Music & Worship Arts Week (MWAW) is a multi-generational event hosted by The Fellowship of Worship Artists in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina at Lake Junaluska. This annual event is designed for worship leaders, musicians, artists, dancers, actors, and pastors of all denominations who seek education and renewal in a spirit of inclusivity and grace. All are welcome as we walk together through this year's theme: The Gardens of God.

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The story of our relationship with the Divine begins in a garden, planted by God, teaming with life; the tree of knowledge of good and evil at its center. God walked with us there, searched for us there, longed to be with us there. And the story of the power of God's love for us – a love stronger even than death – begins in yet another garden, where the resurrected Jesus is mistaken for the very gardener himself. Our story ultimately ends in a garden with the creation of a new heaven and a new earth, with a tree of life at its center and the water of life running through it. The garden is the place where we learn to cultivate the gospel; where we learn what fruitfulness and faithfulness look like from soil and seed; from bushes and branches. It is here, with God the Gardener, that we learn to live, to grow, to be harvest, to die... and how to begin, anew. 

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Each morning's opening worship service will offer an opportunity to encounter our living God as we are guided through the gardens of Creation (Gen. 2:4b-3:11), Gethsemane (Matt. 26:36-56), Resurrection (John 20:1-18), Re-Creation (Rev. 22:1-5), and, finally, God's Garden (1 Cor. 3:1-9), by the members of our worship design team. The incomparable beauty of the surroundings around Lake Junaluska will serve to extend our walks through God's gardens as we journey between rehearsals, meals, seminars, and fellowship gatherings.

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Music & Worship Arts Week (MWAW) will also offer the opportunity to work with and learn from renowned leaders in the fields of worship arts, make new friends and reconnect with colleagues, be renewed in a beautiful setting, and worship daily in creative and inspiring ways. Much like the gardens of the Bible or the gardens of your own life, our week together has been described as "one of the most palpable examples of God's artistic gifts at work." This multi-generational event is designed for worship leaders, musicians, artists, dancers, actors, and pastors of all denominations who seek education and renewal in a spirit of inclusivity and grace. It is a place to be nurtured and a place to grow.​​

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Join us as we are reminded of what it means to be rooted in God's love so that we may rise up and serve this world, and offer peace and refuge to all who walk the world with us. Take some time to learn more about this transformative event and then register today! Early bird registration ends on February 28th!