We enter the 2020–2021 academic year amid many economic and political uncertainties, navigating the layered crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and persistent and pernicious racialized inequities in church, nation, and world. This complex reality requires all the resources available to us, including a critical evaluation of the past—“traditioned innovation” (L. Gregory Jones) that fruitfully draws from, critiques, and reimagines the past for the needs of the present and future. NPTS faculty and leading practitioners of Covenant congregations and denominational ministries will collaborate to lead creative discussions integrating scholarship, ministry practices, and formation. This begins a series of six forums which will run monthly through this academic year. Join us for the first, flyer attached as well.
September 23, 12pm-1:30pm CST. “Embodied Worship over Zoom?: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Online Worship”
In response to the rapid spread of COVID-19, many churches in the US found themselves transitioning to a completely online service with little to no time to prepare. Most of the conversations in the immediate aftermath necessarily revolved around pragmatic questions like which online platform to use or what technology to buy to best broadcast the service. But how do we think about embodied online worship theologically? Join worship professor David Bjorlin and Pastors Rici Skei (On Ramps Covenant Church, Fresno), Marco Ambriz (First Covenant Church, Oakland), and Jenny Rae Armstrong (Darrow Road Wesleyan Church).
