All Tags Resource Type Academic Article Audio Bibliography Book Excerpt Conversation Enacted Scripture Feature Story Image News Article Reflection Resource Guide Slideshow Topic Showcase Video Website Worship Service Category All Worshipers Worship- Meaning of Dance Intergenerational Worship Music Technology Worship- Preparing for Visual Arts Language Arts/Words Worship- Leading Preaching Worship- Planning Teaching Daily Prayer/Reflection Grants Interdisciplinary Drama Sacraments (Baptism and Lord's Supper) Christian Year 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 21 - 40 of 86 Sort by: Title | Date The Street Is My Pulpit: Hip Hop, Youth Culture, and the Gospel in Kenya This workshop explored some of the ways youth express and understand their Christian faith and how it relates to the contemporary social, economic, and political realities facing their generation in Kenya today. Video | February 18, 2014 Planning Worship with Teens Showcase This showcase gathers up several resources to help you teach young people about worship. Many of these resources have been adapted from the Worship Apprentice program developed at Calvin College. Topic Showcase | December 02, 2013 Jeff Meyers on Signing Bibles to Promote Intergenerational Faith Formation Pastor Jeff Meyers explains why First Union members write in Bibles presented to youth graduating from fifth grade and high school. Conversation | October 03, 2013 Teens, Worship, and Faith Formation Sharon Veltema on how worship plays a formative role in the faith development of teens. Article | September 10, 2013 150 Ways to Talk to God: Introducing Kids and Teens to the Psalms The Psalms are vital in the life of Christians, but children and teens have a difficult time understanding this emotionally charged book. Audio | February 22, 2013 Worship Together for All Ages: Will it work or is it expecting too much? Many churches today are eager to present themselves as “intergenerational” in their worship. In a society that so easily separates people by age, developmental level, and experience, can the church succeed in keeping the generations together? Is this idea new and novel, or old and tested? What are the considerations and issues we’ll have to deal with? How do we accommodate different rates of faith development? What are the benefits of succeeding? We’ll draw on each other’s experiences and reexamine the conversations that The Church of All Ages started. Audio | February 22, 2013 Face to Face Choir Tour - Rehoboth Christian School Choir Concert The Rehoboth Christian School choir sings at the Calvin College Chapel on March 27, 2012 as part of their Face to Face tour. They are joined by members of the Grand Rapids Christian Middle School Choir and Maple Avenue's Tabernacle of Praise. This free event is co-sponsored by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and is open to the public. Video | April 10, 2012 Ten Core Convictions On the tenth anniversary of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship in 2007, we identified ten core principles and practices to present as our central convictions about vital Christian worship. Article | March 05, 2012 Diez convicciones esenciales en cuanto al acto de adoración cristiana En el décimo aniversario del Calvin Institute of Christian Worship [Instituto Calvin de la Adoración Cristiana] en 2007, identificamos diez principios y prácticas esenciales para presentar como nuestras convicciones centrales sobre la adoración Cristiana vital. Estas convicciones esenciales no son innovaciones. Son verdades intemporales de la Escritura y de la historia rica de la adoración Cristiana. Oramos que esta tentativa de reiterar y de reforzar la importancia de estas convicciones esenciales llevará a conversaciones más fructuosas sobre el significado y la práctica de la adoración Cristiana. Article | February 27, 2012 Rethinking Christian Community and Worship in a Global and Post Modern Context How do we create an environment for worship that builds genuine community among those with no or perhaps with negative, experiences of “church”? Video | January 28, 2012 Emerging Adults, Emerging Worship We are currently observing a new phenomenon within the development of young adults: emerging adulthood, which spans the ages of 18 to 29, marked by unprecedented options for education, work and career choices, delayed marriage and family life, and remarkable geographic mobility. Audio | January 27, 2012 Conversation with N.T. Wright A conversation with N.T. Wright exploring themes from his plenary address: Praying the Psalms: Personal, Pastoral, Theological and Liturgical Reflections. Conversation | Audio | January 27, 2012 Praying the Psalms: Personal, Pastoral, Theological and Liturgical Reflections A plenary address presented by N.T. Wright at the 2012 Calvin Symposium on Worship. Audio | Video | January 27, 2012 Worshiping in a Multicultural Environment A multicultural, multilingual congregation is one that reflects the diversity of God’s kingdom, but also the complexities of life together this side of eternity. Having a way of understanding and interpreting the differences among us makes it possible to anticipate the worship described in the Revelation vision. Reflection | Audio | January 27, 2012 Book Group Reflection: Age to Age - A Reflection on Group Learning and Intergenerational Worship A reflection from Mark Neleson, Zeeland, Michigan on "The Church of All Ages" Reflection | April 08, 2011 Book Group Reflection: Passion for Worship - How Do We Get It? Mery Elder, Fredericktown, Ohio, reflects on "The Church of All Ages" Reflection | April 08, 2011 Book Group Reflection: Generational Roles-Thinking Differently Andrew Donaldson, Toronto, Ontario shares his reflection on "The Church of All Ages" Reflection | April 08, 2011 Book Group Reflection: Vision, Intention, and Means Incorporating all generations into worship A reflection from Karen Bables, Holland, Michigan on he book "The Church of all Ages" Reflection | April 08, 2011 Bibliography - Children's Books About Worship An annotated list of excellent children's books about worship. Bibliography | March 06, 2011 Psalms of Ascent: songs for the journey Immersing themselves in these psalms helped worshipers view their lives as people journeying together on their way home to God. Feature Story | January 31, 2011 « Previous 1 2 3 4 ... Next »