Worship and Theology 敬拜與神學

Joshua Law

Professor Joshua Law teaches voice, choir and East Asian music at CCSF since 1972. As a boy, Joshua was fond of singing. He found interest in music in his preteen years when he started to learn to play the piano from his cousin Julia, sang in a church choir, learned music theory from his choir director Jenny K. Wong. Joshua began his music life as a violin player at his high school orchestra. He played trumpet as a teenager and started cello lessons in college because the small college orchestra needed one cellist. He was given free voice lessons in exchange for correcting music theory papers for a voice teacher. At his senior year at college, majoring in Social Work, he won first place in a city wide singing contest that landed him an European tour immediately after his graduation. Joshua was accepted into the graduate music program at Cal State L. A. from which he got his master's degree in music studying voice with Esther Andreas and William Vennard. He is specialized in voice pedagogy and was selected as a vocal workshop singer by Richard Miller. In addition to playing the above mentioned musical instruments, Joshua plays the baritone horn, the trombone, the saxophone and a number of other instruments. Joshua performed, in numerous occasions, leading roles in operas and oratorios, directed oratorio productions and Broadway shows, sang solo concerts, produced many concerts and many music for radio and TV programs and served in numerous singing contests as chief judge. Being known as an excellent vocalist and choir director, Joshua was invited by local and international churches for advice and workshops. To equip himself for such frequent invitations, he had pursued theological education which gave him two more post graduate degrees in theology and pastoral ministry. He maintains a piano tuning and rebuilding workshop at his house and in frequent occasions is invited to give sermons in churches, lectures on the principles and practices of church music all over this country, in Asia, South America and Canada.

Music Ministry Seminar Outline by Joshua Law @1998

MUSIC MINISTRY SEMINAR

OBJECTIVES OF THE SEMINAR:

 

      To produce a very positive and envisioning experience for the participants, and, through providing them with some practical skills and philosophical principles that will clear the way for them, the speaker will seek to enable them to become more effective in their music ministry.

 

PURPOSE OF THE SEMINAR:

  1. To examine the biblical principles of music ministry.
  2. To examine the history of music ministry.
  3. To point out and clarify the problems and misunderstandings of music ministry that may have caused frustrations and failures in lives that are devoted to music ministry AND
  4. To provide some insights and observations that may help solve some of these problems and make music ministry more effective and meaningful.

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Truly know Jesus by Joshua Law

Truly know Jesus.

Scriptures: Luke 24:13-35

Introduction
This is one of the most vivid and insightful accounts of our Lord’s appearances after His resurrection. It is a story that reveals to us not only something about who we are, but how Jesus opens our eyes to see Him for who He is and about how we can come to know Him.

The journey to Emmaus is both a literal and a spiritual journey. The disciples walk seven miles from Jerusalem to their village of Emmaus. It was a physical as well as spiritual journey. The journey that we all take from not recognizing Jesus, to understanding what the Scripture says about Him, to recognizing Him for who He is, and finally to our giving witness of what we have experienced.

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