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Weekly worship prepares congregations for the work of the week ahead in many different jobs and places. We all carry different burdens throughout the week and are given different tasks. This series of prayers written by Calvin University faculty and staff for people working in various professions can be adapted to fit the different occupations present in your congregation. As a Christian liberal arts institution, Calvin University prepares students not only for their different fields of calling, but to live as agents of renewal and citizens of God’s kingdom in their everyday work and living.
This resource guide for Ordinary Time includes sermon ideas, worship songs and hymns, visual arts, and readings to help you plan “ordinary” worship—times in the church year outside the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost. The season’s liturgical color is green, symbolizing a time of growth in the Christian life. This guide also includes ideas for worship on Christ the King Sunday, Thanksgiving, and All Saints’ Day/Reformation Sunday.
Discerning faithful and responsible use of AI in education, church, business, health care, and the arts
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Join top Christian thinkers, practitioners, and the broader public as we explore how faith can shape the responsible development and use of AI, while advancing human flourishing and contributing to shalom. The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship is pleased to sponsor the track AI in the Church.
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Every person who enters Christian worship brings more than a body into the room. We bring our histories, relationships, memories, fears, wounds, hopes, and expectations. For some worshipers, those histories include trauma.
Este mes nos encontramos con la confrontación final de Jesús con los líderes religiosos de Israel. Estos comienzan cuestionando la autoridad de Jesús (21:23-27) y él les responde con tres parábolas: los dos hijos (21:28-32), los labradores malvados (21:33-46) y el banquete de bodas (22:1-14). En ellas, Jesús describe a la nación y su liderazgo como rebeldes que no han respondido al llamado de Dios. Los líderes, a su vez, le envían tres grupos con preguntas capciosas con la intención de hacerlo caer en su trampa, desprestigiarlo e incluso incriminarlo ante Roma: los fariseos (22:15-22), los saduceos (22:23-33) y un experto de la ley (22:34-40). Una vez que los ha callado, Jesús responde a la pregunta original y deja ver con claridad su autoridad divina (22:41-46).
How often do you find yourself marveling at the wonder of God’s creation—the extravagance of variety in the plant and animal world, the beauty of the changing seasons, the vastness of the universe compared to our little planet? Or instead, how often do you find yourself running from task to task, consumed by today’s concerns, trying to keep it all together, and never taking time to marvel at the meaning of it all?
Every person who enters Christian worship brings more than a body into the room. We bring our histories, relationships, memories, fears, wounds, hopes, and expectations. For some worshipers, those histories include trauma.
Este mes nos encontramos con la confrontación final de Jesús con los líderes religiosos de Israel. Estos comienzan cuestionando la autoridad de Jesús (21:23-27) y él les responde con tres parábolas: los dos hijos (21:28-32), los labradores malvados (21:33-46) y el banquete de bodas (22:1-14). En ellas, Jesús describe a la nación y su liderazgo como rebeldes que no han respondido al llamado de Dios. Los líderes, a su vez, le envían tres grupos con preguntas capciosas con la intención de hacerlo caer en su trampa, desprestigiarlo e incluso incriminarlo ante Roma: los fariseos (22:15-22), los saduceos (22:23-33) y un experto de la ley (22:34-40). Una vez que los ha callado, Jesús responde a la pregunta original y deja ver con claridad su autoridad divina (22:41-46).
How often do you find yourself marveling at the wonder of God’s creation—the extravagance of variety in the plant and animal world, the beauty of the changing seasons, the vastness of the universe compared to our little planet? Or instead, how often do you find yourself running from task to task, consumed by today’s concerns, trying to keep it all together, and never taking time to marvel at the meaning of it all?
As worship leaders, we sometimes feel as if we should only focus on spiritual needs, such as praying for deeper faith, stronger character, and evangelistic opportunities. But God cares about our whole lives, not just our souls. Dietrich Bonhoeffer points out that the psalms are full of prayers for health, peace, and daily needs. That’s not selfish. It’s honest. It’s recognizing that God is with us in the everyday.
