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Video | Worship Service | July 25, 2016 A Worship Service Based on Luke 24 This service is based on Luke 24: The Road to Emmaus. Video | Worship Service | July 25, 2016 Strengthening Congregational Life This presentation set up a series of workshops that focused on 'Strengthening Congregational Life Through Liberal Arts-style Learning.' Video | July 18, 2016 Shiny, Happy People: The Vice of Vainglory, the Church, and You Work in Christian ministry and leadership often brings a struggle with image, reputation, and audience-pleasing. Video | July 08, 2016 A Worship Service based on Matthew 13 A worship service based on Matthew 13, The Parable of the Sower. Video | July 07, 2016 Nonverbal Worship Practices that Bridge Differences Rhythm, liturgical movement and visual art draw on gifts already present in how God made us and what the universal church has already created. Feature Story | October 09, 2015 Expand Your Church’s Bilingual Music Repertoire Maybe there are people in your church or neighborhood whose first language is different than yours. Singing simple songs in their language is a fantastic way to welcome them in worship. Article | October 09, 2015 Universal Design for Worship Barbara Newman shares how the entire worshiping community benefits from worship services that are designed and led with the goal of including everyone. Audio | July 13, 2015 Reconciliation, Story Telling, and Music This workshop looks at how the church can lead by example in diversity and reconciliation through storytelling and music. Audio | July 01, 2015 Spanish and English Together: Learning and Worshiping Interculturally Changes in the United States’ demographics can be seen by churches as a problem or as an opportunity. Audio | July 01, 2015 Vital Worship Grants Colloquium Slideshow In June 2015 Vital Worship Grant recipients gathered at Calvin College for three days of worship, learning, and sharing together. Slideshow | June 30, 2015 Festival of Psalms for the Christian Year A worship service with Vital Worship Grant recipients gathered at Calvin College for a time of worship, learning, and sharing together. Video | June 30, 2015 Image for Worship - Fruit of the Spirit Download the 4:3 projection slides from the 2014 Vital Worship Grants Colloquium evening worship "Fruit of the Spirit of Jesus Christ." There is a slide for each element of the service. Image | June 26, 2014 Music in the Church We say we are one church but when it comes to deciding what to sing many different and sometimes competing voices are heard. How did we get so many different worship music styles? Is one better than another? Do we need to choose just one? Understanding the roots and impulses of different streams of music helps us navigate them better in the context of worship ministry. During this session we will take a quick tour of the history of music in the church stopping to sing along the way. Audio | March 04, 2014 Links in the Liturgy Are all of the elements of the worship liturgy independent stand-alone items? If so, no effort is needed to tie them together. However, if they are all parts of a continuous worship journey, then flow from one to the next is critically important. What we think of as "transitions" are key. If they are done poorly the flow of the worship journey is broken. If done well they enhance the richness of the entire worship experience. In this sectional we'll explore how to link the liturgy into a smooth flowing journey. Audio | March 04, 2014 Collaborative Planning and Evaluation How can a worship planning team work best together? How can we maximize the strengths of collaborative planning while minimizing its weaknesses? In this worship we explore a process for planning worship that is life-giving, balancing creativity, team work, and efficiency. We will also discuss planning tools that can enable effective collaborative planning and evaluation.n Audio | March 04, 2014 A Choral Reading of Psalm 27 This is a choral reading of Psalm 27 for 4 readers adapted from the NRSV. It has a sung refrain. Enacted Scripture | June 28, 2013 A Choral Reading: "I Believe in the Resurrection" This choral reading was written by Ed Baker and adapted by Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence. Enacted Scripture | June 28, 2013 « Previous 2 3 4 5 6 Next »