What We Have Learned
Congregations funded through the Grants Program have taught us that there are some basic principles common to all projects in this broadly ecumenical, multicultural, multigenerational search for vital worship.
Core values of vital worship are highlighted in many of our feature stories.
Books
In some cases grant projects have provided the groundwork for publications.
Past Colloquium Learning
Worship Services
- 2017
- 2016
- Festival based on The Lord's Prayer
- A Worship Service based on Matthew 13
- A Worship Service based on Luke 24
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- Walking in the Light of Christ: A Festival on the Life, Passion, and Exaltation of Christ
Choral/Drama Readings
- 2017
- Psalm 105, a reading for 17 voices
- A Choral Reading of Confessions, adapted for 5 voices
- Psalm 104, a reading for 4 voices
- John 11:28-38a, a reading for 4 voices
- Psalm 126, a reading for 2 voices
- 2016
- Luke 24:13-35, a reading for 4 voices
- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, a choral reading for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass, with spoken solos
- Matthew 18:21-35, readers' theatre for 3 voices
- Revelation 4, a reading for 1 speaker, 3-4 singers
- Matthew 13:1-23, a reading for 3 voices, with percussion
- 2015
- Prayer for the Nations, a choral reading for soprano, alto, and bass, with 4 solos, based on Psalm 87
- 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:2, a choral reading for 4 voices
- John 20:1-10, a tableaux script
- 2 Corinthians 4:1-12, a choral reading for 3 voices
- 2014
- 2013
Visuals
- 2014
Grant Advisory Board and Staff Presentations
Workshop Audio
- 2017
- Brian Bolt, Sport and the Christian Life: A Kinesiologist's Call to Action
- Kristin Du Mez, Why the Church Needs History, Especially Now: A Historian's Vision for Equipping the Church
- Roland Hoksbergen & Tracy Kuperus, When Helping Heals: An Economist and Political Scientist Affirm Global Service
- Young Richard Kim, Classics, Ancient and Modern: A Historian's Recommendations for Thoughtful Christian Living
- Won Lee, Congregations and Sermons: A Biblical Scholar's Vision for Imaginative, Communal Sermon Listening
- Benita Wolters-Fredlund, Praise or Noisy Gong?: A Musicologist's Vision for Loving Your Neighbor
- 2016
- Adejoke Bolanle Ayoola, Promoting the Health of Urban-Dwelling Adults and Children
- Mark Bjelland, Mapping and Visualizing Your Congregation and its Community
- Kevin R. den Dulk, Faithful Citizenship in a Pluralistic World
- Marjorie Linder Gunnoe, Faith Formation from Birth to Age 20
- Jo-Ann P. VanReeuwyk, Your Brain on Arts
- Eric M. Washington, The Dramatic Story of the National Baptist Hymnal
- 2015
- Bob Batastini and Maria Cornou, Spanish and English Together: Learning and Worshiping Interculturally
- David Bailey, Reconciliation, Story Telling, and Music
- Joyce Borger, Music in the Church
- Dale Cooper, Cultivating Congregational Hospitality
- Scott Hoezee, Show, Don't Tell: Keeping Sermons Vivid
- Neal Plantinga, Praying for Shalom in the Psalms
- Paul Ryan, Collaborative Planning and Evaluation
- Howard Vanderwell, Links in the Liturgy
Workshop Video
- 2017
- María Cornou, Faith Formation and Worship: A Worship Historian's View from the "End of the World"
- Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., Strengthening Congregational Life by Engaging God's World
- 2016
- Rebecca Konyndyk De Young, Shiny, Happy People: The Vice of Vainglory, the Church, and You
- John Witvliet, Strengthening Congregational Life
Stories on the Colloquium Events