Workshop Presenter
James Hart Brumm, who is pastor of Blooming Grove Reformed Church in DeFreestville, New York, where he lives with his wife, the Rev. Kathleen Hart Brumm, and their son, Christopher. James is author of over 100 hymns, many of which are collected in Out of the Ordinary (Colfax, NC: Wayne Leupold Editions, 2001) and Rhythms of Praises (Wayne Leupold Editions, due out in 2009). He was part of the team that produced Sing! A New Creation (Faith Alive, 2001), and has had several articles in The Church Herald, Reformed Worship, and The Hymn. Having taught and led workshops on worship, congregational song, and church history across North America, he has most recently edited Worship Among the Thorns: Essays on Worship in the Reformed Church in America (Eerdman’s, 2008).
Workshop Schedule
9:00 am Devotions
9:20 am Worship 101 Review
Liturgy as dialogue
Liturgy as work of the people
10:30 am Break
10:45 am All Around the Table: Worship in a Convenant Community
Covenant with each other
Covenant with God
Covenant with the whole Cloud of Witnesses
Covenant with Visitors
12 noon Lunch
1:15 pm The Word and Liturgy: A Springboard Useful to Everyone
Getting Rid of the Straightjacket
2:15 pm Resources: The Right Tools for the Right Jobs
2:45 pm Closing Worship and Prayers
