St Hilary's Conference 2025 #1

St Hilary’s Conference 2025 #1

Living Worship: A Life of Prayer, Praise and Service

Join our half day conference to dive into what it means to worship our great God with our whole life.

Monday March 24th

•   Morning: 9:30am – 1pm
•   Evening: 6pm - 9:30pm
•   Livestream: 7pm – 9:30pm

Keynote Speaker: Grant Norsworthy

Grant is a speaker and musician, ministering in over 20 countries, serving the Church across denominational and cultural boundaries. A Grammy® - nominated and Dove Award-winning artist, Grant is a former member of Sonicflood and Paul Colman Trio (PC3). Grant is also the founder of More Than Music Mentor, equipping worshipping singers, instrumentalists and technicians in both heart and skill. A frequent contributor to the widely-read online magazine Worship Musician, Grant impacts worshippers worldwide through writing, teaching, and ministry.

Program

Morning

09:30   Check-in / Tea and Coffee
09:45   Prayer and Singing 
           Keynote: Worship: The Greatest Paradox (Grant Norsworthy) 
10:45   Morning Tea
11:00   Electives – 1 (Various)
11:50   Electives – 2  (Various)
12:30   Lunch and Concluding Talk

Evening +Livestream
18:00   Check-in / Light Dinner
19:00   Livestream begins
            Prayer and Singing 
            Keynote: Worship: The Greatest Paradox (Grant Norsworthy) 
20:00   Electives – 1 (Various)
20:45   Electives – 2 (Various)
21:20   Prayer and Concluding Talk
21:30   Close

Cost: 

$20 for Morning or Evening (includes lunch/dinner)

or $10 livestream

Electives

Music as an Expression of Worship (PART1 & PART 2) (Grant Norsworthy - Guest Speaker)
Part 1: Is music important in the life of our Church? Why do we sing? What is its purpose? This elective is designed to benefit all church congregants, although those involved vocally, instrumentally and technically in music within our church should be especially absorbed.
Part 2: What musical, vocal, instrumental and technical choices can we make to more warmly encourage the participation of our congregation in the musical expression of worship? This elective is designed especially with vocalists, instrumentalists and technicians in mind, although other congregants may be interested to attend also.

Worship that’s Attentive to God’s Leading (Adam Cetrangolo) 
We read in John 4:24 – “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”  Our times of worship rightly involve careful thought and planning, however also paramount is making space for God’s Spirit to lead.  How can we effectively achieve both?  This workshop will explore this question and provide some practical resources for actively listening to God’s Spirit before, after and during our times of worship.  This workshop will be especially relevant to those who lead from the front as service leaders, worship leaders, band leaders and prayer leaders, furthermore these practices are transferable to your personal devotional life too.

Living a Life of Gratitude (Tavis Beer and Andrea Murray)
A critical aspect to our worship is having a heart of gratitude towards God. This workshop will explore the virtue of gratitude by looking at its biblical foundations, think through some of the challenges we face in practicing gratitude, and look at some ways we can grow at leading a life of gratitude. This elective is for anyone interested strengthening their relationship with God by amplifying gratitude in their life.

Worship beyond Sunday: Being the Church in your Neighborhood (Mike Urwin)
(Not available online) Beginning with some biblical principles, this workshop will explore how serving our neighbouring community expresses worship.  Using practical examples, we will see how serving the community together can benefit others and also enhance our faith and the witness of the church in our area.

Speaking Scripture in our Daily Life (Kane Lach)
Giving voice to the scripture in our own lives is a powerful way to increase our knowledge of God and deepen our worship. It can encourage and strengthen others too as we remind them of who God is, and it's a great way to bring life back into our bible reading if we're finding it a challenge or unmotivating to read it in our heads! This elective is for anyone looking to approach the scripture in a new way, to increase their confidence in reading the bible out loud in a group or at church and to increase their ability to respond to people in need with the bible.