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CONTACT: Suzanne C. Miller
Assistant Director of Public Relations
Office: (717) 691-6027 ext. 1
E-mail: scmiller@messiah.edu

Messiah College to host
Worship and the Arts symposium

GRANTHAM, Pa. (September 24, 2004) — Messiah College’s School of the Arts, the Department of Music and College Ministries will host a Worship and the Arts Symposium on Friday, Oct. 15, from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. The Symposium will be held in Hostetter Chapel, located on the college’s Grantham campus and is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. To register or for more information, e-mail pbongior@messiah.edu.

The Symposium will explore some of the key issues surrounding worship and the arts within today’s Christian community. Sessions will feature people from diverse denominational backgrounds who represent various perspectives relating to worship and the arts. Presenters will include Susanna Caroselli, professor of art and religion at Messiah; Geoff Twigg, worship pastor at West Shore Evangelical Church ; Myron Sauder, teacher and musician at Old Order River Brethren Church ; and Dan Baker, minister of music and drama at Christian Life Assembly of God. The day’s activities will also include performances by guest artists as well as members of Messiah College ’s Christian music studies faculty.

About Messiah College

Messiah College , a private Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences, enrolls more than 2,900 undergraduate students in 60 majors. Established in 1909, the primary campus is located in Grantham , Pa. , near the state capital of Harrisburg . A satellite campus affiliated with Temple University is located in Philadelphia .

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ARTICLE DATE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2004
ARTICLE NUMBER: MC-118-04

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