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Rhonda Edgington

An Orchestra at Your Fingertips: Organ Possibilities in Worship

This session is for organists, aspiring organists, the curious, and the inquisitive. No one person has as many sounds at their disposal [or as many keys and buttons!] as an organist. Let's discover new sounds together in this session by listening to new organ music for worship, learning ways to incorporate the organ into your services [even if you don't have a regular organist], and exploring some of the many tonal possibilities the organ has to offer.  

Video Video | July 19, 2023

Wendell Kimbrough and Paul Ryan

Writing and Choosing Songs for Singing

What makes a song singable? Meet with Paul Ryan and Wendell Kimbrough as they discuss the morning worship service held in the chapel [10:30–10:50 a.m.] and the qualities of congregational song that help the church join its voices as one.

Video Video | July 19, 2023

Angela Williams Gorrell and Joanna Wigboldy

Discerning Leadership with Students

How can mentors help students discern the leadership roles God has called them to in the church and on campus? In this seminar, Joanna Wigboldy will walk through the process she uses in the ministry leadership class at Calvin University to help students find ways to practice leadership, build community, and love the church. The seminar will center the voices and stories of Calvin students who have been through this discernment process and will honestly explore the ways it helped them enter specific leadership roles as well as what learning gaps they had when they entered those roles. Responses by Angela Williams Gorrell.

Video Video | July 19, 2023

James Abbington, Stephanie Boddie, Brandon Boyd, Jean Kidula, Pauline Muir

Worship Music from Africa and the African Diaspora

What a gift to have in a single conversation leading experts on the rich history of Christian worship music in the continent of Africa as well as from African diaspora communities in the United States and England! What treasures and insights from this rich history should be more celebrated and cherished? What misunderstandings should be corrected? How can we learn from this rich history without misappropriating it? What signature examples of congregational song should we all learn more about and from? How can we all continue to learn more and explore more deeply connections across continents and Christian traditions?  

Video Video | July 19, 2023

María Eugenia Cornou, Jean Ngoya Kidula, David Lemley, Pauline Muir and Melanie C. Ross

Glocal Perspectives on Contemporary Praise and Worship

Every Sunday, thousands of worshiping communities in the United States and all over the world rely completely or partially on contemporary praise and worship [CP&W] in corporate worship. How has CP&W evolved, what are the movement’s main trends, and how is it experienced around the world? How is CP&W shaping Christians’ understanding of God, themselves, and the world? Join us to learn from renowned scholars in the field.

Video Video | July 19, 2023

Dru Johnson

Biblical Thinking for the Regular Folks and Leaders in Your Church

This workshop is designed for interested lay folks, ministry leaders, and pastors for the sake of exploring the expansive intellectual/spiritual tradition of scripture. The biblical thought-world can hold its own with the ancient Greeks and modern scientific enterprise alike, yet we often don’t understand how scripture’s “thinking” can guide us through the thorniest issues in our culture. This workshop will help participants learn to think alongside the biblical authors by accessing the coherent systems of ideas across the Old and New testaments that not only permeate our own cultural and intellectual traditions, but offer a sophisticated critique of our society.

Video Video | July 19, 2023

Wendell Kimbrough

Singing Psalms in Modern Worship

The psalms were written to be sung. But if your church favors guitar and band-led modern worship, how do you sing the psalms? Songwriter Wendell Kimbrough answers this question through the use of short antiphonal psalm refrains that are singable and memorable for his congregation and provide a musical entry point into a psalm. They have become a beloved staple in his home congregation’s worship. In this workshop, Wendell will share some favorite psalm refrains, discuss the mechanics of their use, and respond to questions from attendees. The goal is for all attendees to go home with a plan for regularly incorporating musical psalms into their worship services.

Video Video | July 19, 2023

Carlos Colón

Writing Songs of Lament and the New Creation 

Drawing from Psalms, Colossians, Revelation, and the global church, Carlos Colón invites us to write texts and songs of lament, protest, and hope. We will examine ways to give voice in our worship and prayer gatherings to our pain, our questions, and our desire for deep hope and the healing of all creation. We will examine songs with these themes in the "Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy" hymnal and in classical and contemporary sources.

Video Video | July 19, 2023

Lena Crouso, Aaron L. Henry, Brianna Parker, Mark VanderWerf, Kristen Verhulst and Jeremiah Wheeler

Creating a Sense of Belonging with Youth in Worship and Church Life

What does it mean to be religious? Spiritual? How does a sense of place, identity, culture, and embodied engagement relate to a young person’s sense of belonging to Christ’s church, including the public worship gathering? We will explore these questions and share stories about how young people actively participate in the life of the church.

Video Video | July 19, 2023

James Abbington and Brandon A. Boyd

Choral Reading Session

Come learn and sing through a selection of choral pieces for use in worship. Packets provided by GIA Publications, Inc.

Video Video | July 19, 2023

W. David O. Taylor

Hardwired to Sing: Entrainment, lnteractional Synchrony, and the Spirit-ed Magic of Corporate Song

How can science help us understand what happens when Christians sing together in a common physical space? What are the neural and relational benefits of singing? This session will explore how the Holy Spirit works through what Christians in previous centuries have called “the second book of God”: nature, or the gifts of the physical world.

Video Video | July 19, 2023

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Lessons for Leading Singing

Join the twenty-minute University worship service and then gather with the Calvin University Worship Apprentices, who will reflect on their chapel planning process and share lessons learned about leading congregational singing.

Video Video | July 19, 2023

Jaime Lázaro

La Adoración Visual Creativa como Forma de Promover una Mayor Participación y Accesibilidad

La Iglesia de Dios Casa Ebenezer en Kissimmee, Florida se involucró durante el 2022 en el Programa de Becas para Congregaciones Hispanas del Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, y pudo desarrollar el proyecto “De Corazón a Corazón”, que ha traído un despertar en la adoración y vitalidad a esta congregación.

Feature Story Feature Story | July 18, 2023

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The Book of Ezekiel

A reflection on the preaching texts for the 2024 Calvin Symposium on Worship

Article Article | June 13, 2023

Reformed Worship

Reformed Worship Changes Publisher

On July 1, ownership of 'Reformed Worship' will transition from the CRCNA to the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (CICW) to better reflect its ecumenical audience.

News Item News Item | June 07, 2023

Ken Boer

Ken Boer on Biblevox: Memorizing Scripture through Song

For many Christians, Bible verses and passages are often easier to memorize when set to music. Worship pastor Ken Boer designed the website Biblevox to help people find word-for-word scripture songs.

Conversation Conversation | May 30, 2023

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2023 Symposium on Worship Slideshow

A slideshow of images from the 2023 Calvin Symposium on Worship

Slideshow Slideshow | May 25, 2023

Ascension Resource Guide

This list of Ascension Day resources, including songs, reflections, visual arts, and readings, will help you plan worship for Ascension Day, traditionally celebrated 40 days after Easter. Ascension Day worship services celebrate Jesus Christ ascending into heaven after giving his disciples the Great Commission.

Resource Guide Resource Guide | May 03, 2023

Pentecost Resource Guide

This list of Pentecost resources, including hymns, songs, visual arts, books, and sermon ideas, will help you plan worship for Pentecost Sunday, traditionally celebrated 50 days after Easter. Pentecost celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit on Jesus’ disciples, marked by a strong wind, tongues of fire, and manifested in the disciples’ speaking in foreign languages.

Resource Guide Resource Guide | April 28, 2023

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46 Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants Awarded

The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (CICW) announces with gratitude forty-six new Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants to recipients across the United States and Canada, including five Teacher-Scholar grants and forty-one Worshiping Communities grants.

News Item News Item | April 14, 2023

 

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