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ALSO the Liturgy Collective podcast is back on March 19th! The new season features content from our 2023 gathering. Link in bio.

Still not sure about coming to Liturgy Collective next month? Here’s a quick rundown of the numbers! And don’t forget about a couple hundred old and new friends. We’ll see you all in Nashville!

Everybody loves Randall Goodgame! He is the genius behind and a revered member of the Nashville songwriting community. We’re thrilled to have Randall at Liturgy Collective to share his latest Scripture song project with us!

Recording artist, hymn writer and author will be with us in October along with a huge roster of artists from for our Friday evening concert!

Sandra McCracken is a singer-songwriter and hymn writer from Nashville, Tennessee. A prolific recording artist, McCracken has produced 14 solo albums over two decades. Her best selling release, Psalms (2015) received critical acclaim, followed by God’s Highway (2017) which made the top 50 on Billboard Heatseekers chart without a major label. She has had songs featured in TV, including ‘Ten Thousand Angels’ on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy and has over 15 million streams. Blending the old and new, Sandra has also shown a unique ability to recast sacred scripture texts into theologically rich yet accessible songs. Her thoughtful lyrics and gospel melodies in songs like “We Will Feast In The House Of Zion,” “Steadfast" and “Thy Mercy My God” have become staple anthems in churches across the U.S. As a published writer, she contributes a regular column in Christianity Today and released her first book "Send Out Your Light" in September 2021.

So excited to have Rev. Dr. David Kim back with us next month! Liturgy Collective is only a few weeks away and we are getting close to selling out! Register today and we’ll see you in Nashville!

The Worship Pastor by is an indispensable resource for many of us … but did you know that Zac also released TWO new books this year?! We’re thrilled to have Zac back with us in a few weeks!
Zac Hicks (D.Min., Knox Theological Seminary; M.Div., Denver Seminary; B.A., Biola University) is pastor of Church of the Cross in Birmingham, AL. He has been pastoring and leading worship for over two decades in churches all across the US—Hawaii, California, Colorado, Florida, and most recently Alabama. He is author of The Worship Pastor (Zondervan, 2016), Worship By Faith Alone (IVP Academic, 2023), and Before We Gather (Zondervan, 2023).

needs no introduction and we look forward to having him back with us this October. There’s still time to register. We hope to see you in Nashville!
Scotty Smith is Founding Pastor of Christ Community Church, in Franklin TN—a PCA church he planted with friends in 1986. After pastoring CCC for 26 years, Scotty resigned from the staff in May, 2012, to serve the larger Church with his preaching, teaching and writing. He serves as the Teacher in Residence at West End Community Church, Nashville—a daughter church of Christ Community. Scotty also serves as an adjunct faculty member for Covenant Theological Seminary; Westminster Theological Seminary; Philadelphia, Redeemer Seminary, Dallas; and RTS, Orlando. Scotty is a graduate of the University of North Carolina (BA), Westminster Seminary (MAR) and Covenant Seminary (D Min.). Scotty has written a number of books, including Unveiled Hope, Objects of His Affection, and Everyday Prayers. Scotty and his wife, Darlene, have two adult children.

We’re grateful to have musician, theologian, and professor Steve Guthrie with us next month! Steve was previously a fellow and lecturer at St Andrews in Scotland and now teaches at Belmont where he is a Professor of Theology & Religion and the Arts. There are still a few more seats available! Register today!

is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and Covenant Theological Seminary. He has been the RUF Campus Minister at Belmont University since 1995. He previously served as a pastor at Christ Community Church for eight years. In 1999 Kevin began Indelible Grace Music with some of his students. Kevin is an adjunct professor at Covenant Seminary and Belmont University.

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2023 Liturgy Collective Conference: “Sing the Songs of Zion: Beauty & Exile” – byFaith 2023 Liturgy Collective Conference: “Sing the Songs of Zion: Beauty & Exile” By Benjamin Morris September 13, 2023 Photo Credit: Windrider Productions Registration is still open for the Liturgy Collective gathering taking place October 12-14, 2023, at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Nashville, T...

Check out our 2023 conference artwork! Huge thanks to for the work on this. Our theme this fall is Sing the Songs of Zion: Beauty & Exile. If you haven’t registered yet, there are limited seats left and we hope you will join us. And no promises, but we hope to see this on a coffee mug …

By the waters of Babylon,
there we sat down and wept,
when we remembered Zion.
On the willows there
we hung up our lyres.
For there our captors
required of us songs,
and our tormentors, mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
- Psalm 137:1-3

This team of presenters is stacked! We’re thrilled to have from at with us this October! Many of us know and love Bruce’s work with that crowd sources new music for the church.


Bruce Benedict is the Chaplain of Worship Arts at Hope College, MI. He works with a large team of students who seek to steward the creative gifts of Hope College towards the glory of God. He also teaches in the Hope College Center for Ministry Studies and helps to support the work of Awakening, Hope College’s high school worship arts camp. You can listen to Hope College Worship albums at Bandcamp and most online streaming services. Bruce also works to encourage the broader church through Cardiphonia Music and Bellwether Arts.

Fall temperatures have arrived in Tennessee and our team is busy getting ready for you all in October! We hope to see you in Nashville!

We are so excited to have artist and author as a keynote speaker this October at Liturgy Collective! It’s not too late to join us! There are a limited number of seats still available.

Makoto Fujimura is a leading contemporary artist whose process driven, refractive “slow art” has been described by David Brooks of New York Times as “a small rebellion against the quickening of time”. Robert Kushner, in the mid 90’s, written on Fujimura’s art in Art in America this way: “The idea of forging a new kind of art, about hope, healing, redemption, refuge, while maintaining visual sophistication and intellectual integrity is a growing movement, one which finds Makoto Fujimura’s work at the vanguard.”

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Douglas Kaine McKelvey is an author, lyricist, poet, and screenwriter who was born in New Hampshire and grew up in East Texas. His published works include the best-selling prayer book Every Moment Holy: New Liturgies for Daily Life, a critically-acclaimed middle-grade chapter book titled The Angel Knew Papa and the Dog, a novel-length story in Andrew Peterson’s Wingfeather Tales collection (The Places Beyond the Maps), a family book journal (Stories We Shared) and picture books illustrated by Caldecott-Winner Richard Egielski, Thomas Kinkade, and Jamin Still, as well as a new novel currently awaiting publication. McKelvey has also penned more than 300 lyrics recorded by a variety of artists including Switchfoot, Kenny Rogers and Jason Gray. He is a regular contributor to the Rabbit Room website and to the annual Molehill publications. Douglas and his wife Lise live in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

“Practice putting yourself in the path of oncoming beauty. In other words, make time to engage art that has stood the test of time, be that music, painting, sculpture or poetry to name but a few forms available to us.”
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We love Thurman Williams and are excited to have him back with us at Liturgy Collective this October!

Thurman is the founding pastor of New City Fellowship West Church in St. Louis. He also serves as the Director of Homiletics at Covenant Theological Seminary. Prior to planting New City West End in 2019, Thurman served for 5 years as Associate Pastor at Grace & Peace Fellowship in St. Louis. He and his family (wife, Evie and four children) moved to St. Louis from Baltimore, Maryland, where Thurman pastored New Song Community Church for 13 years. Thurman served as a youth pastor and on staff with Young Life in Baltimore prior to the time at New Song. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Chesapeake Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Covenant.

"The Liturgy Collective balanced well its offerings of worship services, lecture content, and space to think and meditate. At one point, the conference was called a ‘retreat’ and I think that was an apt description. Pastors, music leaders, choir members, and many others gathered to hear great content, have their imaginations sparked anew, and be sent back in to their church contexts revitalized and ready to lead. I'd recommend this conference to any who can join next year!"

- Liturgy Collective Attendee

serves as Embers International’s CEO, where she leads the strategy and engagement that fuels Embers’ growth and vision. Haejin is also the founder and managing partner of Shim & Associates PC and an experienced lawyer. She founded her law firm with the vision of cultural renewal for the legal industry and has its offices in New York and New Jersey. In addition, Haejin is the president of Academy Kintsugi, and with her husband leads the movement of “Beauty + Justice.” She also serves as the team leader of NYC Advocacy & Mobilization Team of International Justice Mission, the largest antislavery organization in the world. She has served on the board of a number of nonprofit organizations.

Liturgy Collective is a gathering that fosters rest, connection, and growth for church musicians, pastors, and worshippers. Whether your are a musician, a pastor, or a worshipper, we hope you’re making plans to join us at in Nashville this October.

Internationally-acclaimed cellist, Steuart Pincombe will be with us this October. We hope you’re making plans to join us!

The American cellist, Steuart Pincombe, quickly made a name for himself as an exquisite interpreter of early and contemporary music who was keen to experiment. Steuart is regularly featured as a soloist and chamber musician in in leading venues across North America and Europe including Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Concertgebouw Brugge, RADIALSYSTEM V Berlin, Bozar Brussels, Tivoli Vredenburg, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and the Kauffman Center, but he is equally at home playing in your local cafe or brewery. His playing has garnered wide acclaim from the public and critics alike: The Philadelphia Inquirer calls him “a gorgeous player with perfect intonation, imaginative phrasing”, The Strad Magazine refers to him as a “superb soloist”, virtuoso cellist Giovanni Sollima calls Steuart “a complete artist, true virtuoso and poet, totally at ease with all languages and musical styles”, and an audience member once said “You’da asked me a week ago if I’sa gonna be here, I’da said ‘hell no’. Well I’m here - and I love this stuff [Bach]”.

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We are excited to have Dr. Ligon Duncan with us this year at Liturgy Collective! We hope you are making plans to join us!

Ligon Duncan is the Chancellor/CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary and the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology. He is also currently serving as President of RTS Jackson. Ligon was born in Greenville, SC, and reared in the home of an eighth generation Presbyterian ruling elder. A 1983 graduate of Furman University (B.A. History), he received the M.Div. and M.A. (Historical Theology) from Covenant Theological Seminary. He earned the Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh, New College, Scotland, in 1995 (under the supervision of renowned Reformation and Patristics scholar, David F. Wright). While in Scotland he also studied Systematic Theology at the Free Church of Scotland College (now Edinburgh Theological Seminary) with Professor Donald Macleod.

“I feel like in some ways I’ve been waiting my whole ministry for this conference”

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We’re thrilled to officially announce that will be at Liturgy Collective for a LIVE CONCERT & RECORDING on Fri, Oct 13. Conference attendees will receive priority admission. Additional tickets available on Eventbrite.

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Anchor Hymns is a multigenerational collective of artists creating songs of substance from both a lyrical, theological, and musical frame. With roots spanning across generations past and yet-to come, as well diverse ethnic backgrounds, these songs create a place where honesty can be found in community, while simultaneously looking towards what's ahead with gratitude.

Student discounts are available using the code STUDENT99! We hope you’re making plans to join us in Nashville!

Liturgy Collective is thrilled to partner with St. George’s Episcopal Church to welcome the work of Makoto Fujimura to the Bradford Gallery this fall. In addition to being a contemporary artist whose distinctive “slow art” has been featured in galleries and museums around the world, Fujimura is a speaker, writer, and advocate. Though he once considered these paintings too dark and incomplete for any of his exhibitions; however, he recently discovered a “brightness to their countenance.” The exhibit, titled My Bright Abyss: Paintings and Prints, explores the living hope of Christian faith amongst the darkness and lament that can be found in everyday life: quite literally seeking the light amongst the dark. Join us for the opening reception with a special presentation by the artist. More details at stgeorgesnashville.org/gallery.

Liturgy Collective attendees will receive special access to the exhibition opening including an artist talk from Mr. Fujimura.

We have a few big announcements coming at you this week! Keep an eye on this space or sign up for our newsletter on our website! See you all in October!