Children and Worship: Helping Them to Experience God
This video provides information on the Children & Worship program and why it is so effective in the spiritual development of young children.
Watch videoUniversal Design for Worship
Barbara Newman shares how the entire worshiping community benefits from worship services that are designed and led with the goal of including everyone.
Spanish and English Together: Learning and Worshiping Interculturally
Changes in the United States’ demographics can be seen by churches as a problem or as an opportunity.
Reconciliation, Story Telling, and Music
This workshop looks at how the church can lead by example in diversity and reconciliation through storytelling and music.
Festival of Psalms for the Christian Year
A worship service with Vital Worship Grant recipients gathered at Calvin College for a time of worship, learning, and sharing together.
Worship & Reconciliation across Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Cultural Lines
A vesper service led by David Bailey and the Urban Doxology Band.
Seven Streams of 21st Century Congregational Song
Skills for leading people in song in a musically multilingual world
Listening to Your Listeners: A Preaching Preparation Process That Changes…Everything!
During this workshop, participants discover how diverse congregations have established and maintained pre-sermon dialogue groups.
The Most Important Word in Preaching: Story or Exposition?
Presentation, dialogue, and discussion on the biblical text by Graves, Hoezee, and Wilson.
Ancient Wisdom for Preachers
In this workshop, Augustine and John Chrysostom are our primary guides as we reflect on the joys and challenges of proclaiming the Gospel.
Preaching to the Elder Brother
A guide for preaching to elder brothers.
Overcoming Homiletic Fatigue
This workshop explores ways to reenergize your preaching.
More Than Missional: What are Sundays for?
Why does the church gather together?