Summary

Practical suggestions, strategies, and resources to encourage vibrant, meaningful worship with teens were presented in this session.

Listen Online

Details

Practical suggestions, strategies, and resources to encourage vibrant, meaningful worship with teens were presented in this session. We also discussed the culture of worship among teens -- what encourages teens to be excited about worshiping together on a daily basis? Ideas that have worked, and some that have not worked, were discussed. This session was geared towards anyone involved with worship and teens.

Presented at the 2009 Calvin Symposium on Worship.

Recent Media Resources

Public Worship, Wealth, and Poverty in Early Christianity 

Explore how Christians in the earliest centuries of Christianity engaged topics related to wealth and poverty in their preaching, public prayers, offerings, celebrations of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and the shaping of buildings and spaces for Christian worship. 

August 27, 2025 | 63 min video
A Snapshot of Illness, Pain, and Healing in Early Christianity

How did early Christians understand their illness and pain in their Greco-Roman context?

August 27, 2025 | 65 min video
Contextual Stories from Hispanic Worshiping Communities

Pastors of three Hispanic churches will share what they learned from experiences implementing congregational projects related to the development of new understandings and practices of worship and preaching.

August 27, 2025 | 59 min video