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His Love Endures Forever: A Hymn Festival in Grandville Michigan

This hymn festival took place at South Grandville CRC in Grandville, MI on October 13, 2013.

Video | Worship Service | October 28, 2013

It's All About Grace: A Hymn Festival in South Haven Michigan

This hymn festival took place at Hope Reformed Church in South Haven, MI on October 6, 2013.

Worship Service | October 14, 2013

The Leadership Team is Assembled – Now What?

Sharon Veltema on how to move forward once you have established a youth ministry team.

Article | September 10, 2013

Developing an Effective Youth Leadership Team

Sharon Veltema on how to develop a youth leadership team as one way to involve youth in worship.

Article | September 10, 2013

We Sing Our Faith Hymnfest

This hymn festival was on July 25, 2013 at the Calvin College Chapel. Held in conjunction with a well-received weeklong organ clinic on hymn playing and improvisation led by Dr. John Ferguson from St Olaf College and Dr. Cornelius Plantinga from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Musicians participating in the clinic also joined in the service.

Audio | Worship Service | July 30, 2013

Singing the Whole Story: A hymn festival in Grand Rapids, MI

This hymn festival took place at the Calvin College Chapel on June 9, 2013.

Worship Service | June 13, 2013

Coop's Column - Risen Indeed

"All suffering, trouble, and despair are now taken away, because of Jesus’ great love for me when he took up his cross, went to Calvary, and rose again on Easter."

Reflection | March 29, 2013

Maria Cornou on the Most-used Spanish-language Bible Translation

Maria Eugenia Cornou is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. In this edited conversation, she discusses the most-used Spanish-language Bible translation.

Conversation | March 19, 2013

How to Help “Contemporary” Churches Embrace “Ancient” Approaches to Worship

Can congregations with a “praise band” worship culture be led to joyfully embrace the practices of historic liturgy? Yes, if they are allowed to taste it slowly and if they see the evangelical and missional wisdom embedded in the ancient ways.

Audio | February 22, 2013

Tom Swieringa on Cooperating in Intercessory Prayer

Tom Swieringa co-leads Wyoming Kingdom Enterprise Zone, a church multiplication initiative by Reformed and Christian Reformed churches in Wyoming, Michigan. He has pastored and planted churches in Iowa, Michigan, South Dakota, and Texas. In this edited conversation, he talks about cooperating with God in intercessory prayer, during worship and beyond.

Conversation | October 26, 2012

Christian Worship Experiences for Persons with Dementia

Dementia frequently interferes with a person's ability to connect with and to benefit from regular religious activities and worship styles that had been meaningful in the past. Yet, persons with dementia continue to need to worship and experience a comforting, deep encounter with Christ.

Article | September 27, 2012

La adoración en tiempos difíciles

El planear la adoración durante una crisis, transición o un conflicto puede ser más desgastante de lo normal sin embargo los servicios planeados de manera inteligente pueden aliviar la tensión y ayudarle a la iglesia a mantener la mira en la misión. De hecho, cuando se adora en medio de circunstancias difíciles, esta adoración puede proporcionar en sí misma una importante oportunidad para que en la congregación se aprenda y sane. Los que participan en la planeación de la adoración deben hacerse las siguientes preguntas cuando hagan los planes durante tiempos difíciles.

Article | May 22, 2012

La adoración en tiempos difíciles: Un liderazgo inteligente durante tiempos de crisis, conflicto o transición

Para muchas congregaciones, la adoración es el principal acontecimiento de la semana. Aunque los cristianos adoran de manera individual y con frecuencia lo hacen fuera del santuario, el servicio semanal de adoración es el momento en que, más que en cualquier otro tiempo, la congregación se reúne y expresa su identidad. Así que cuando una congregación está experimentando una situación difícil, los síntomas de dicha situación están destinados a aparecer en la adoración. Los líderes de la congregación deben discernir con cuidado cuál es la mejor manera de llevar a cabo la adoración durante este tiempo. Por último, la adoración puede ser el elemento en la vida congregacional con mayor potencial para ayudar a la congregación durante el proceso de sanidad.

Article | May 22, 2012

Chapel Planning and Leading: What We Are Learning from Christian Schools

This article identifies some insights about worship that influence our work with Christian schools and shares what we are learning from students and teachers through their experiences of chapel planning and leading. All the comments come directly from feedback we have collected. This collective wisdom is presented in the form of proverbs—wise sayings, or words of advice—in the hope that this will encourage learning over time and across contexts, and spark conversation and further thinking on these topics.

Article | March 13, 2012

Diez convicciones esenciales en cuanto al acto de adoración cristiana

En el décimo aniversario del Calvin Institute of Christian Worship [Instituto Calvin de la Adoración Cristiana] en 2007, identificamos diez principios y prácticas esenciales para presentar como nuestras convicciones centrales sobre la adoración Cristiana vital. Estas convicciones esenciales no son innovaciones. Son verdades intemporales de la Escritura y de la historia rica de la adoración Cristiana. Oramos que esta tentativa de reiterar y de reforzar la importancia de estas convicciones esenciales llevará a conversaciones más fructuosas sobre el significado y la práctica de la adoración Cristiana.

Article | February 27, 2012

Worship Practices in the Hispanic Culture

We will explore some of the distinctiveness of worship in Hispanic Churches in USA. There will be a discussion of the characteristics of the Latino culture and its implications on the way worship is conducted in these communities.

Audio | Video | January 28, 2012

What College Students Have Taught Me About Preaching

They are the emerging leaders in our congregations. They are only a few years away from serving as deacons, elders, or preachers themselves. What are they listening for in sermons? What are they hungry for? What bores them?

Audio | January 27, 2012

The Pastoral Resources of the Psalms

Drawing on the breadth of expression in the Psalms, we will identify how in private pastoral encounters as in public worship arenas the psalms—spoken or sung—can minister to our deepest needs and potentials.

Audio | January 26, 2012

Los Principios Bíblico-Teológicos de la Adoración Cristiana/Biblical and Theological Principles of Christian Worship (Part 2 of 2)

Nuestro primer taller bilingüe en inglés y español fué presentado por tres líderes latinoamericanos procedentes de Cuba, El Salvador, y Guatemala. Parte 2 de 2. | This first-ever bilingual Spanish/English seminar at Symposium featured three Latin American leaders from Cuba, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Part 2 of 2.

Video | January 26, 2012

Tune My Heart to Sing Your Praise: The Re-tuned hymn (and psalm!) movement in the context of the broader culture

When Kevin Twit and Reformed University Fellowship began setting historic hymn texts to new tunes, who knew it would grow into a movement with contributions from Indelible Grace, Sojourn Music, BiFrost and others?