Hello friends,
I am on the steering committee for the first-ever Wesleyan Songwriting Summit happening August 1-3 at Olivet Nazarene University College Church. I wanted to share some information about the event from our fearless leader, Daniel Quanstrom, and give you the link to register. Please share this information with your local churches and ministry leaders. (Info below)
Blessings,
Rick Lee James
Registration is now OPEN!!
I almost sent this email yesterday, but didn't want you to think this is a joke. Because it's not. It is very very real!
We're incredibly excited to see you all in just a few months. This will be a great time to collaborate, be refreshed, and be inspired to cultivate creative communities in our local churches.
The aim of the summit is not to produce a whole bunch of polished music that we record. The aim is to encourage us to write beautiful, rich, and meaningful music for our churches! Anecdotally, we're already seeing this a bit! In my church we've begun to sing more original pieces. New Horizons Church of the Nazarene in Belton, MO sang an original piece written by APA's own Brent Neely.
If we can be inspired to write and share music that beautifully reflects the goodness of God passed down to us from our tradition, the summit will have been a success!
With that being said, consider registering ASAP. We're telling all of you FIRST so you don't miss the early bird registration. For the month of April the cost is only $125.
The other thing I wanted to include in this email was the schedule of events for the Summit. We have been intentional about not filling the calendar with a lot of *stuff,* but have scheduled large blocks for engagement, interaction, and generative creative space.
Schedule of Events
THURSDAY August 1
1pm - 3pm Registration
3:30pm - 4:30pm Open Gathering
4:30pm - 7pm Group Session 1
7:30pm - 8:30pm Plenary Session 1
8:30pm - 9:30pm Songwriters In the Round
FRIDAY August 2
8:30am Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 10:00am Plenary Session 2
10:00am - 12:30pm Group Session 2
12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm - 3:45pm Group Session 3
4:00pm - 5:00pm Break Out Sessions 1
5:00pm - 7:00pm Dinner
7:00pm - 8:30pm Plenary Session 3
SATURDAY August 3
8:30am Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 10:00pm Group Session 4
10:00am - 11:00am Breakout Sessions 2
11:00am - 12:30pm Summit Song Showcase
Grace and Peace,
Danny Quanstrom
Pastor, Hastings Church of the Nazarene
President, A Plain Account