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A Roundtable on Connecting Sunday’s Worship to Monday’s Work

Six pastors and scholars share ideas to help congregations authentically practice God’s vision of shalom in worship and at work.

Conversation Conversation | August 23, 2016

Saints Like You and Me by Nancy Mills

Scholars Suggest How to Remember the Reformation

Seven scholars, pastors and musicians discuss how Protestants and Catholics can and should together observe the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in 2017.

Conversation Conversation | June 01, 2016

Deborah Sokolove

Church Year Visual Art: A Q&A with Deborah Sokolove

Artist, writer and teacher Deborah Sokolove shares images of liturgical visual arts that don’t need words to help worshipers experience the Christian church’s calendar cycle.

Conversation Conversation | May 27, 2016

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The Apostles' Creed

A video presentation of the Apostles' Creed

Video Video | May 27, 2016

Deborah Sokolove

Deborah Sokolove on Sanctifying Art

Artist, writer and teacher Deborah Sokolove explains why humans need art as much as they need food, water or air.

Conversation Conversation | May 26, 2016

Carlos Colón

A Refugee Looks at the Psalms of Ascent

Recent unrest, conflict, and war have caused an unprecedented refugee crisis. The plight of Syrian, Iraqi, and other Middle Eastern refugees has shocked the whole world. Also, many youth and children are trying to enter the United States from Central America to escape violence and poverty.

Audio Audio | May 12, 2016

Carlos Colón

Un Refugiado Mira a los Salmos del Ascenso

Los disturbios, conflictos, y guerras de los últimos cien años han causado una enorme crisis. El sufrimiento de refugiados de Siria, Iraq, y otros países del Oriente Medio ha dejado estupefacto al mundo entero. También, muchos niños y jóvenes centroamericanos tratan de entrar a los Estados Unidos para escapar violencia y pobreza.

Audio Audio | May 12, 2016

Todd E. Johnson

Worship as Spiritual Formation

The privilege of Christian worship is the invitation to the community by our holy God to encounter the love of that living God and to be transformed by it and to nurture the transformation of one another.

Video Video | May 04, 2016

L. Gregory Jones

Improvising New Life

The infamous “worship wars” typically pit “traditional” versus “contemporary” worship and music. But what if “tradition” and “innovation” actually belong together?

Video Video | May 04, 2016

Sandra McCracken

Songs of Praise, Lament, and Hope

The Psalms—the Holy Spirit’s inspired songbook right in the middle of the Bible—are a rich source of insight and inspiration for songwriters, singers, and worshipers of all kinds.

Video Video | May 02, 2016

Barbara J. Newman

Universal Design for Worship: Symposium 2016 Plenary Address

‘Universal design’ is now standard for architecture: we don’t want to retrofit buildings to make them accessible, we want to build them that way from the start. What would it look like for this vision to be extended to the worship services we plan and lead?

Video Video | May 02, 2016

Seminar Panelists

Heartsongs for Good Friday and Easter

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.

Video Video | May 02, 2016

Richard J. Mouw, Elizabeth Dias, & Anne Zaki

How the News Shapes Our Prayers and Preaching

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.

Video Video | May 02, 2016

LOFT team

Do Not Be Afraid

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.

Video Video | Worship Service Worship Service | April 29, 2016

Conference Gospel Choir

Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace

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.

Video Video | Worship Service Worship Service | April 29, 2016

Urban Doxology

A Light to the Nations

A worship service from Isaiah 60. The scripture readings are led by students from Northwestern College and Richard J. Mouw is preaching.

Video Video | Worship Service Worship Service | April 29, 2016

Cecil VanNiejenhuis, Denise Posie, and Kathy Smith

Worship in Times of Tension

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.

Video Video | April 25, 2016

Hope College Worship Leaders

Suffering Servant

2016 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Service. Led by Hope College worship leaders and Reggie Smith is preaching.

Video Video | Worship Service Worship Service | April 25, 2016

Richard J. Mouw

Worship and Public Engagement

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”?

Video Video | April 25, 2016

Rejoicing in Lament

Four pastors and scholars discuss wrestling with incurable cancer, cancerous racism and life in Christ. They offer insights into how congregations can follow the lead of the Psalms in practicing candid lament as an essential part of deeply joyful worship.

Conversation Conversation | April 22, 2016

 

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