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- 1. changing church ... changing times Rev. Wendy S. Bailey Regional Presbyter, Monmouth & New Brunswick Presbyteries
- 2. circa 1956
- 3. Ford 1956
- 4. Ford 2003
- 5. Choluteca River, Honduras after Hurricane Mitch (1998)
- 6. Emerging Cultural Trends Word ➪ Image Individual ➪ Community Objective Truth ➪ Subjective Truth One Story ➪ Many Stories
- 7. Image YouTube Culture Sequential vs. Simultaneous Spectator vs. Participant Multi-sensory
- 9. Community Beyond the “Me” Generation Wiki Social Networking
- 11. Community Collaboration “The Wisdom of Crowds” Beyond the “Me” Generation Wiki Social Networking
- 12. NOVA: Wisdom of Crowds
- 13. Truth Trust before Truth Experience over Explanation Knowledge vs. Transformation Authenticity
- 15. “In order to stay the same, a thing must change often.” John Henry Cardinal Newman
- 16. changing church ... changing times Rev. Wendy S. Bailey Regional Presbyter, Monmouth & New Brunswick Presbyteries
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- implications for teaching, preaching, worship etc. historically ... icons, stained glass, architecture, ritual, passion play, pageants difficult for Presbyterians whose identity has been shaped by the printing press ... the WORD ... hymnody ... etc. Directory for Worship “The ordering of worship should also reflect the richness of the cultural diversity in which the church ministers, as well as the local circumstances and needs of its congregations.” W-3.1003 Days and Seasons ... experiential “The Word is also proclaimed through song in anthems and solos based on scriptural texts, in cantatas and oratorios which tell the biblical story, in psalms and canticles, and in hymns, spirituals, and spiritual songs which present the truth of the biblical faith. Song in worship may also express the response of the people to the Word read, sung, enacted, or proclaimed. Drama and dance, poetry and pageant, indeed, most other human art forms are also expressions through which the people of God have proclaimed and responded to the Word. Those entrusted with the proclamation of the Word through art forms should exercise care that the gospel is faithfully presented in ways through which the people of God may receive and respond.” W-2.2008 What about the centrality of the Proclamation of the WORD in a time when IMAGE more central than word?
- Where two or three are gathered ... community expression, corporate confession, sacraments Committees ... Representation Baby-boomers “me” generation ... beyond that Permission Giving Teams
- Where two or three are gathered ... community expression, corporate confession, sacraments Committees ... Representation Baby-boomers “me” generation ... beyond that Permission Giving Teams