Music and Worship in the Life of the Church- Meeks, Peckham, MacKenzie, & Zarins

How are music and worship intertwined, and what roles do they play in the life of the Church? Taking the form of a panel discussion with musicians, this dialogue explores the practical outworkings of music and worship. Network participants will be able to put their own questions and scenarios to the panel and learn from their reflections.

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Natalie Meeks, co-leader of the ELF Artists Network, is the President/CEO for Bridge Builders International, which ministers to artists in multiple countries in Europe and the US. As a freelance writer, she has penned articles about ministries all over the world. She is a lover of the classics (secular and spiritual) and enjoys reading and writing poetry. Her Christian faith and confidence in the Scriptures inform her understanding of, communication with, and ministry to artists of all kinds. She and her husband of 20 years reside in Greenville, South Carolina. They have six children, including an adopted son from Latvia.

Colin Peckham is the artistic and ministry director for Origin Ministries, an event-based arts ministry in the central belt in Scotland, and in Cape Town, South Africa. He served as a worship leader, arranger and worship advisor for the 3rd Lausanne Congress and has worked for many years as a worship and music leader in the local church, both in Scotland and South Africa. He currently serves as an orchestra, choir and band director, and arranger & orchestrator with Origin, varying broadly in styles from classical through jazz, blues, gospel, and contemporary Christian music, in venues such as churches, concert halls and public spaces in Scotland and South Africa in both evangelism and worship ministry. He studied music at Edinburgh University and theology with the University of South Africa. He is married to Norma and has a teenage son, Andrew.

Angela MacKenzie is a broadcaster, pianist, vocalist, and worship leader. Her music has travelled all over the world for conferences and concerts in addition through her Facebook live events and weekly television teaching program. Whether in person or through media, Angela’s passion is to be a witness to the glory of God in song and word. Angela has a B.A. degree in music/vocal performance from the University of Central Florida, and an M.A. in apologetics from Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. Angela also holds a number of non-executive positions on several ministry and charitable boards both in the US and the UK (where she currently lives.) With her marriage to Kenneth MacKenzie back in 2014, Angela now has an immediate family of 31 (19 grandchildren). Through media, music, and speaking, Angela continues to advocate for her vision of a place where the artist and the Christian thinker can collaborate.

Ever since his concerto debut at the age of ten, Reinis Zariņš has performed as a concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician throughout Europe and North America. He has participated in prestigious music festivals including the Lucerne Festival, the Bath International Music Festival, and the Scotia Festival of Music. His thoughtful virtuosity has delighted audiences at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, London’s Wigmore hall, New York’s Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow. Reinis has collaborated with leading orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica, and the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, and with conductors Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös, Pablo Heras-Casado, and Andris Poga, among others.

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