840 Echo Park Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Face to Face: Creative Worship for a Diverse Changing World. This conference will explore knowing God Through Creative Liturgy & Music to help us connect with one another and with God. An ecumenical gathering of church leaders, all learning how to create worship experiences that are authentic, relational, and missional. This event is co-sponsored by All Saints Company and the Kaleidoscope Institute
Register for one or all of the events.
Conference
Wednesday, March 14, noon–Friday, March 16, 4 p.m.
Through movement, music, words, creation of sacred space, we explore and learn to create spirit-filled liturgies that invite worshipers to come face to face with each other and with God. Plenary presentations, worship experiences, workshops, hands-on creation of sacred space, writing of poetry and drama, music that makes communities, movements that move people to connect with each other and toward God.
Cost: $325
Public Event
Saturday, March 17, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Facing Each Other/Facing God: A day of reflection on how to make authentic connections with others and with God in community through music, words, movements and sacred spaces.
Cost: $50
Worship
Saturday evening, Sunday morning
Worship with Local Communities: Experience creative liturgies with local worshiping communities in Los Angeles.
Cost: Free!
Leaders
The Rev. Eric H. F. Law is the founder and executive director of Kaleidoscope Institute, the author of the Sustainist blog, creator of dialogue videos on the YouTube Channel: graceincyberspace, and the author of numerous books on diversity and congregational development.
The Rev. Donald Schell, president of All Saints Company, San Francisco, served as a college chaplain at Episcopal Church at Yale, as a small-town mission vicar in Idaho, and for almost thirty years as founding rector of St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church in San Francisco.
The Rev. Jacqui Lewis, Ph.D., is Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church, New York. Middle is a progressive, multiethnic fully welcoming and inclusive congregation that celebrates the arts in worship and in programming. Jacqui is the author of The Power of Stories: A Guide for Leaders in Multiracial/Multicultural Congregations.
Horatio Hung-Yan Law is a public art and installation artist. He creates collaborative installations with different communities to explore crosscultural issues and spirituality in the evolving global culture. He is an Assistant Professor in Photography and Intermedia at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon.
Housing
Limited housing is available at $75 per night at the Retreat Center at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is for 4 nights (Wed-Sat) and includes lodging, breakfast & lunch, with dinner on your own.We can recommend local motels for other accommodation options.
Registration is done through the Kaleidoscope Institute.
