Our lives as people of faith and people in a challenging labor force have in recent years have becoming increasingly fractured. We feel the fabric of our allegiances torn and experience a growing fear to live out our identity in Christ fully in public spaces. We need to be workers who, as Kaemingk and Willson have said,
“Through prayer and petition, thanksgiving and lament, she practices laying down her work before the larger work of God. The torn cloth of her faith and her work can be mended in and through her worship.”
Come explore at this year’s Annual Faith + Work Conference how our labor can be transformed and integrated into our liturgies of worship both on Sunday mornings and Monday through Friday.
This event will include seminars/panels/workshops from thoughtful practitioners who are fully engaged in promoting God's design for flourishing in every area of our lives.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided along with time to connect with fellow attendees and our speakers.
WHEN:
Saturday, May 6, 2023
9:00–3:00 PM PT
WHERE:
Tapestry LA — 1521 S Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
SPEAKERS
Matthew Kaemingk, Author & Professor
Rev. Dr. Matthew Kaemingk is project lead for worshipforworkers.com and the coauthor of Work & Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor & Liturgy (Baker Academic, 2020). He is a professor at Fuller Seminary where he serves as the director of the Mouw Institute for Faith and Public Life. Matthew has been researching, teaching, and leading in the area of marketplace ministry for the past 15 years.
Kara Martin, Author, Editor & Adjunct Professor
Kara authored Workship: How to Use Your Work to Worship God, and Workship 2: How to Flourish at Work; co-author of Keeping Faith: How Christian Organisations Can Stay True to the Way of Jesus, and co-editor of Transforming Vocation: Connecting Theology, Church, and the Workplace for a Flourishing World. She is a lecturer at Mary Andrews College, an Adjunct Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Visiting Fellow at Mockler Center for Faith & Ethics in the Public Square.
WORSHIP
Shelley Scarr Hovsepian, Background Vocalist & Worship Leader
Shelley is a background vocalist for TV, film, and various recording artists. She is also a worship leader and vocal director for Saddleback Church, serving at their many California campuses.
Kevin Rodriguez, Worship Leader
Stephan Hovsepian, Instrumentalist
Kevin has served as a Worship Leader through the years, for various churches including The Church on the Way (Santa Clarita), Higher Vision Church (Valencia) and The Highlands Christian Fellowship (Palmdale). He finds great satisfaction in being able to serve others and has enjoyed his time serving as a Worship Leader at Pacific Crossroads Church.
Stephan is a highly regarded multi-instrumentalist specializing in violin, mandolin, and guitar. He has had the honor of spending the past 20 years on the road or in the studio with some of the music industry’s top performers. In addition to being a performer, he is also a string arranger, contractor, producer, music director, and songwriter.
