Description
Do you feel closer to God when out in nature?
Does music help you experience a deeper connection with God?
Are you someone who would prefer more silence in a worship setting?
Our unique, God-given formation helps each of us engage with God in different ways.
Using Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences theory, participants will explore ways to
design services that enable worshipers to engage more fully in the worship of God.
The workshop will explore the eight intelligences that Gardner has identified as a guide
for worship and engagement with God: language, logic-mathematical thinking, visual-
spatial representation, musical thinking, engagement in nature, movement and the use
of the body, interaction with others, and an understanding of ourselves.
Participants will leave the workshop with a working list of practices related to worship
that can be applied in their local context. This workshop is based on the workshop
leader’s research, study, and experience in congregations small (80 members), medium
(200 members), and large (1,500 members).
Workshop Leader: Chris Denny
Chris Denny, D. Min., is the Pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Columbia, SC. Chris is passionate about engaging multiple generations in the worship of God and teaching the stories of the Christian faith.
Co-Leader: