagination and renew your creative spirit as we consider the theme of “the body” in worship. Sponsored by Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Society for the Arts, Religion, and Contemporary Culture, and the Office of Theology and Worship 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 the body in a variety of media: music, dance, drama, writing, and visual arts.

Conference costs:

Tuition: $100 (free for students)
Lodging: $207 Laws Lodge, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Meals: $73

Conference leaders include:

Mark Torgerson, keynote speaker — associate professor of worship studies at Judson University, Elgin, Illinois, a practicing artist, and the author of An Architecture of Immanence: Architecture for Worship and Ministry Today (Eerdmans, 2007).

Clare Byrne, dance  — artistic director of Clare Byrne Dance, and professor at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York.

David Gambrell, literary arts — liturgist and songwriter, associate for worship, Office of Theology and Worship, PC(USA).

Will B. MacAdams, drama — apprentice/intern company director at Actors Theatre of Louisville.

Chuck Marohnic, music — an internationally renowned jazz pianist, composer, professor, and author.

Ellen Phillips, visual arts — an award-winning painter and sculptor, whose works are found in galleries and churches in the Atlanta area.

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