WELS NWC PRESENTATIONS - 96, 99, 02, & 05 - Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)

WELS National Worship Conference

Presentations from 1996, 1999, 2002, & 2005

Presentations / Presenter Biographies from 1996, 1999, 2002, & 2005

The chart below does not include every workshop from the worship conferences but only those whose content can be shared. Some presenters asked that their presentations not be made available; some presentations were given in such a way that they can't shared online.

NWC Year	TITLE	PRESENTER	SOURCE
ALL	Musical Highlights of the Worship Conferences - Audio Recordings	Various	Purchase from NPH.net or call 1-800-662-6022 (local 414-475-6600).
1999	Acoustics for Worship	Scott Riedel	Acoustics for Worship
2002	Bell Directing for Advanced and Festival Ensembles	Richard Lehmann	Handbell Conducting
2002	Beyond Banners: An Exploration of Art in Worship	Peter Schaewe	Slide List Handout
2002	Building a Choral Sound with Children	Kathy Rausch	Rausch Resources
2002	Chant Skillshop	Kermit Moldenhauer	Chant Skillshop
2002	Checklist for Improving Worship Environment	Wayne Schulz	Designing a Worshipful Environment
2002	Children in Worship: Lessons from Research	Gary Bertels	Contact Center for the Study of Children's Ethical Development. Pillars Press; Concordia University, River Forest. 708-209-3173 or pillarspress@curf.edu
1996	Children's Choir - similar content in Bertalot's books: Five Wheels to Successful Sightsinging #402910 Immediately Practical Tips for Choral Directors #153571	John Bertalot	Northwestern Publishing House 800-662-6022 (local 414-475-6600) View Product #402910 and #153571 at www.shopWELS.net
2002	Choir Chimes - Cost Effective Alternative	Cheryl Diener	Handchimes --A Cost Effective Alternative For Handbells in the Small Parish (.rtf)
2005	Choral Music Lists from 2005	Various	View and Buy Music from NPH View the Lists: PreS, Prim, SS, VBS Mid/Upper Elementary Small Choir: Unison/3 part Year 1 SATB Year 2 SATB
2002	Choral Music List - Middle and Upper Elementary	Darin Menk	Choral Reading - Middle & Upper Elementary
2002	Choral Music List - New SATB 1	Len Proeber	Choral Reading - SATB 1
2002	Choral Music List - New SATB 2	Jane Neujahr	Choral Reading - SATB 2
2002	Choral Music List - Pre-school, Primary, Sunday School, VBS	Jackie Gerlach	Choral Reading - Preschool, Primary, Sunday School, and VBS
2002	Choral Music List - Small Choir, Small Church	Jon Zabell	Choral Reading - Small Choir, Small Church
1999	Choral Music List - Junior Choir & Upper Grades	Jean MacKenzie	Choral Reading - Junior Choir & Upper Grades
1999	Choral Music List - Choir with Congregation	James Schierenbeck	Choral Reading - Choir with Congregation
1999	Choral Music List - SATB 1	Mary Prange	Choral Reading - SATB 1
1999	Choral Music List - SATB 2	Leonard Proeber	Choral Reading - SATB 2
1999	Choral Music List - Small Choir	David Prillwitz	Choral Reading - Small Choir
1999	Director's Work Outside the Rehearsal	Dale Witte	Director's Work Outside the Rehearsal
1999	Easter Dawn Procession of the Paschal Candle	Conference Worship	Paschal Candle
1999	Encouraging a Quality Music Program	Mary Prange	Encouraging a Quality Music Program
2002	Full Strength Law and Gospel	Daniel Leyrer	Preaching Full Strength Law and Gospel
2005	Hands on with Handbells	Jim Bakken	View and Buy Music from NPH View the list
1999	Holy Supper of Our Lord Jesus Christ	John Berg	Holy Supper of Our Lord Jesus Christ
2002	Hymn Playing: Tempo, Variations, Importance	Mary Prange	A Workshop for Organists - Enlivening the People's Song
2002	Introduction to MIDI (Beginning Level)	Timothy Ehlers	Introduction to MIDI
1999	It Is Good that We Are Here -- Transfiguration	James Tiefel	It Is Good that We Are Here -- Transfiguration
2005	Keyboard and Instrumental Lists from 2005	Various	View and Buy Music from NPH View the list
1999	Keynote Address - Excellence in Worship	James Huebner	Keynote Address - Excellence in Worship
2002	Keynote Address - Things Are Not Always What They Seem	Paul Prange	Keynote Address - Things Are Not Always What They Seem
2002	Mentoring your Parish's Inexperienced Musician	Carol Laitinen	Choral Reading - Mentoring Your Parish's Inexperiences Musicians
2002	Music for the Lutheran Soloist	Carolyn Fons	Choral Reading - Music for the Lutheran Soloist
2002	Organ and-or Instruments: Sound the Trumpet - and other Instruments	Terry Treuden	Music list - Sound the Trumpet - and Other Instruments Transposition Chart Sample Issue of Lines & Spaces
1999	Organ Committees and Consultants	Scott Riedel	Organ Committees and Consultants
2002	Organ Music List: Medium (A B C of New Organ Literature)	Craig Hirschmann	Organ Music List: Medium
1999	Organ Music List: Easy to Medium	Wayne Wagner	Organ Music List: Easy to Medium
1999	Organ Music List: Medium to Difficult	John Nolte	Organ Music List: Medium to Difficult
1999	Organ Repertoire for Hymns from Other Cultures	Wayne Wold	Organ Repertoire for Hymns from Other Cultures
2002	Organ-Keyboard-Piano Music List: Easy	Kris Eggers	Easy
2002	Parish Leadership and Worship Issues	Richard Gurgel	Parish Leadership
1996	Parish Music Coordinator	Thomas Bauer, James Schierenbeck	Parish Music Coordinator
1999	Piano Instruction for Every Student	Mary Anne Zupan, Margaret Fiedler	similar material at: OnWisconsin.com MENC Music makes you smarter!
1999	Piano Music for Worship	Lee Dengler	Piano Music for Worship
2002	Planning for Choirs	Peter Sordahl	Planning for Choirs
2005	Plenary Address I - The Liturgy	James Tiefel	"The Liturgy"
2005	Plenary Address II - Rite Worship for North American Outreach	Jonathon Schroeder	"Rite Worship for North American Outreach"
2005	Plenary Address III - The Changing Music of the Liturgy	Paul Rydecki	"The Changing Music of the Liturgy"
1996	Preaching in the Context of the Liturgy	Wayne Laitinen	Preaching in the Context of the Liturgy
2002	Preaching the Catechism	John Vieths	Preaching the Catechism
1999	Primary Choir Suggestions and Choral List	Cindi Holman	Primary Choir Suggestions and Choral List
1996	Primary Doctrine in its Primary Setting: Objective Justification	Forest Bivens	Primary Doctrine in its Primary Setting: Objective Justification
1996	Putting CW Manual to Work	Victor Prange	Putting CW Manual to Work
2002	Putting MIDI to Work in Worship (Intermediate Level)	Timothy Ehlers	Putting MIDI to Work in Worship(intermediate level)
2002	Rehearsing Children's Singing: Turning Notes into Music	Kathy Rausch	Turning Notes Into Music, see "Rausch Resources"
1999	Remarkable Decline of American Evangelicalism (videotape)	Craig Parton	Purchase from ShopWELS.net or call Northwestern Publishing House 800-662-6022 (local 414-475-6600)
1996	Sacramental Piety in Lutheran Worship	Theodore Hartwig	Sacramental Piety in Lutheran Worship
2002	Sacramental Piety: Past and Present	Ronald Muetzel	Sacramental Piety: Past and Present
2005	Sermon - Ascension	Daniel Deutschlander	"This Is How Much He Loved Us!
2005	Sermon - Augsburg Confession	Luke Werre	"The Cost of Confessing Christ"
2002	Sermon - Christmas Eve	David Rosenbaum	O Jesus Christ, Your Manger Is
2002	Sermon - Fourth Sunday in Advent	Mark Bitter	We Have a Kingdom that Lasts Forever
2005	Sermon - Holy Trinity	Keith Wessel	"Listen to the Voices in Heaven's Court"
2002	Sermon - Last Sunday of End Time (Christ the King)	Paul Janke	Christ the King
2005	Sermon - Pentecost	Paul Koelpin	"Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled"
2002	Sermon - Pentecost 9 (Sunday Morning)	Victor Prange	Don't Mess With the Gospel
2002	Sermon - The Festival of the Epiphany	Peter Unnasch	Festival of the Epiphany
2002	Sermon - The First Sunday of End Time (Reformation)	Mark Kom	Reformation
2002	Sermon - The Third Sunday of End Time	Jeffrey Bonack	Saints Triumphant
2002	Sing and Make Music - How It Works for Us	Karen Livingston	Sing and Make Music - How It Works for Us
2002	Small Church Worship that Glows	Steven Degner	Full Text(.rtf) PowerPoint (in pdf format)
1996	Small Pipe Organ for a Small Church	Bruce Case	Small Pipe Organ for a Small Church
1999	Spirit and Ceremony of Lent	Charles Cortright (1), Scott Stone (2)	Spirit and Ceremony of Lent Part 1 Spirit and Ceremony of Lent Part 2
1999	Starting a Piano Program in a Lutheran Elementary School	Anita Schulz	Starting a Piano Program in a Lutheran Elementary School
2002	Starting and Maintaining a Handbell Choir (updated version)	Cheryl Diener	Starting and Maintaining a Handbell Choir
1999	Straight Talk on Adiaphora: Does Anything Go?	Mark Zarling	Straight Talk on Adiaphora: Does Anything Go?
1999	Symbolic Communication in Christian Worship	James Tiefel	Symbolic Communication in Christian Worship
2002	That's Different! Handbells Beyond the Anthem	Richard Lehmann	That's Different! Handbells Beyond the Anthem
1999	Teens and Church Music	Barbara Resch	Similar content found at: www.lifeoftheworld.com Teenagers' perspectives of worship --some surprising findings
2002	Theology of the Ordinary	Steven Valleskey	Theology of the Ordinary Document Theology of the Ordinary PowerPoint
2005	Trust the Word to do It's Work: 3-part preaching seminar	Daniel Deutschlander	Trust the Word to do Its Work
1999	Variety in the Verse of the Day	Carol Laitinen	Variety in the Verse of the Day
1996	What Does it Mean to be Evangelical Lutheran?	David Valleskey	What Does it Mean to be Evangelical Lutheran?
2002	Wonderful Hymns of Jaroslav Vajda	Carl Schalk	Wonderful Hymns of Jaroslav Vajda
1999	Worship and Mission	Victor Prange	Worship and Mission
1996	Worship and the Visitor	Wayne Schulz	Worship and the Visitor
1996	Worship Is Amen and Hallelujah!	Wayne Mueller	Worship Is Amen and Hallelujah!
1996	Worship When Lutheranism Was Young and Strong	Timothy Buelow	Worship When Lutheranism Was Young and Strong
1999	Worship and Music: Similar content found in Zager's articles: "Church Music or Pop Music: Proclamation or Accommodation?" "Holy Ground and Countercultural Music; or, Save the Polkas for Saturday Night" "Questions of Musical Style for the Church: Will the Debate Never End?"	Daniel Zager	Fall 1999 CrossAccent, journal of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians Through the Church the Song Goes On, LCMS 1999. Available from LCMS Commission on Worship Questions of Musical Style - Will the Debate Ever End?