Moravian Theological Seminary: Continuing Education

March 11, 2011
Friday
9:30 am – 2:30 pm

Change of Location:
PROSSER AUDITORIUM
HAUPERT UNION BUILDING
Moravian College
Monocacy & Locust Sts.

Program Fee: Free
Contact Hours:3.5 (.35 CEUs)

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610-861-1519 at least one week prior to the event.

A good new hymn may surprise and delight us with its theology, poetry and music. Sung often, it can lull us into inattention, or surprise us with sudden relevance. With this in mind, Brian Wren, one of the most significant and popular hymn writers of our time, will introduce some of his own recent work, as well as new hymns by Richard Leach and Shirley Murray, and invite us to converse about them and sing them. As he says, “Perhaps one or two will catch our imagination and become familiar enough to express our deepest needs and beliefs, yet still be able to surprise.” In the process, he will discuss the history, practice, and future of congregational singing in a time of rapidly changing styles of worship.

Dr. Brian Wren studied at Oxford, taking degrees in Modern Languages and Theology, including a D. Phil for work on the Hebrew prophets. After ordination, he pastored a Congregational church in Essex, served as consultant to the British Council of Churches, and worked in the student-based world poverty campaign, Third World First. Since 1983, Brian has followed a freelance ministry, helping worshippers, ministers, educators and musicians to improve skills, and deepen spirituality. Recently retired as John and Miriam Conant Professor of Worship at Columbia Theological Seminary, he currently lives in upstate New York with his wife Susan Heafield, a United Methodist pastor.

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