For a minister of music who’s also a choral music and conducting professor, Tom Trenney is a born storyteller.
During the fourth of his five Routley Lectures delivered to the Presbyterian Association of Musicians’ Worship and Music Conference, Trenney told this story about a man he’s long admired, the Presbyterian pastor and children’s television pioneer Fred Rogers. Read more »
November 4, 2021
Servants’ Entrance
For a minister of music who’s also a choral music and conducting professor, Tom Trenney is a born storyteller.
During the fourth of his five Routley Lectures delivered to the Presbyterian Association of Musicians’ Worship and Music Conference, Trenney told this story about a man he’s long admired, the Presbyterian pastor and children’s television pioneer Fred Rogers. Read more »
Preaching is too important to be left solely to the preacher. 
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The Rev. Karen Brown, whose sermon on Wednesday brought the REvangelism Conference to a rousing and joyous conclusion, told viewers near the beginning of their time together that they’d need three props to get the most out of what she had to tell them. 
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