The Ministry and Missions Department through its Worship Leadership program offers several seminars addressing high interest topics. These seminars are open to the university community and the general public. They are intended to enhance the curriculum and offer practical service to local churches. 

The seminars are hosted by
Bob Myers, Instructor in Worship Leadership and feature university faculty, guest speakers, and various media.

All workshops start at 4:30 p.m. in room 150 of the Merillat Centre for the Arts on the Huntington University campus.

The seminar topics and presenters for 2006-2007 include the following:

	“Worship in cross-cultural contexts: Learning from a few West African moments” Doug Anthony Ethnomusicologist worship pastor Oct. 24, 4:30 p.m., room 150 of MCA The negotiation of meaning and values is an ongoing process in every cultural group – discover some tools for creating a cultural analysis or ethnology of your own ministry setting as we examine some musical expressions and experiences among West African churches. Material will include audio, video and anecdotal examples from studies and teaching in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Indonesia and the Philippines. Details >>
	“Pastor/Worship Leadership Role" Dr. Bob Myers Assistant Professor of Worship Leadership Nov. 28, 4:30 p.m., room 150 of MCA The relationship between the pastor and the worship leader is one of the most important in the local church.  Both share the platform and have play a vital role in the design and leadership of the primary corporate gathering of the church. If the relationship is healthy, corporate worship usually thrives with great benefit to the congregation. All too often, however, the relationship between pastor and worship leader is strained, diminishing the worship life of the entire congregation. This seminar will explore the relational dynamics between the senior leader of the church and the worship leader. Personality types and ministry roles will be compared with the goal of greater mutual understanding in this vital relationship. The seminar is appropriate for aspiring worship leaders or pastors, personnel committees, and those who are currently serving as senior pastor or worship leader.
	“Honoring the Hymns: Helping Traditional Songs Come Alive for Contemporary Congregations" Dr. Bob Myers Assistant Professor of Worship Leadership March 27, 4:30 p.m., room 150 of MCA

About the Presenters

Doug Anthony

Doug Anthony uses his gifts of leadership and musicianship to help the people of Shawnee Alliance Church use the arts to create an environment where people will experience God and express their faith and love for God and each other. His ministry is largely carried out through capable lay leaders. Equipping and nurturing leaders are some of his greatest priorities. Doug’s ministry has extended beyond Shawnee Alliance to include leadership in several events involving many of the churches in the Lima area. He also trains leaders both locally and in other countries how to facilitate worship and to better understand the music and worship languages of their people.

Doug received his bachelor’s degree in music from Nyack College in Nyack, N.Y. He is an alumnus of Alliance Theological Seminary (also Nyack, N.Y.), an ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and holds a master’s degree in ethnomusicology at Bowling Green State University to better prepare him for equipping worship leaders in other parts of the world.

Doug has been blessed with an extraordinary family who have traveled and taught with him on occasion. He receives great assistance from his wife Mary Lu (also holds a BA in music) and great enjoyment from his three sons, Taylor (16), Kyle (13) and Eric (9).

Dr. Bob Myers

Dr. Bob Myers joined the Huntington University Ministry and Missions Department in the fall of 2005. As assistant professor of worship Leadership, Myers will head up the new Worship Leadership program initiated at HU in 2004.

Myers holds a BA degree in music from Biola University and a Master of Music in choral conducting from California State University. He earned his Doctor of Worship Studies from the Institute for Worship Studies in Orange Park, Fla., in 2006.

Myers comes to Huntington from Sioux City, Iowa, where he served as pastor of worship at Central Baptist Church. As a pastor there since 1997, Myers planned and led both traditional and contemporary worship, oversaw various vocal and instrumental ensembles, taught classes on worship, and instituted the "Living Christmas Tree," a program attended by more than 6,000 people each year. In 2004, he also instituted "Soli Deo Gloria," an annual classical choral concert to be performed from a devotional perspective.

Myers previously served as a pastor at two other churches and has also taught as an adjunct at Northwestern College in Iowa and in various Christian school settings.  His professional experience includes serving as worship leader for a Promise Keepers gathering, worship leader for the International Center for Biblical Counseling Biennial Conference and as Chairman for several Association of Christian Schools International children's choral festivals in Orange County, Calif.