All Tags Resource Type Academic Article Article Audio Bibliography Book Excerpt Book Signing Conversation Enacted Scripture Feature Story Image News Item Online Discussion Podcast Prayer Reflection Resource Guide Slideshow Topic Showcase Video Website Worship Service Category All Christian Year Daily Prayer/Reflection Dance Drama Grants Interdisciplinary Intergenerational Worship Language Arts/Words Music Preaching Sacraments (Baptism and Lord's Supper) Teaching Technology Visual Arts Worshipers Worship- Leading Worship- Meaning of Worship- Planning Worship- Preparing for Occasion All Funerals Symposium Resources War Lessons and Carols Ascension Hymn Festival Advent Weddings Weekday Services Epiphany Natural Disasters Pentecost Teaching Worship Commissionings Thanksgiving Easter Christ the King Christmas Healing Services Anniversaries Taize Ordination/Installation Heidelberg Catechism Summer Passion Week Lent Dedications Search results 1 - 20 of 32 Sort by: Title | Date The Apostles' Creed A video presentation of the Apostles' Creed Video | May 27, 2016 Improvising New Life The infamous “worship wars” typically pit “traditional” versus “contemporary” worship and music. But what if “tradition” and “innovation” actually belong together? Video | May 04, 2016 Worship as Spiritual Formation The privilege of Christian worship is the invitation to the community by our holy God to encounter the love of that living God and to be transformed by it and to nurture the transformation of one another. Video | May 04, 2016 Heartsongs for Good Friday and Easter The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is at the center of Christian faith, life, and worship. Every Good Friday and Easters, Christians from all over the world gather in remarkably different contexts to tell this story—and sing about what it means for us and the world God loves. Video | May 02, 2016 Universal Design for Worship: Symposium 2016 Plenary Address ‘Universal design’ is now standard for architecture: we don’t want to retrofit buildings to make them accessible, we want to build them that way from the start. What would it look like for this vision to be extended to the worship services we plan and lead? Video | May 02, 2016 Songs of Praise, Lament, and Hope The Psalms—the Holy Spirit’s inspired songbook right in the middle of the Bible—are a rich source of insight and inspiration for songwriters, singers, and worshipers of all kinds. Video | May 02, 2016 How the News Shapes Our Prayers and Preaching If our public prayers and preaching are at all responsive to the needs of the world, then how we glean information about the world is crucial. Video | May 02, 2016 Do Not Be Afraid A symposium worship service from Isaiah 43. Mary Hulst is preaching. It is led by the Calvin University student LOFT 'Living Our Faith Together' team that gathers for Sunday evening worship. Video | Worship Service | April 29, 2016 A Light to the Nations A worship service from Isaiah 60. The scripture readings are led by students from Northwestern College and Richard J. Mouw is preaching. Video | Worship Service | April 29, 2016 Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace This festival of song, prayer, and scripture is led by the Conference Gospel Choir, a group comprised of members of the Calvin College Gospel Choir, Hope College Gospel Choir, Grand Rapids African American Youth Chorus, Calvin College Africapella, and conference participants. Video | Worship Service | April 29, 2016 Worship in Times of Tension We’ve all been there or will be—planning worship when things just aren’t the way they are supposed to be. Tension and even conflict will happen in every church at some point. Video | April 25, 2016 Worship and Public Engagement That corporate worship must equip us for serving God’s purposes in the world, certainly means that we must attend to the social-political-economic dimensions of our lives as citizens. How do we structure our congregational patterns with this in mind without making our worship “too political”? Video | April 25, 2016 Suffering Servant 2016 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Service. Led by Hope College worship leaders and Reggie Smith is preaching. Video | Worship Service | April 25, 2016 Preaching to the Streets: Homiletics for Urban Ministry How can the Bible speak to the hopes and fears of urban people who don’t know anything about the Christian life? Video | April 21, 2016 Wording the Sunday Sermon One of the preacher’s big challenges is finding language for the Sunday sermon that will engage the most of her or his listeners. But what kind of language is that? What are some of its features? Video | April 21, 2016 Connecting Sunday's Worship to Monday's Work “Faith and Work” has recently become a major theme of Christian renewal in congregations across North America and beyond. Video | April 18, 2016 New Heavens and New Earth This final worship service is based on the text of Isaiah 65, where we look toward the new heavens and new earth. By celebrating communion together in this service, we anticipate this glorious day. Video | Worship Service | April 18, 2016 Making the Sermon Work Preachers know that Sundays are relentless—there seems to be one every week. Mary Hulst and Peter Jonker are every-week preachers, too; each of whom has recently written a book to help preachers tackle their daunting task successfully week after week. Video | April 15, 2016 The Good News for the Hurting A Service of Scripture and Song. Led by the choir and organ, this service of scripture and song surrounds a few Isaiah texts, bring good news for a hurting world. Video | Worship Service | April 13, 2016 Worship Leader as Pastoral Musician Musicians who lead worship are not merely performers, directors, coordinators, or music industry peddlers. We are primarily pastoral people—priestly leaders who shape the prayers and acclamations of God’s people. Video | April 13, 2016 1 2 Next »