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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 it’s relatively easy for congregations to start accompanying those who mourn these losses, because Christian traditions already contain helpful books and worship resources. We just have to tap into them.

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

The Church's "Big" Choir

Integration of the choir into all aspects of worship and the choir's voice into the congregation's repertoire.

Article | June 19, 2019

Symposium 2019 Presenters

A list of presenters from the 2019 Symposium on Worship.

Article | April 01, 2019

Best Resources for Singing Psalms in Worship

Joel Stamoolis acknowledges it was challenging to help his church sing through the entire Psalter. But during 171 consecutive Sundays of doing so, he gathered a wealth of tips and resources. You can use them to help your congregation begin singing more psalms in worship.

Article | February 25, 2019

So You've Been Asked to ... Lead in Prayer （現在你被邀請...帶領祈禱）

A resource in leading public prayer in worship

Article | September 28, 2018

Calvin Institute of Christian Worship