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Listen and learn, with resources from and for different parts of the Church, including stories from natives of different countries and cultures. Audio | Video | February 17, 2014 Complementary Prayers: Prayers to Accompany the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the new hymnal Lift Up Your Hearts This workshop will display and discuss prayers that have been composed to complement psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs in Lift Up Your Hearts. Audio | February 17, 2014 Complementary Prayers for Lift Up Your Hearts Prayers to Accompany the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of Lift Up Your Hearts. Article | September 18, 2013 Praying the Lord's Prayer In this workshop we will examine the meaning of each petition in the Lord's Prayer in its original setting and what it means for us to repeat these petitions today Audio | February 21, 2013 Praying Together in Worship How much of what’s on our screens, in our hearts, and in our conversations gets reflected in prayer during worship? Feature Story | February 15, 2013 How to Make Congregational Prayer More Participatory Especially for children, listening to the congregational prayer can feel more like enduring a monologue than participating in the prayers of the people. But it doesn’t have to. Feature Story | February 15, 2013 How to Make a You-Who-Do-To-Through Prayer You-who-do-to-through prayers follow an ancient pattern for making a short prayer with a single theme. Worshipers speak the prayer together, collecting their voices into one. Article | November 15, 2012 Ben Dykhouse on a New Way of Praying Ben Dykhouse explains why God cares about multicultural worship, and he describes a new prayer model that students learned from C. J. Kingdom-Grier, who gave a one-day workshop. Conversation | Video | November 15, 2012 Tom Swieringa on Cooperating in Intercessory Prayer Tom Swieringa co-leads Wyoming Kingdom Enterprise Zone, a church multiplication initiative by Reformed and Christian Reformed churches in Wyoming, Michigan. He has pastored and planted churches in Iowa, Michigan, South Dakota, and Texas. In this edited conversation, he talks about cooperating with God in intercessory prayer, during worship and beyond. Conversation | October 26, 2012 Becoming Churches that Love Our Neighbors as Ourselves Representing the love of God to neighbors works best in congregations that have a clear vision reflected in worship and prayer. Feature Story | September 12, 2012 Psalms in Worship The Psalms are a font of inspiration, encouragement, and instruction in the life of both public and private prayer. Topic Showcase | October 17, 2011 Restorative Justice Prayer Request List A list of people and situations to pray for. Article | Reflection | February 24, 2011 Praying the Psalms In our worship we enter into a dialogue between God and God’s people—a dialogue that neither begins with our entrance nor ends with our exit. More accurately we are joining in a conversation that started long before we ever showed up. Indeed, worship is a cosmic gathering in which we are privileged to participate. Article | March 01, 2009 Uncovering the Blessing of Fixed-Hour Prayer Whether you call it the divine office, praying the hours, or common prayer, this ancient treasure of Christian heritage is hidden in plain sight. A feature story exploring the blessing of fixed-hour prayer. Feature Story | April 17, 2006 Three Prayer Veterans tell why they’ve stuck with fixed-hour prayer Meet three people who feel called to fixed-hour prayer, admit it has its ups and downs, and can’t imagine not doing it. As important as common prayer is in their lives, all also advise practicing other forms of prayer as well. Feature Story | April 17, 2006 The "In Between" Words: How to keep fellow worshipers tuned in As worshipers move from one element of the service to the next, they need help to understand what they are doing and why. Verbal transitions help them stick with the worship dialogue between God and gathered people. Feature Story | January 20, 2006 Presbyterians in India struggle to balance indigenous and received culture Whether they are drama leaders in a North American mega church or Catholic priests in a Mexican village, Christians everywhere wrestle with how much of culture to appropriate in worship. They debate the difference between yielding to syncretism and following Paul’s desire “to become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some” Feature Story | December 09, 2005 Praying for Christians in Egypt (and elsewhere) It was just a simple email between friends--but now a Canadian congregation prays for Christians in Egypt. Your church can just as easily make congregational prayers more global. A feature story exploring the inclusion of Global concerns in our congregational prayers. Feature Story | December 09, 2005 Morning Prayer - Psalm 103 A sample plan for a service of morning prayer based on Psalm 103. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 Prayer for Iraq and the World This prayer was offered in a service of prayer held in the Calvin College Chapel on March 12, 2003, and can be adapted for use during a time of war. Article | June 01, 2005 « Previous 1 2 3 Next »