ELCA NEWS SERVICE
July 2, 2007
ELCA to Offer Worship Jubilee 2007 in Chicago, August 3-6
07-119-LL*
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America's (ELCA) second Worship Jubilee is August 3-6 here at
Navy Pier. The event precedes the 2007 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
Organized by the worship staff of the ELCA, the event will draw
more than 700 people involved in worship and music throughout
synods and congregations of the ELCA.
The event will celebrate the publication of Evangelical
Lutheran Worship (ELW), and the future of renewing worship under
the theme, "Thanks Be to God." ELW is a new primary worship
resource developed by the ELCA, released Oct. 3, 2006.
"Worship Jubilee 2007 will reflect the diversity of the
worship practices of the ELCA. Although this will be the
culmination of our year-long celebration of ELW, this event is
where the family of resources that the ELCA offers will really
begin to unfold," said the Rev. Michael L. Burk, ELCA executive
for worship and liturgical resources.
Worship Jubilee 2007 will feature worship, workshops, five
primary presentations, and educational opportunities for children
and adults. Pre-Jubilee events Aug. 2-3 will include tours of
some Chicago congregations for "pilgrimage and prayer."
Workshops to be offered include: "Worship in Bilingual
Assemblies," "Preach
It, Pastor -- A Preaching Primer for the Person in the Pew,"
"Gathered for Worship in a Wounded World," "Liturgical Drama:
Enacting the Sacred Stories" and "Living Chant: The Heartbeat of
the Assembly's Song."
On Aug. 4 the Rev. Gladys G. Moore and the Rev. Clayton J.
Schmit will present papers on the sending sentence, "Go in peace
-- Share the good news." Moore is an assistant to the bishop of
the ELCA New Jersey Synod, Hamilton Square, and Schmit is
associate professor of preaching, Fuller Theological Seminary,
Pasadena, Calif. Moore and Schmit will discuss the relationship
between worship and what it means to be an evangelizing church.
On Aug. 5 the Rev. David J. Lose and the Rev. Glaucia
Vasconcelos Wilkey will each speak about benefits and challenges
related to the promise that Christ is with people as they are
sent out from worship with "Go in Peace-- Christ is with you."
Lose is an academic dean at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., and
Wilkey is founder and director of the Summer Institute for
Liturgy and Worship, Seattle University.
On Aug. 6 "Go in peace -- Remember the poor" will be the
focus of a presentation by the Rev. Raymond L. Schultz. He has
been the national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Canada (ELCIC), Winnipeg, since 2001 and will leave that role
Aug. 31.
Worship Jubilee 2007 will conclude Aug. 6 with opening
worship service for the ELCA Churchwide Assembly. The Rev. Mark
S. Hanson, ELCA presiding bishop, will preach and preside at the
service.
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Information about Worship Jubilee 2007 is found at
http://www.ELCA.org/worship/Jubilee/index.html on the ELCA Web
site.
* Lauren A. Lamb is a senior public relations and speech
communication major at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
This summer she is an intern with the ELCA News Service.
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John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask]
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