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Educator, Ritual Artist, Adventurer

Marcia McFee, PhD is a professor, worship designer, author, preacher and ritual artist. Drawing on a first career in professional dance and musical theater and equipped with a Master's in Theology and a PhD in Liturgical Studies and Ethics, she understands the role of any worship artist in the church as that of creating extraordinary portals through which communities journey with the Spirit. The task is at once deeply theological and wonderfully artistic.


"Worship is grand Story enacted, not just told. It is the human adventure writ large and passionately visioned. McFee gets all this deep in her bones. Clearly, she is one of the most masterful worship guides to appear in decades."

– Sally Morgenthaller

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Connecting worship professionals and volunteers to their passion and depth of spiritual leadership is Dr. Marcia's aim in teaching and consulting as well as equipping them with skills to carry this out. She travels extensively, teaching and holding worship planning retreats. Dr. McFee has designed and led worship for regional, national and international gatherings of several denominations for the last 25 years. She is the creator and visionary of the Worship Design Studioan online experience of coaching, education, inspiration hat currently serves over 1000 congregations. She is the author of The Worship Workshop, a workbook for worship teams and, as an avid skier, wrote Spiritual Adventures in the Snow: Skiing and Snowboarding as Renewal for Your Soul. Her third book, Think Like a Filmmaker: Sensory-Rich Worship for Unforgettable Messages, has become a best-seller and is utilized by churches and seminaries all over the world. Hundreds of individuals have travelled to study with her at annual retreats at Lake Tahoe over the last 12 years.