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Amplify Possibility: Enlisting Young People for the Ministry of Cantor

Amplify Possibility: Enlisting Young People for the Ministry of Cantor

by giasoundboard | Jan 11, 2021 | Cantors, Catechesis and Formation, Channels, Musical Leadership

January is National Mentorship Month. This article, originally published in the Summer 2020 issue of GIA Quarterly, is shared as part of our month-long focus on mentorship. FOR NEARLY FORTY YEARS, I have recruited and trained people from teenagers to elders for the...
Amplify Change: Mentorship and Ministry

Amplify Change: Mentorship and Ministry

by giasoundboard | Jan 8, 2021 | Channels, Ministerial Considerations, Partner Sites

January is National Mentorship Month. This article is part of a collaboration between GIA and the One Call Institute. Learn more about OCI below. Without a doubt there are many throughout my life I would consider a mentor. Mentors play a critical role especially for...
Portrait of a Music Mentor

Portrait of a Music Mentor

by giasoundboard | Jan 6, 2021 | Channels, Ministerial Considerations, Musical Leadership

This article first appeared in the Fall 2020 issue of GIA Quarterly magazine. SHE COULDN’T HAVE BEEN MORE THAN FIVE FEET TALL. Shorter, I’m sure, since I can remember that the top of her head was barely visible from the other side of the organ. That poof of red hair...

Understanding Differences in Generational Experience

by giasoundboard | Jul 26, 2020 | Channels, Ministerial Considerations, Musical Leadership, Webinars

Understanding Differences in Generational Experiences Sometimes it feels like members of different generations weren’t just born in separate time periods but that they speak a completely different language. Though we are alive at the same time in history,...

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