Worship Matters: Episode 92 – Preaching to the Left Behind
What can the preacher do to help their congregation navigate this time of disaffiliation as we look forward to General Conference of 2024? How can we lead from the pulpit? What images can help us find...
17 Juli 202341min
Worship Matters: Episode 91 – Church Music as Performance
Director of Music Ministries, Dr. Diana Sanchez Bushong, and Director of Worship Arts, Dr. Lisa Hancock, invite Dr. Marcell Silva Steuernagel, Assistant Professor of Church Music and Director of the M...
3 Juli 202331min
Worship Matters: Episode 90 – Instrumental Music and Proclamation in Worship
Does music proclaim even without words? That’s the question that the worship team raised in conversation with the Rev. Joe Stobaugh, Senior Pastor of University Park United Methodist Church in Dallas,...
19 Juni 202333min
Worship Matters: Episode 89 – Believing Into Christ: A Conversation with Natalya Cherry
Rev. Dr. Natalya A. Cherry, assistant professor in Methodist studies and theology at Brite Divinity School and elder in the Susquehanna Annual Conference, talks with Dr. Lisa Hancock, director of wors...
5 Juni 202341min
Worship Matters: Episode 88 – On the Rise: A Conversation with Connye Florance and Kevin Madill
Connye and Kevin are local musicians who have produced a “Jazz Vespers Experience” that they call “On the Rise” and have begun to take it to churches and community groups as a way of beginning convers...
22 Maj 202335min
Worship Matters: Episode 87 - Music & Liturgical Arts Week
Worship Team Executive Director Dr. Diana Sanchez-Bushong speaks with Camisha Chambers, the executive director of The Fellowship of Worship Artists (formerly The Fellowship of United Methodists in Mus...
8 Maj 202331min
Worship Matters: Episode 86 – Stand Up Preaching: A Conversation with Dr. Jacob D. Myers
Dr. Jake Myers, the Wade P. Huie, Jr. Associate Professor of Homiletics at Columbia Theological Seminary, talks with Dr. Derek Weber, Director of Preaching Ministries for Discipleship Ministries, abou...
24 Apr 202337min
Worship Matters: Episode 85 – Out of the Ashes
Join the Discipleship Ministries Worship Team for a conversation about the upcoming service of lament and subsequent webinars helping the church navigate the emotions and experiences of this time of d...
10 Apr 202323min
