© 2007-2010 John Thornburg
2009
October 23-25 • Houston, Texas
Worship and song leadership for the Community of Holy Conversation, an initiative in church leadership of the Texas Methodist Foundation
November 8 • Dallas, Texas
Leading a Sunday School class at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church: “Lessons from Cameroon”
December 3 • Dallas, Texas
Worship leadership at the annual carol service for Southern Methodist University
2010
January 9 • Conroe, Texas
Worship leadership for the reunion of those who attended the Texas Conference Youth Academy in the summer of 2009
March 1-2 • San Antonio, Texas
Song leadership for Convocation 2010 of the Southwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church
March 5-7 • Cypress, Texas
Worship leadership for the Communities of Holy Conversation program of the Texas Methodist Foundation
March 8-31 • Melbourne, Australia
Visiting with church musicians in Australia and New Zealand
April 7-9 • Memphis, Tennessee
Facilitating the creativity of a small group of Presbyterian church musicians
April 15-17 • Grand Rapids, Michigan
Featured hymn writer at the Calvin Writers Symposium, Calvin College
May 22-23 • Dallas, Texas
One of three featured hymn text writers (with Carl P. Daw and Delores Dufner) at a festival of hymn writing at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration/ Debut of a new anthem text at the festival
May 28-June 12 • Cameroon, West Africa
Assisting with the second pedagogy CD for the Cameroon Hymnal Initiative of the United Methodist Church
July 6 • Georgetown, Texas
Worship leadership at the second annual Texas Conference Youth Academy
July 9-15 • Birmingham, Alabama
Leadership at the annual meeting of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
August 13-14 • Little Rock, Arkansas
Preaching at the annual program of the Arkansas chapter of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts, “Making the Ordinary Extraordinary”
August 29 • Irving, Texas
Sunday school class presentation on the Cameroon Hymnal Initiative
September 10-12 • Wilmington, North Carolina
Workshop on congregational song, leadership of a vesper service, and Sunday morning song leadership at Wesley Memorial UMC
September 8, 15, 22, 29 • Plano, Texas
Bible study at Christ UMC Men’s Bible Class
September 19 • Richardson, Texas
Sunday school class presentation on the Cameroon Hymnal Initiative
September 21 • Royce City, Texas
Music leadership at the annual revival of First UMC
October 3 • Beaumont, Texas
Music leadership at the World Communion Sunday service at Wesley UMC
October 11-12 • Austin, Texas
Leadership of a retreat for 25 church musicians sponsored by the Texas Methodist Foundation
October 14-16 • Dallas, Texas
Worship leadership at the “Lightening the Burden” event of the General Board of Church and Society (an event devoted to the church’s ministry to and with people living with AIDS)
October 19-23 • Colorado Springs, Colorado
Leadership of the Executive Committee of the Hymn Society in the U.S. and Canada
November 1-4 • Navasota, Texas
Leadership at the Advanced Pastoral Leadership initiative of the Texas Annual Conference of the UMC
December 18 • Dallas, Texas
Teaching the Worship and Sacraments class of the Course of Studies School
2011
February 4-6 • Katy, Texas
Retreat leadership for the Chancel Choir of Holy Covenant UMC, Katy
February 13-15 • Highland Lakes, Texas
Song leadership for a singing revival at Highland Lakes UMC
February 18-19 • Little Rock, Arkansas
BIG SING and workshop leadership for the Arkansas Chapter of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts
March 2-11 • Cameroon, West Africa
Continued work in the pedagogy phase of the Cameroon Hymnal Initiative