Rev. Susan Valiquette of First Church UCC Phoenix attended last year’s Convergence Music Project conference and writes:
I am now on the planning team of the Converging 2025 Conference. This was a deeply spiritual experience for me. It was like the best of summer camp and a soulful retreat that sparked theological musings in worship and music.
The Converging Conference is a great opportunity for a pastor, worship leader, worship committee, and/or music team for an injection of fresh energy and excitement around worship and music. Many of our churches are hungry for theology in lyrics that represent what we believe.
If you are not familiar with the Convergence Music Project (www.convergencemp.com), CMP is a rapidly growing online source of new music for congregational singing that congregations and denominations committed to justice, compassion for the poor, inclusive language, creation care, LBGTQ+ affirmation, and expansive theology can trust.
There are a host of well-known theologians, clergy, and artists at the heart of CMP, including Brian McLaren, Diana Butler Bass, and Otis Moss III.
Brian McLaren as quoted on the CMP website says,
"For decades now, we've been having "worship wars," where we argued about musical style in public worship but didn't pay much attention to the content and spiritual formation value of the songs we argued about. Convergence Music Project represents a "worship renaissance," bringing together a new generation of songwriters who are writing songs that are theologically thoughtful, artistically satisfying, congregationally singable, and musically enjoyable.” Brian McLaren
Please check out the event website to see the list of exciting keynote speakers and musicians who will be featured at the conference.