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A long-standing tradition in Laurelville music
and worship weekends, the morning and evening prayer services enable participants
to experience worship and observe the resource team in action.
Who should come to this program?
• New music or worship leaders looking to become
stronger leaders
• Experienced
music and worship leaders looking for a refresher course to help them improve
their effectiveness in their congregations
• Anyone
with a love for music and worship who is discerning their gifts and interested
in exploring music or worship leadership
Resource Staff
Marlene
Kropf
Marlene Kropf, Elkhart, Indiana, is
Minister of Worship for MC USA and Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation
and Worship for the
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS). She served on the Worship
Committee and the Hymnal Council for Hymnal: A Worship Book.
She also regularly leads the popular Advent and Lent Planners at AMBS,
in which pastors and worship and music leaders are introduced to
church-wide worship resources.
Ken Nafziger
Ken Nafziger, Harrisonburg, Virginia, is Professor
of Music at Eastern Mennonite University. He also serves as artistic director
and conductor
of the annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival (Harrisonburg, Va.), and of
the chamber choirs Musica Viva (in Winchester, Va.) and
Voce (in Reston, Va.) He was music editor of Hymnal: A Worship Book (1992),
editor of its accompaniment handbook, and assistant to the
editor of Sing the Journey (2005) and Sing the Story (2007). He is active
in the United States and Canada as a guest conductor, workshop
leader and clinician. He co-authored a book Singing, a Mennonite Voice, which
was released in 2001.
Marilyn Houser Hamm
Marilyn Houser Hamm was chairperson of the Music
Committee for Hymnal Worship Book, and has been a committee member for the
Sing
the Journey and Sing the Story supplements. She is the former Director of
Worship & Spirituality for Mennonite Church Canada, and is actively
engaged in resourcing the wider church in music and worship as leader, clinician,
performer, composer, and arranger.
For more information email
program@laurelville.org
or call 724-423-2056 or 1-800-839-1021
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