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Resource Guide | December 01, 2023 Advent and Christmas Resource Guide This is a guide to Advent and Christmas worship planning resources from our website and our ministry partners' websites. Resource Guide | November 13, 2023 Visual Arts in Lent- Introduction Pictures from the season of lent from several churches. Slideshow | March 06, 2023 Lent Resource Guide This list of Lenten art, music, devotions, liturgies, books, and sermons will help you plan worship for Lent and includes resources for Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday. Resource Guide | February 20, 2023 Recommended Songs for Reformation Day or All Saints' Day Worship Services In every time and place, imperfect and broken people who have been made saints through Jesus Christ are called to offer their gifts readily and cheerfully for the service and enrichment of the body of Christ. Resource Guide | October 13, 2022 Christ the King Sunday Worship Planning Marking the kingship of Christ makes a healthy transition that leads directly from Ordinary Time into Advent, the Christmas cycle, and the remainder of the Christian year. Article | November 17, 2021 Top Songs for Pentecost Six pastors and church musicians list their top songs for Pentecost. You can find most of these songs on Hymnary.org or YouTube. Article | May 20, 2021 3 Songs of the Resurrection from Latin America / 3 Cantos Latinoamericanos de Resurrección Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs for Easter, as part of the series "Songs from the hymnal / Cantos del himnario Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.'" Musical Composition | Video | March 31, 2021 3 Songs for Holy Week / 3 Cantos para Semana Santa Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs for Lent, as part of the series "Songs from the hymnal / Cantos del himnario Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.'" Musical Composition | Video | March 04, 2021 Three Songs for Lent / Tres cantos de Cuaresma Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs for Lent, as part of the series "Songs from the hymnal / Cantos del himnario Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.'" Musical Composition | Video | February 12, 2021 Dennis R. Edwards on 1 Peter and Good Shepherd Sunday For lectionary Year A, Good Shepherd Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Easter, includes a reading from 1 Peter. New Testament scholar Dennis R. Edwards explains why Peter’s first letter is especially relevant as people deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Conversation | April 14, 2020 Robert Feduccia on the CCLI Song Select Liturgy Section Churches around the world seek permission to use contemporary worship music from Christian Copyright Licensing, Inc., or CCLI. Late in 2018, CCLI Song Select quietly introduced a liturgical section to help churches select contemporary music that fits the classic ordo, the four-fold pattern of worship. Robert Feduccia explains why. Conversation | July 01, 2019 Worship Resources for Creation Care We confess that God created heaven and earth and everything in it. We sing that this is our Father’s world. Yet, billions of people suffer in places where so much is no longer bright and beautiful. This worship resource guide will help your community plan services that honor our Creator, who invites us to join in caring for the whole creation. Resource Guide | June 14, 2017 Worship Resources for the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation Martin Luther posted his ninety-five theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church on October 31, 1517. This worship resource guide will help your community plan services of grace and truth as you commemorate the five hundredth anniversary of the Protestant Reformation or plan worship for a Reformation Sunday. Resource Guide | March 31, 2017 Bruce Theron on Decolonizing Worship in South Africa Imagine singing “In the Bleak Midwinter” during the long hot days of Christmas in South Africa. The Bible is rich enough to include themes and symbols more relevant to living out Christian faith in the Global South. Conversation | March 16, 2017 Introducing Lent: A Season of Preparation and Repentance Through deliberate forms of self-denial, Christians in Lent open their hearts to the self-giving grace of Jesus Christ and their own union with Christ. Reflection | March 06, 2017 Scholars Suggest How to Remember the Reformation Seven scholars, pastors and musicians discuss how Protestants and Catholics can and should together observe the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in 2017. Conversation | June 01, 2016 Karin Maag on Calvin’s Geneva and the 500th Protestant Reformation Anniversary Whether you observe Halloween, All Saints’ Day or Reformation Sunday, you probably know that Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door on October 31, 1517 and that John Calvin promoted the Reformation in Geneva, Switzerland. Here’s why that still matters. Conversation | October 27, 2015 Pentecost Resource Guide Slideshow View a slideshow of visual arts from various churches. Slideshow | April 15, 2015 Easter Resource Guide Slideshow View a slideshow of visual arts from various churches. Slideshow | April 06, 2015 1 2 3 ... Next »