Interactive workshops for worship
planners and leaders
with renowned worship practitioners and trainers
David Haas
The Formational Power of Sung Prayer
Saturday,
January 20, 2007
2:30 – 5:00 pm
Western Springs
Sunday, January 21, 2007
2:30 – 5:00 pm
Rogers Park, Chicago
Music in the context of communal worship serves many ministerial functions: it offers an opportunity and voice for the people of God to express their praise; it forms them in their theology and belief; it nurtures the spiritual life; and it helps to celebrate, intensify and clarify our symbols and ritual actions. This session will explore all of these avenues, featuring music from many composers, styles and sources. Come ready to sing and experience the possibilities!
David Haas, renowned liturgical music composer, is director of the Emmaus Center for Music, Prayer and Ministry in Eagan, Minnesota. Haas studied music performance, liturgy and theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and has served as director of music & liturgy as well as composer-in residence with a number of congregations and schools. For over 25 years, he has been a workshop and keynote speaker, author, retreat leader, liturgical musician, concert performer and recording artists at conventions, workshops and conferences throughout North America, Europe and Australia. Haas has produced over 40 original collections and recordings of liturgical music that are sung and prayed through the world.