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Children's Workshop Combines Music,
Worship Education at General Assembly
Inetta Harris (left) leads Sunday (11/11) rehearsal of a
children's ensemble in preparation to lead Wednesday worship at the Assembly. NCC
Photo.
Noted choral conductor and soloist Inetta Harris, of Greater Cooper AME Zion Church, Oakland, led an Ecumenical Children's Choir Workshop prior to the NCC Assembly. In addition to the music, the ensemble of young singers drawn from East Bay churches worked on other elements of the Wednesday worship service.
Singing wasn't all that entered into the
workshop. The children also engaged in a doing/reflecting exercise that involved
preparing a simple liturgy and prayer, and several elements of a communion
service. Patrice Rosner (left), Director of the NCC's Ministries in Christian
Education, helps Marc mix dough for pretzels used in the worship service, while David and
Patricia (below) work on shaping their pretzels into both liturgical symbols and playful,
fanciful shapes. 
