All Tags Resource Type Academic Article Article Audio Bibliography Book Excerpt Book Signing Conversation Enacted Scripture Feature Story Image News Item Online Discussion Podcast Prayer Reflection Resource Guide Slideshow Topic Showcase Video Website Worship Service Category All Christian Year Daily Prayer/Reflection Dance Drama Grants Interdisciplinary Intergenerational Worship Language Arts/Words Music Preaching Sacraments (Baptism and Lord's Supper) Teaching Technology Visual Arts Worshipers Worship- Leading Worship- Meaning of Worship- Planning Worship- Preparing for Occasion All Funerals Symposium Resources War Lessons and Carols Ascension Hymn Festival Advent Weddings Weekday Services Epiphany Natural Disasters Pentecost Teaching Worship Commissionings Thanksgiving Easter Christ the King Christmas Healing Services Anniversaries Taize Ordination/Installation Heidelberg Catechism Summer Passion Week Lent Dedications Resources by 'Sandra Maria Van Opstal' 1 - 14 of 14 Sort by: Title | Date Coming Alongside Youth on New Pathways of Being Church In this conversation, pastor and justice-seeker Sandra Maria Van Opstal talks Elizabeth Tamez Méndez about how the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial reckoning provided an opportunity for churches to pivot and reset practices and spaces that allow youth to ask hard questions and explore a Biblical understanding of worship, justice, and collective flourishing in Christ. Conversation | Video | January 26, 2022 Multiple Pathways for Youth 2021 Online Calvin Symposium on Worship | On-Demand Panel Discussion Video Video | October 29, 2020 Worship and Christian Community Development 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Seminar Audio | April 12, 2019 Restored in Christ 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Vesper Video | Worship Service | March 14, 2019 Prophetic Lament When Soong-Chan Rah planted an urban church near Boston, he began with a series of sermons on the Book of Lamentations, a radical counter-cultural approach to ministry that later became the basis for his book Prophetic Lament. Video | February 22, 2017 Glorifying God in a Diverse World: Next Steps in the Journey Sandra Van Opstal gives her plenary address at Worship Symposium 2017. Video | February 20, 2017 Worship Leader as Pastoral Musician Musicians who lead worship are not merely performers, directors, coordinators, or music industry peddlers. We are primarily pastoral people—priestly leaders who shape the prayers and acclamations of God’s people. Video | April 13, 2016 Sandra Van Opstal on Multicultural Preaching A majority of U.S. Christians born before 1965 are white. However, the fastest growing groups in the U.S. as a whole and in its churches are people of color. Preaching must change to reflect this diversity so that all generations and nations can encounter God through the Word Conversation | April 08, 2016 Sandra Van Opstal on The Next Worship While some U.S. politicians play on fears about ethnic minorities, changing demographic trends actually offer churches a huge opportunity to create new forms of worship. Conversation | April 07, 2016 Best Contemporary Worship Music You May Not Know In the age of the internet, we all have access to hundreds of thousands of songs. Hundreds more are written each week. There are dozens of remarkable songs written that are biblically faithful, musically excellent, theologically robust, liturgically fitting, and singable by ordinary people—but they can be hard to find! Video | March 31, 2016 Sandra Van Opstal on Multicultural Millennials in Worship You might be surprised to learn what matters in worship to multicultural millennials in this urban Chicago church. Conversation | December 17, 2015 Developing a Multiethnic Accent in Preaching Congregations are becoming more diverse which increases the need for the church planter, missionary, and preacher to communicate biblical truth in relevant and compelling ways. Audio | February 25, 2015 The Next Worship: Coming to the Table in a Multicultural World The Table is a dominant image for Christ followers gathering together to worship him. It communicates friendship, commitment, and intimacy. The church is in need of leaders who will work towards seeing every tribe and tongue present, reconciled, and celebrating diversity at the Table of corporate worship. Audio | February 23, 2015 The Mission of Worship This workshop demonstrated how worship can both take people where they are and challenge them where they need to go, proclaiming that the Kingdom of God is here, accomplishing reconciliation, justice, and shalom. Audio | February 22, 2013
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