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Larry Visser on Planning a Lift Up Your Hearts Hymnfest

Larry Visser is minister of music and chancel organist at LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In this edited conversation, he discusses the hymn festival that LaGrave hosted on February 10, 2013.

Conversation | March 11, 2013

Go Down, Moses: Spirituals as a Resource for Preaching

The history of African American spirituals is interwoven with the history of preaching, yet these spirituals and their relationship to preaching usually receive little attention.

Video | February 19, 2013

Beyond the Bamboo Curtain: New Asian Songs for Worship

This singing and conversational session introduced new Asian songs collected in recent years along with their background stories and how these might be used in the context of worship. Presented by Swee Hong Lim, I-to Loh, Joel Navarro and others at the 2013 Calvin Symposium on Worship.

Video | February 19, 2013

“In Christ there is no East or West”

”In Christ There is No East or West”, with Kit Ying Law from Hong Kong, I-to Loh from Taiwan, Swee Hong Lim from Singapore, and Joel Navarro from the Philippines, and the choir of Kuyper College, Kai Ton Chau, director

Worship Service | February 18, 2013

Vespers with Korean Spirituality and Style of Worship Through Story, Song, and Prayer

Led by Jaewoo Kim and musicians

Video | Worship Service | February 18, 2013

Wise Church: Exploring Faith and Worship with Christians Around the World (Book Excerpt)

Based on the document "Worshiping the Triune God," a collection of proverbs on worship adopted by the World Communion of Reformed Churches, this book and study guide offers a global perspective on how and why we worship.

Book Excerpt | February 18, 2013

How to Use the Lift Up Your Hearts Hymnal

Pastors, teachers, and church musicians share tips.

Feature Story | January 07, 2013

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

Christian Worship Worldwide (Book Excerpt)

As Christianity has boomed in the non-Western world, several questions have emerged regarding how worship and culture relate. Charles Farhadian presents a timely investigation of their interaction.

Book Excerpt | December 06, 2011

Dave Vroege on Teaching Worship in Ukraine

Ukraine

Conversation | November 30, 2011

Anne Zaki on the worship symposium in Hong Kong

Conversation with Anne Zaki on the worship symposium in Hong Kong

Conversation | June 27, 2011

Yvette Lau on worship in Hong Kong

Conversation with Yvette Lau about a worship symposium in Hong Kong.

Conversation | May 12, 2011

A Conversation with Mary Mikhael

This conversation explored issues of justice and peace in the Middle East, and reflected on the question: what it is like to be a Christian and a woman in the Middle East today?

Audio | April 08, 2011

Just Worship

We listen to the cry of the prophet Isaiah, voicing God's call to God's people regarding the true nature of worship and the inextricable bond between our relationship with God and our relationship with one another, and particularly with the most downtrodden among us.

Audio | March 18, 2011

Asian Christian Worship Practices Worth Adopting or Adapting

This session introduced a variety of worship expressions from Asian cultures, songs and prayers, gestures that can sometime speak with more eloquence than words, and visual ways to bring beauty to your worship space; all gifts for your congregation to consider.

Audio | January 28, 2011