Check back for descriptions of coming events, sings, workshops, and presentations.
Upcoming:March 28-30, Boston, Massachusetts
Boston University School of Theology chapel hymn festival and class lecture
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cambridge, Adult forum and hymn festival
May 12-13, Hyattsville, Maryland
Hymn Festival and worship service with composer Sally Ann Morris
Previous events:
Pittsburgh 2011 Mennonite Convention
Seminar: "Hymns and Songs in a Mennonite Perspective"
Hymn Society 2011 Annual Conference, Colorado Springs, CO
Sectional presenter, introducing A Greener Place to Grow, a new collection of 50 hymn texts
Song leader for Wednesday Morning Prayers
My Spirit Rejoices in God my Savior: Mary in Anabaptist Dress
Presenting interpretations of Mary through hymnody
October 30, 2010: Music of the Pennsylvania Dutch, Church Music Conference, Paris, OH
Presentation: "We are what we sing: Modern Mennonites, Music, and Faith Formation"
Allegheny Mennonite Conference Summer Annual Meeting
Seminar presentation: Forming Faith in Borrowed Song
Examined the influence of hymnody borrowed from diverse denominations on Mennonite worship, as well as the use of my own Mennonite work in other denominations.
Hymn Society 2010 Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL
Co-leader for "What Does the Lord Require?," closing hymn festival
Guest speaker, Goshen College Church Music class, January 2010
Hymn Sing, College Mennonite Church, January 2010
Hymn Society 2009 Annual Conference, St. Olaf, MN
Helped plan "Giving life to the Word: Hymns on Parables" hymn festival--watch the streaming video
Hymn Society 2008 Annual Conference, Berkeley, CA:
Sectional presenter, previewing Woven Into Harmony
Discussion group co-leader, examining the Society's interest and involvement in
"contemporary" worship music
10th Annual Hymn-Sing for Peace on the National Mall, planner and song leader
Bridging Divides Conference, Anabaptist Peace Center of Washington, DC,
conference worship leader
Christian Peace Witness for Iraq, co-song leader of an ecumenical worship service at Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church
Pinto Mennonite Church, Pinto, MD
Song leader's workshop and hymn sing