"sacramentsbaptismAndLordsSupper" All Tags Resource Type Academic Article Article Audio Bibliography Book Excerpt Book Signing Conversation Enacted Scripture Feature Story Image News Item Online Discussion Podcast Prayer Reflection Resource Guide Slideshow Topic Showcase Video Website Worship Service Category All Christian Year Daily Prayer/Reflection Dance Drama Grants Interdisciplinary Intergenerational Worship Language Arts/Words Music Preaching Sacraments (Baptism and Lord's Supper) Teaching Technology Visual Arts Worshipers Worship- Leading Worship- Meaning of Worship- Planning Worship- Preparing for Occasion All Funerals Symposium Resources War Lessons and Carols Ascension Hymn Festival Advent Weddings Weekday Services Epiphany Natural Disasters Pentecost Teaching Worship Commissionings Thanksgiving Easter Christ the King Christmas Healing Services Anniversaries Taize Ordination/Installation Heidelberg Catechism Summer Passion Week Lent Dedications Search results 1 - 20 of 53 Sort by: Title | Date Closing Communion Worship: The Ascension Closing Communion Worship on Acts 1:1-11: The Ascension at the 2018 Worship Symposium. Video | June 19, 2019 Derek Elmi-Buursma on Communion and Context Whether you call it Communion, Eucharist, the Lord’s Supper, or something else, you may wonder how to connect this sacrament with real life. Learn how one small urban congregation creates eucharistic liturgies for living in a broken world. Conversation | June 04, 2019 Ron Rienstra on the Great Prayer of Thanksgiving Christian traditions refer to the prayer before communion as the eucharistic prayer, the Great Thanksgiving, or the Great Prayer of Thanksgiving. If your Lord’s Suppers don’t include this prayer, then you very well may be missing out on a rich opportunity for faith formation. Conversation | July 21, 2017 Ron Rienstra on Liturgical Performance and Improvisation You might think of performance as totally out of place in Holy Communion. But performance and improvisation can help leaders and worshipers show and tell the gospel with their whole selves. Conversation | July 21, 2017 Teaching Children about the Meaning of the Lord's Supper Gathering at God's Table is a new, vividly-illustrated bilingual children's book which introduces young children to the meaning and significance of the Lord's Supper Audio | February 22, 2017 The Great Prayer of Thanksgiving at Baptism and the Lord's Supper In the past 40 years, many Protestant communions have recovered a robust, historically-oriented prayer of thanksgiving at celebrations of Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Audio | February 14, 2017 Jane Rogers Vann on Trusting the Liturgy Many worship leaders wear themselves out trying to make worship new, fresh, relevant and, above all, different than it was last year or even last week. Maybe they don’t need to change so much and so often. Conversation | April 12, 2016 Learning to Worship for the Life of the World For the Life of the World is one of the most influential books ever written on the sacraments. Audio | February 29, 2016 Recordação: Uma Verdade Incompleta Todos os anos, eu peço aos meus alunos do seminário que me digam como eles imaginam que as crianças de 8 e 9 anos de suas congregações resumiriam o ponto principal da Ceia do Senhor em uma frase-resumo. Invariavelmente, a grande, grande maioria responde "A Ceia é sobre recordar a morte de Jesus". Article | September 23, 2015 Water, Wheat, and Honey: A Recipe for Abundant Life In this workshop we join the surprising journey of a group of emerging adults who volunteered to help fourth graders bake bread for their first Communion. Audio | February 23, 2015 Catherine Gunsalus González on Ancient Resources for Today’s Worship As in the second century, people come to churches today not knowing much about Christianity. Discoveries about early church worship can help Protestants and Catholics disciple newcomers. Conversation | November 26, 2014 Four-Fold Pattern of Worship An explanation on four-fold worship and its place in history. Article | September 17, 2014 Invitation to Christ: Sacramentally Centered Worshiping Communities In worship, Christ is proclaimed to us not only in the Word that falls on our ears, but also in the “visible words” that are set before our eyes. At the font, God’s grace is washed upon our brows, and at the Lord’s Table, it is received into our hands and tasted with our mouths. Audio | February 25, 2013 Baptism and Lord’s Supper Renewal Stories Worship Renewal Grant recipients from diverse congregations described what they are learning about sacramental practices that nurture and strengthen faith in people of various ages and cultures. Audio | February 22, 2013 Baptism in Art, Ritual, and Symbol Using the resources of ancient texts, architectural remains, and visual art, this workshop aims first at uncovering baptism’s meaning for the first generations of Christians who received it and then at how that information can enrich our teaching about, preparation for, and practice of Christian baptism today. Audio | February 22, 2013 Use Baptismal Imagery in Worship and Life Reading Robin M. Jensen's book "Baptismal Imagery in Early Christianity: Ritual, Visual, and Theological Dimensions" will give you many ideas for deepening baptismal identity in your congregation Article | August 22, 2012 Celebration of Baptism David Rylaarsdam’s family celebrates their baptism birthdays every year with a simple liturgy and cake. He used this baptism birthday liturgy for his son Simon’s 11th baptism birthday. Worship Service | August 22, 2012 Early Christian Baptismal Imagery for Today Robin M. Jensen’s book Baptismal Imagery in Early Christianity illuminates and illustrates the multiple meanings and biblical metaphors of baptism. It can awaken imagination for Christians and congregations to live into their baptized identity. Feature Story | August 22, 2012 Talking with Children about the Sacraments These two mothers of young children have a particular interest in helping children understand what it means to be baptized and to participate in the Lord’s Supper. Audio | January 27, 2012 Dying and Rising with Christ: Sacraments, Church Unity, and Faith Formation Baptism and the Lord's Supper are two indispensable practices of Christian worship. This seminar from Symposium 2012 focused on three key themes. Audio | Video | January 26, 2012 1 2 3 Next »