{"id":12298,"date":"2025-12-18T08:27:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/?p=12298"},"modified":"2025-12-18T08:27:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:27:56","slug":"join-us-for-intergenerational-worship-changing-our-assumptions-mending-our-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/2025\/12\/join-us-for-intergenerational-worship-changing-our-assumptions-mending-our-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us for Intergenerational Worship: Changing our Assumptions, Mending our Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Center for Leadership Excellence presents a webinar to help churches reimagine\u00a0worship\u00a0with children. <em>Intergenerational\u00a0Worship: Changing our Assumptions, Mending our Practices<\/em>, with Nelson Cowan, will offer fresh insights and practical approaches for creating\u00a0worship\u00a0where every generation is welcomed and engaged.<strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>January 8, 2026<br>10am \u2013 11am, ET<br>Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/event\/intergenerational-worship\/\">Register Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Webinar<br><\/strong>Children are fully capable of leading in\u00a0worship, yet it often takes intentional effort from adults to nurture their gifts. If you\u2019re hoping to examine your assumptions about\u00a0intergenerational\u00a0worship\u00a0or to gather new practices for your ministry, we hope you\u2019ll join us. In this webinar, you\u2019ll think more critically about your church\u2019s\u00a0worship\u00a0practices, engage recent research, and learn from congregations across the country who are doing this well<br><br>P.S. If the word \u201cchildren\u201d made you wonder whether this applies to your work, this webinar was designed precisely with you in mind.<br><strong><br>Who Should Come<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Children and youth ministry leaders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pastors and laity who want to find new and innovative ways to include kids and youth in\u00a0worship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Presenter:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/12\/NCowan-Headshot-Samford-1-960x1440.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11978\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/12\/NCowan-Headshot-Samford-1-960x1440.jpg 960w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/12\/NCowan-Headshot-Samford-1-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/12\/NCowan-Headshot-Samford-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/12\/NCowan-Headshot-Samford-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/12\/NCowan-Headshot-Samford-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/12\/NCowan-Headshot-Samford-1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. Nelson Cowan, PhD, is a liturgical theologian,&nbsp;worship&nbsp;leader, and ordained elder in The United Methodist Church. He serves as Director of the Center for&nbsp;Worship&nbsp;and the Arts at Samford University, where he leads research, resource development, and programmatic initiatives that support the intersection of&nbsp;worship, theology, the arts, and young people. He holds degrees from the University of North Florida (BA), Wesley Theological Seminary (MDiv), and Boston University (PhD in Liturgical Studies). Dr. Cowan is the author of&nbsp;<em>Let the Children Lead&nbsp;<\/em>(2025) and&nbsp;<em>Worship&nbsp;Any Time or Place<\/em>&nbsp;(2024), both published by Abingdon Press. 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