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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.
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.
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.
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.
A worship service from Isaiah 60. The scripture readings are led by students from Northwestern College and Richard J. Mouw is preaching.
Uno de los movimientos más importantes en los campos de Estudios Litúrgicos y Educación Cristiana en los últimos 30 años ha sido un renovado énfasis en cómo las prácticas cristianas modelan la espiritualidad de la congregación y de sus miembros.
The 50 voice Rehoboth Christian High School Choir led an evening worship on March 29, 2016, at the Calvin College Chapel.
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.
2016 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Service. Led by Hope College worship leaders and Reggie Smith is preaching.
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”?
How can the Bible speak to the hopes and fears of urban people who don’t know anything about the Christian life?
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?
