The Re-Imagining Worship Project, a project of the Council for World Mission, facilitates the creation of life-affirming liturgies from around the world. This project began with four multi-day workshops around the world in 2018-2019: Manila, Philippines; Kingston, Jamaica; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Sicily, Italy.
PARTICIPANTS and PARTNERS
Ms. Moe Nilar
M.Th (Mission) Thesis,
Myanmar Institute of Theology
Yangon, Myanmar
Dan González-Ortega
President,
Theological Community of Mexico
Mexico
Andy Braunston
Minister
United Reformed Church
Scotland
Yohana Agra Junker
Faculty Associate Theology, Spirituality, and the Arts
Pacific School of Religion
Berkeley, USA
Rev. Dr. Dennis Mbita Sikazwe
Synod Communications and Media Relations Secretary
United Church of Zambia,
Lusaka, Zambia
Daniela Gennrich
Lay Canon, Anglican Diocese of Natal, and
Coordinator, We Will Speak Out South Africa.
South Africa
Eliseo Pérez Álvarez
Asociate Professor of Systematic Theology
United Theological College of the University of the West Indies
Jamaica
Ulrich Schmiedel
Lecturer in Theology, Politics and Ethics
University of Edinburgh,
Scotland, UK
Xolani Maseko
Pastor & Part Time Lecturer
Catholic University of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo Campus
Zimbabwe
Violet Cucciniello Little
Pastor and Developer
The Welcome Church
United States
Sophia Chirongoma
Senior lecturer in the Religious Studies Department
Midlands State University, Zimbabwe.
Academic Associate/Research Fellow
The Research Institute for Theology and Religion (RITR) in the College of Human Sciences,
University of South Africa (UNISA).
Faafetai Aiavā
Ordained Minister
Congregational Christian Church
Samoa
Thomas R. Gaulke
Pastor, Ph.D. Candidate at the Lutheran School of Theology
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Maria Ling
Lay Pastor, Postulant in the Diocese of Toronto,
Anglican Church of Canada
Canada/Singapore
Gerald C. Liu
Assistant Professor of Worship and Preaching,
Princeton Theological Seminary
USA
Karl James Evasco-Villarmea, PhD
Associate Professor,
Silliman University
Philippines
Christopher Elwood
Professor of Historical Theology,
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
United States of America
Cecilia Castillo Nanjarí
Teóloga feminista pentecostal
Santiago de Chile
Rev. Doran Munsimbwe
The United Church of Zambia,
Zambia
Gerardo Oberman
Coordinator of Red Crearte
Liturgical network of music and liturgical resources
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Carlos Omar Tapia Leyva
MA student, Theological Community of Mexico;
Candidate for ordained ministry in The Evangelical Covenant Church of Mexico
Amy Casteel
PhD candidate,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
United States
Giulia Dalmonte Feliz
World Student Christian Federation
Italy
Canon T. J. Gumede
Anglican Church Diocese of Natal
South Africa
Nelly Mwale
Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies,
University of Zambia
Zambia
Joseph Chita
Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies,
University of Zambia
Zambia
David Elliott
3rd Year Bachelor of Theology Seminarian
Seth Mokitimi Methodist Semimary – Pietermaritzburg
South Africa
Ann Hidalgo
Mary P. Key Diversity Resident Librarian,
The Ohio State University Libraries
United States
Dorothea Haspelmath-Finatti
Researcher and Lecturer for Liturgical Studies and Ecumenism,
University of Vienna
Austria
Roshanna Gillis
Pastor of Immanuel Congregational Church
Guyana
Kakay M. Pamaran
Union Theological Seminary
City of Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines
Angelica Tostes
MA in Religious Studies
Methodist University of São Paulo
Brazil
Adam Vander Tuig
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
United States of America
Carl Petter Opsahl
Musician and associate professor
MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
Oslo, Norway
Bong Sher Li Shirley
Parish Worker (Creative Arts Ministry),
Chapel of the Resurrection
Singapore
Tércio Bretanha Junker
Dean of the Chapel
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
United States
Pichet Jantarat
Lecturer in Church History, Mission and Evangelism
McGilvary College of Divinity, Payap University
Chiangmai, Thailand
Lindah Tsara,
PhD student
University of Kwazulu Natal
Zimbabwe
Ching-Yu Huang
PhD Student,
Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto
Canada
Miranda Threlfall-Holmes,
Team Rector,
St Luke in the City Team Parish, Church of England Diocese of Liverpool,
England
Silvia Rapisarda
Unione Cristiana Evangelica Battista d’Italia
Italy
Thomas R. Whelan
Associate Professor of Liturgical Theology
Visiting Lecturer at St Patrick’s University College, Maynooth, Ireland
Ireland
Lilian Cheelo Siwila
Associate Professor Systematic Theology and Gender Studies
University of KwaZulu Natal
South Africa
Suk-Yi Pang
Honorary Minister,
The Church of Christ in China
Hong Kong
Beatrice D Okyere-Manu
University of KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
Thomas R. Gaulke
Pastor, Ph.D. Candidate at the Lutheran School of Theology
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Heather Walton
Professor of Theology and Creative Practice
University of Glasgow,
Scotland
Rev. Daylíns Rufín Pardo
Professor of Ecumenics,
Faith and Society at Evangelical Theological Seminary and Oscar Arnulfo Romero Center
Cuba
Janet Walton
Professor Emerita of Worship
Union Theological Seminary
New York, NY
Jingyi Ji
Lecturer
Yanjing Theological Seminary
Beijing China
Rev. Sajeev Thomas
Mar Thoma Church
India
Rev. Samuel Mhone Kalopa
Lecturer
Zomba Theological College in Malawi
A PhD candidate at Mzuzu University
Mauleen R. Henry
Regional Deputy General Secretary
United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
Montego Bay, Jamaica, West Indies
Manila, Philippines – August 2018
PARTNERS
- National Council of Churches in the Philippines – Ms. Minnie Anne Mata Calub., Acting General Secretary, Prof.Dr. Rommel F. Linatoc, Program Secretary -Christian Unity and Ecumenical Relations, Hannah Santillan
- Partnership of Ecumenical Religious Leaders And Solidarity (PERLAS) Bataan – Rev. Genesis Antonio
- Church People Workers Solidarity – Mr. Antonio Balbin
- Rise Up for Life and for Rights – Deaconess Rubylin Litao
- Promotion of Church People’s Response – Mr. Nardy Sabino
- Katribu – Ms. Pya Malayao
- Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (Ecuvoice) – Dr. Anie Bautista, Rebecca Lawson
Johannesburg, South Africa
PARTNERS- Marikana – Rev Jeff Batselakng
- Soweto – Rev Khanyiswa Minya
- Alexandra – Nomvula Nkonyane
- Johannesburg CBD – Mamodise Morobe
Johannesburg, South Africa
PARTNERS
- Tivoli Committee – Lloyd D’Aguilar, Convenor, Marjorie Hinds, Marjorie Williams, Nicola Bryce Wilson
- Rastafarian Bobo Camp or Black Liberation Congress – Ras Marcel Kelly, Ken Wilson
- Sizzla Youth Foundation – Jango
- Agency for Inner City Renewal – Dr. Henley Morgan, Executive Chairman
- Bryce United Church – Rev. Gary and Mrs. Dionne Harriott, Minister and Spouse, Rev. Lembe Sivile
Sicily, Italy
PARTNERS-
Case delle Culture – Giovanna Scifo (director of Casa delle Culture), Piero Tasca (in charge of communications area of Casa delle Culture), Francesco Sciotto (pastor of local Church), Franzo Trovato (president of local council of the church), Teresella Mania ( director of Opera Diaconale Metodista), Ziri Salem (Imam of mosque of Scicli), Padre Gianni Treglia (Caritas Diocesana Modica), Alberto Mallardo (operator of Mediterranean Hope in Lampedusa). Case delle Culture Staff: Ivana De Stasi, Redouane El Khadiri, Gerardo Filippini, Mauro Covato, Clarissa Di Quattro, Bartolo Ereddia. Case delle Culture volunteers: Zaela, Luisa, Antonia, Marine, Elisa, Gioia, Emilia, Francesca. Ron Dauphin (american pastor of ucc)