Audio & Video

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Audio & Video resources include practical and scholarly sessions intended for congregational leaders, pastors, students, teachers, scholars, musicians, artists, and all interested in worship. These resources serve as tools for preparing, planning for, and leading worship as well as for studying the history, theology, and practice of worship worldwide.

All videos are hosted on the CICW YouTube channel. Also, check out Public Worship and the Christian Life, the CICW podcast.

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Sermons on Colossians

Five sermons on the book of Colossians from the 2023 Calvin Symposium on Worship

Video | March 20, 2023

Guitar Technique for Playing in Worship

Explore a jazz and classical guitarist's techniques for playing in worship. Jason Werkema demonstrates left- and right-hand exercises, fretboard memorization, expanded chord voicings, fingerstyle technique, and much more!

Video | February 21, 2023

Growing into the Prayer Jesus Taught Us

A conversation with Mark Charles and John Witvliet on the Lord's Prayer.

Video | January 25, 2023

Public Worship and the Christian Life

A podcast produced by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship

Audio | Podcast | December 09, 2022

Katie Ritsema-Roelofs on Intentional Work for Intergenerational Worship and Community

In this episode, worship planner and musician Katie Ritsema-Roelofs shares about the importance of thoughtful and intentional ways the whole congregation can join in the formational work of intergenerational, corporate worship.

Audio | Podcast | December 05, 2022

Lamar Hardwick on Disability as Diversity and Full Participation

In this episode, Pastor Lamar Hardwick reminds us that as many worshiping communities seek to become more diverse, celebrating and appreciating the beauty of all types of minds and bodies is an important theme in the life of the church.

Audio | Podcast | December 05, 2022

Mark Doerries on the Formative Arc of Children Leading the Church in Song

In this episode, artistic director Mark Doerries tells the emerging story of the Notre Dame Children’s Choir, now ten years old, and the formative process and unifying vision the choir has built as they learn what it means to sing the sacred story of the church across time and space.

Audio | Podcast | November 29, 2022

La Verne Tolbert on the Vital Role of Parents and the Church in Raising Children in the Faith

In this episode, Christian educator Dr. La Verne Tolbert shares her hopes and desires for renewed connections between parents and the church in the formative work of raising children in the faith and including children in the worship life of the church.

Audio | Podcast | November 29, 2022

Liturgical Practices of Enslaved Africana People in the American Colonial Period As Witnessed in Select [En]slave[d] Narratives

This recording from the African American Religious Autobiographies Seminar, held in July 2022, presents an examination of enslaved narratives as a genre and primary source of the experiences of enslaved Africana people in the American context and presents select excerpts reflective of their theology and liturgical practice. Reverend Weaver joined us for a night of learning, presenting on her current historical research into the worship practices of early enslaved Americans.

Video | November 10, 2022

Diversity & Inclusion for All

A podcast from Calvin University featuring thoughtful leaders discussing key topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the context of Christian life and witness.

Audio | Podcast | November 10, 2022