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Submit your recording by November 30, 2020. Article | September 30, 2020 Consider the Snail: Teaching and Learning Online Teaching and learning in a digital classroom, while having some benefits, also highlights the modern need to intentionally step back from completing to-do lists with maximum efficiency so we can simply be: to contemplate, to marvel at creation, to breathe. Article | September 18, 2020 Creative Scripture Reading for Virtual Worship Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many churches still gather through virtual worship. Finding creative ways to read the Bible for online worship services can help worshipers experience what Romans 15:4 promises: “The Scriptures give us strength to go on.” Article | September 09, 2020 CICW Global Psalm Gallery A crowd-sourced collection of Psalm interpretations from worshiping communities across the spectrum of Christian traditions that will premier at the 2021 Calvin Symposium on Worship. Article | September 01, 2020 Preparing to Reopen Churches for Worship during COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic means churches planning to reopen will have to consider not just how to keep congregants safe, but also how to make them feel welcome. Consider these thoughtful recommendations from Yvette Lau, a pastoral musician, scholar, and teacher serving in Hong Kong. Article | June 15, 2020 Worship Resources for Pregnancy Loss and Infertility Many church members stay silent about miscarriages and other common reproductive losses. Yet Christian traditions contain many helpful books and worship resources to aid those who have experienced reproductive loss. Your church can start with these resources to engage this issue more directly and care for those who mourn. Article | June 02, 2020 Transitional Worship During COVID-19 A safe return to familiar forms of Sunday worship services is still a long way off. But the historic church offers a way to frame in-person worship in the meantime. Article | May 19, 2020 Intergenerational Youth Ministry During COVID-19 Congregations looking to keep their members connected as the body of Christ could organize a “mail buddy” system, pairing children and youth with other church members homebound because of COVID-19. Article | April 14, 2020 Shaping Worship During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ministry of Presence at St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church, Roseville, California Greek Orthodox Christian worship is consciously embodied. Christopher Flesoras, a Greek Orthodox priest, discusses pastoral discernment for serving the faithful when public health needs require social distancing, also known as physical distancing. Article | April 07, 2020 Shaping Worship during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Reviving Wesleyan Discipleship at Grant United Methodist Church, Fairmount, Indiana Not every church has the capacity to move worship online when pandemic public health directives require social and physical distancing. Pastor Constance Cherry explains how her small rural Methodist congregation is drawing on its Wesleyan heritage to help members worship and disciple each other. Conversation | Article | April 06, 2020 Palm Sunday: Another Advent Noticing and celebrating Palm Sunday’s allusions to Advent can enrich your congregation’s understanding of Holy Week and how Palm Sunday reflects both Christ’s humble first coming and his glorious return. Article | April 01, 2020 Church Polity and Online Sacraments in the Christian Reformed Church Kathy Smith, Adjunct Professor of Church Polity at Calvin Theological Seminary, reflects on the administration of sacraments in the unique context of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. She advises Christian Reformed churches to practice pastoral flexibility while still abiding by church polity, and provides a historical example from World War II, related by her predecessor Henry De Moor. Article | March 27, 2020 Streaming Worship Services and Copyrights in a Time of Social Distancing In an age of social distancing and remote, online worship due to COVID-19, churches are figuring out how to honor copyrights in entirely new ways, and companies are giving special allowances during this time. Article | March 25, 2020 Indigenous Christian Worship Resources: Where to Start Many congregations are beginning to realize that they live, work, and worship on land taken from Indigenous people. Learning about First Nations and Native American Christians can help worshipers from other cultures see the gospel with new eyes. Article | March 19, 2020 Festival at Princeton Theological Seminary A bilingual festival of singing | Un festival de canto bilingüe Musical Composition | Article | November 22, 2019 Vital Worship Grants Advisory Board The Advisory Board consists of liturgical leaders and scholars from a variety of backgrounds. Article | November 18, 2019 Seven Self-Care Tips for Clergy Who Engage Trauma Clergy and other church leaders called to engage trauma must also practice self-care, or they will burn out and be less effective in helping those who need to address and heal from trauma. These tips help congregants as well, relieving pressure on clergy and church leaders. Article | October 30, 2019 How to Adapt Race, Class, and the Kingdom of God to Your Setting Arrabon’s Race, Class, and the Kingdom of God curriculum can be adapted to church and school contexts with varying memberships and time constraints. Article | August 19, 2019 Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy: A Bilingual Hymnal Introducing our newly published bilingual hymnal for Protestant congregations, parishes, seminaries, schools, and more. Musical Composition | Article | July 11, 2019 10 Must-have Resources for Developing Young Leaders in a Latin@ Context Leaders frequently express that one of their greatest needs is finding resources which can support their ministry with youth in Latin@ contexts. Article | July 02, 2019 1 2 3 ... Next »