Understanding Postmodern Cultural Languages
- Presented By: River Church
- Guest Speaker: Dr. Rick Chromey
- Location: The Service Station
- Date & Time: Friday May 18; 7:00p.m. Saturday, May 19th; 10:00a.m. & 1:00p.m.
- Registration Fee: $10.00 (Call 509.710.1319 or email jhickman31 at msn.com to register)
Friday Session One
The World is F-A-T
How well do you know your digital A-B-C’s? MP3, JPEG, GPS, MPEG. The world is now “flat” and “fat.” In this session we’ll investigate how a digital culture is recasting, reshaping and reinventing cultural languages from a modern frame to a postmodern path. We’ll also introduce how the church is largely failing to communicate in these dialects.
Saturday Session 1
“Can You Hear Me Now?” Part I
In a high-tech culture, we long for high-touch moments. So how can the Church give post-moderns a hug? In this session we’ll explore how technology is creating a “hyper-relational” culture that speaks in dialects of community, connection, tolerance and global. We’ll also address how the church might respond to these unique dialects in evangelism, worship, and education.
Saturday Session II
“Can You Hear Me Now?” Part II
Reality television isn’t a fad. It’s here to stay and reflects a universal rising cultural language of “experiential.” Post-moderns hunger for an authentic, participatory, spiritual experience. They’re on a journey into extreme living. They also think with their eyes. Television has single-handedly altered how our culture processes information. Consequently, post-moderns enjoy imaginative, fluid and instantaneous visual communication. They can visually multitask. Consequently, the church (and other institutions) must reinvent how it interacts and communicates through experiences and images. We’ll also brainstorm a few “eye-deas” too!
About Rick Chrome
He is professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, KY. In a quart century of professional youth ministry, Chromey has served churches and colleges as a youth and children’s pastor, professor and trainer.
Chromey graduated with his doctorate from George Fox Seminary in Leadership in the Emerging Culture.
He has authored two books and enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, music and motorcycles.
