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It gives us language and frameworks to respectfully discuss vexing worship issues. Feature Story | June 17, 2013 Visiting Scholars Resources You Can Use Calvin Institute of Christian Worship visiting scholars have produced resources you can use in church, small group, and classroom settings. Feature Story | June 17, 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 Together We Worship (Book Excerpt) This book identifies four main elements of worship and provides activities, worksheets, and audio resources for teaching them in the classroom setting. Book Excerpt | December 08, 2011 The Work of the People (Book Excerpt) This book will guide congregations in worship that encourages spiritual growth, welcomes new participants, and sends people out as the body of Christ to transform the world. Book Excerpt | October 20, 2010 Sunday Morning Live (Book Excerpt) High school teens want their Sunday morning worship to be genuine, enthusiastic, lively, and God-glorifying. Building on those expectations this book teaches teens the principles of worship in the Reformed/Presbyterian tradition, offering hands-on, experiential, field-tested learning. Book Excerpt | October 20, 2010 When God Speaks Through You Based on his book, When God Speaks Through You, Craig Satterlee explored how "holy and active listening"—listening for God's voice speaking in and through the faith community can occur when church members talk to one another and to their pastors about preaching—and especially the faith convictions they bring to the sermon, which influence both the preaching and what is heard. Audio | January 01, 2009 Sunday Morning Worship: Who's not there and why not? As churches work toward full, conscious and active participation in liturgy, some are noticing patterns of worship attendance. They're reaching out to those absent from Sunday morning worship. A feature story focused on Sunday worship attendance. Feature Story | October 29, 2008 Designing Worship Together: Advice that really works The book "Designing Worship Together" shows how to involve more people in worship planning so that congregations pour their hearts into worship. A feature story on how to plan worship as a team. Feature Story | January 21, 2005 Preparing to Hear the Word This Week at Worship A short prayer and reflection for preparing to hear the word in weekly worship. Article | June 01, 2004 Preparing to Go Out to Serve Some reflections and exercises for preparing to go out and serve: "worship as 'soundtrack' and 'rehearsal'." Article | June 01, 2004 Silence's Scintillating Divine Speech Silence in worship aids our recollection, meditation, and our praise. Since silence is so rare in our noisy culture, worship can help us recover silence as sacred. Article | June 01, 2004 Theological Reflections on the Meaning of Worship Theological reflections on the meaning of worship by Joyce Ann Zimmerman Article | June 01, 2004 Preparing to Sing This Week at Worship Two short reflections for preparing to sing this week in worship. Article | June 01, 2004 Participation in Worship: More Than Doing Vatican II called worshipers to "full, conscious, and active participation," which leads us from the doing to being the body of Christ, fully conscious of our encounter with the Divine and open to and receptive of the action the Divine takes on our behalf. Article | June 01, 2004 Paschal Mystery In worship, especially in the sacraments, we make Christ's paschal mystery present in the here and now; we do the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and we are transformed into being more perfect members of Christ's body. Article | June 01, 2004 Preparing for the Lord's Supper Several resources for preparing to celebrate the Lord's Supper. Article | June 01, 2004 Children's Messages An article on how to effectively deliver children's messages week after week. Article | June 01, 2004 Our Inestimable Privilege: Full, Conscious Participation in Worship Often worshipers confuse the object of Christian worship with the source of Christian worship. Re-orienting the focus of our worship is complex, but encourages active participation and helps focus on the true purpose of worship. Article | June 01, 2004 « Previous 1 2
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