The Anabaptist Worship Network connects a series of groups working to support and strengthen public worship in Mennonite communities. The Anabaptist Worship Network Projects Team organizes in-person events, plans webinars, and creates teaching resources like blog posts. The Together in Worship Leadership Team curates, maintains, and develops an online collection of free worship resources from Anabaptist sources and seeks out new resources to address specific needs. The Voices Together Implementation Team supports the reception of the Voices Together hymnal and worship book through leading workshops and events, and developing supplemental resources. Individuals from these groups as well as members at large make up the Anabaptist Worship Network board which facilitates communication and collaboration among these groups.
Anabaptist Worship Network Leadership
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Rashard Allen
AWN Projects Team
Interests: introducing global and multi-ethnic worship music and practices to majority Anglo congregations, worship theology, and worship renewal in the North American church.
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Benjamin Bergey
AWN Projects Director, Voices Together Implementation Team
Interests: training young music leaders and musicians, intercultural worship, teaching new songs, promoting Anabaptist songs.
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Matthew Boutda
AWN Projects Team
Interests: anti-racist worship, song leading, body prayers, alternative worship.
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Katie Graber
AWN Co-Director US, TiW Leadership Team, Voices Together Implementation Team
Interests: hymnody from around the world, expansive language in worship, decolonizing Christian worship.
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Arlyn Friesen Epp
TiW Leadership Team
Interests: online and printed resources for worship, scripture telling in worship, creative expression and drama in worship
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Joanna Harader
TIW Leadership Team (Co-Chair)
Interests: words for worship, liturgical seasons, spiritual formation, justice-provoking worship.
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Jerry Holsopple
TiW Leadership Team
Interests: visual storytelling and video, visual arts, icon writing(painting), embracing mystery and songwriting
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Sarah Johnson
TiW Committee Chair (Co-Chair), Voices Together Implementation Team
Interests: theology of worship, worship planning, worship and the arts, worship and justice, words for worship, worship in a changing religious landscape, and more.
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Anneli Loepp Thiessen
AWN Co-Director, Canada, Voices Together Implementation Team
Interests: worship leading with youth, Anabaptist songwriting, contemporary worship music, empowering women in worship.
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Cynthia Neufeld Smith
Voices Together Implementation Team
Interests: organ accompaniment, hymn tunes
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Darryl Neustaedter-Barg
TiW Leadership Team, Voices Together Implementation Team
Interests: contemporary worship music, digital resourcing, audio and visual technology in worship
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Carol Penner
TiW Leadership Team
Interests: gender in worship, spoken worship resources, pastoral care in worship.
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AnaSara Rojas
TiW Leadership Team
Interests: online and offline resourcing, data organization, Creative Commons.
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Rebecca Slough
TiW Leadership Team
Interests: worship practices and ritual, visual art and worship, congregational singing
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Adam Tice
Voices Together Implementation Team
interests: hymn texts, hymn writing, ecumenical hymnody
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Mykayla Turner
TiW Communications Assistant
Interests: Community music, intergenerational worship, contemplative liturgies, worship planning.
togetherinworshipnet@gmail.com