NEW EDITION OF ORGAN BIBLIOGRAPHY
Joan Ringerwole has prepared a new edition of the Bibliography of Organ Music. Using this resource, organists can look for music to correlate with hymn tunes found in the Psalter Hymnal and Rejoice in the Lord. The fifty-page 1994 edition includes hundreds of additions. Organists who work at choosing music to correlate with the hymns sung in a given service will find this an invaluable resource. Each composition listed is coded as to level of difficulty (E=easy, M-medium, D=difficult). Available from CRC Publications for $10.35 US (call 1-800-333-8300} and $13.95 CDN (call 1-800-263-4252).
CONFERENCES
Robert Webber, author of many books on worship and a consultant for Reformed Worship will be leading several "Renew "four Worship!" workshops this fall. The theme is on blending traditional and contemporary worship. The schedule is listed below Contact: The Institute for Worship Studies, RQ Box 894, Wheaton, IL 60189-0894; (708) 510-8905.
September 9, Detroit, MI
September II, Lansing, MI
September 16, Grand Rapids, MI
September 18, Goshen, IN
September 30, Indianapolis, IN
October 21, Newark, NJ
October 28, Baltimore-
Wilmington area
November 4, Philadelphia, PA
November 6, Norristown, PA November II, Harrisburg, PA
Fort Worth, Texas, September 25-27, 1995
"Building a Worshiping Church" is the theme of the Fa!! 1995 Leadership Conference on Worship. Contact: Scarborough Institute, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, PO. Box 22598, Fort Worth, TX 76122; (817) 923-1921, ext. 6600.
West Park, NY, September 27-29, 1995
"Music in Worship" workshop at the Holy Cross Monastery (Episcopal) on the Hudson River. Contact: Seiah Publishing Company at (800) 852-6172.
River Forest, IL, October 22-24, 1995
Annual Lectures in Church Music. Contact: Concordia University, 7400 Augusta, River Forest, IL 60305; (708) 771-8300; Fax (708) 209-3176
Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 8-14, 1996
Twenty-First Annual Church Music Explosion. Contact Shirley Reymond, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, 5555 N. Federal Hwy Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308; (305) 771-8840, ext. 172.
Grand Rapids, Ml, January 12-13, 1996
Ninth Annual Symposium on Worship and Church Music at Calvin College. Contact: Department of Music, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Ml 49546; (616) 957-6253.
Grand Rapids, Ml, April 18-20, 1996
"Praise and Lament in the Christian life," with Walter Brueggemann, Elizabeth Achtemeier, and others. Contact: Calvin Seminary, 3233 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, Ml 40546, (616) 957-6036; fax: (616) 957-8621.
RW AUTHORS WIN ACP AWARDS
Congratulations to two Reformed Worship writers who received awards from the Associated Church Press (ACP). The 1994 awards were announced at the annual ACP conference, held this year in Ottawa, Ontario.
Don Saliers received the Award of Excellence in the category "Professional Resource" for his article "Body Language" in RW 32. And James Schaap received an honorable mention in the category "Fiction" for his View from the Pew piece "For a Dime I'd Quit this Committee" (RW 34).
Reformed Worship was one of 83 North American religious publications that submitted a total of 922 entries for 1994. Altogether, 182 publications belong to ACP, an organization devoted to the development and growth of Christian publications.