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Four Types of Advent and Christmas Eve Services: Which Have You Tried?

Experimenting with a different Advent or Christmas Eve worship format may help worshipers connect with the joy and wonder of Christ’s birth. Blue Christmas, Christmas pageants, Las Posadas, or lessons and carols make room for emotions, movement, culture, and people’s gifts.

Feature Story Feature Story | November 15, 2018

Jon DeVries on Enacted Revelation Passages

Maybe you have been moved by the power of enacted scripture dramas at a Calvin Symposium on Worship. Now you can learn from Jon DeVries how to create them.

Conversation Conversation | May 04, 2017

Playing and Praying the Magnificat

This vesper service from the 2017 Calvin Symposium on Christian Worship focuses on the Magnificat.

Enacted Scripture Enacted Scripture | Video Video | March 10, 2017

Enacted Scripture: Revelation 1

Calvin College students give a dramatic presentation of Revelation 1.

Enacted Scripture Enacted Scripture | Video Video | February 06, 2017

Enacted Scripture: Revelation 7

Calvin College students give a dramatic presentation of Revelation 7.

Enacted Scripture Enacted Scripture | Video Video | February 06, 2017

Enacted Scripture: Revelation 13

Calvin College students give a dramatic presentation of Revelation 13.

Enacted Scripture Enacted Scripture | Video Video | February 06, 2017

Enacted Scripture: Revelation 21-22

Calvin College students give a dramatic presentation of Revelation 21-22.

Enacted Scripture Enacted Scripture | Video Video | February 06, 2017

Speech Communication in Worship

A showcase featuring some thoughtful resources that can help all who participate in worship through public speaking do so hospitably, succinctly, wisely, and with imagination.

Topic Showcase Topic Showcase | June 14, 2016

When Music Helps Us Hear the Bible

Sometimes the Bible rejoices when joined by song and sound! In this workshop, we experience a variety of simple ways music can help us receive the scripture in worship with our heads and our hearts.

Audio Audio | March 17, 2016

Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence on Choral Bible Reading

Assigning different voices to different phrases can be an effective way to convey meaning in public scripture reading. This is known variously as choral reading, scripted scripture and enacted scripture.

Conversation Conversation | January 12, 2016

Being Jesus on Good Friday

On Good Friday, as congregations meditate on the betrayal, suffering, and death of Jesus, some liturgies call the Church to identify with those who judged, persecuted, mocked, and killed our Lord. This is a sobering reality, and appropriate. But, like many stories in the Bible, there are multiple implications within this narrative.

Enacted Scripture Enacted Scripture | February 11, 2015

A Choral Reading of Ephesians 4:1-16

A choral reading based on Ephesians 4 from the NRSV.

Enacted Scripture Enacted Scripture | July 23, 2014

A Choral Reading of Psalm 19

This is a choral reading based on Psalm 19 adapted for three speakers.

Enacted Scripture Enacted Scripture | July 23, 2014

Psalm 104: A Choral Reading for 10

This is a drama script for 10 speakers based on Psalm 104 from the NRSV.

Enacted Scripture Enacted Scripture | July 03, 2012

Symposium 2012 Photo Slideshow

A slideshow of images from the 2012 Calvin Symposium on Worship, held January 26-28, 2012. The annual Calvin Symposium on Worship is an annual, three-day ecumenical conference that brings together a wide audience of pastors, worship leaders and planners, artists, musicians, scholars, students, and other interested worshipers. This year, the symposium explored praying and worshiping through the Psalms.

Slideshow Slideshow | February 13, 2012

Enacted Word: Using Theater to Present Scripture

Learn a variety of techniques from theater and oral interpretation that can be used to proclaim Biblical texts.

Video Video | January 27, 2012

Easter Resource Guide

This is a guide to Eastertide worship planning resources from our website and our ministry partners' websites.

Resource Guide Resource Guide | April 05, 2011

Awesome in Glory - Doug Porter

A dramatic reading for three voices, specifically highlighting God's glory, a central dimension of Christian worship.

Enacted Scripture Enacted Scripture | March 10, 2011

The Broken Gift - Randy Buursma

The following drama was originally used for an Advent service. The scripture text was Isaiah 42:3.

Enacted Scripture Enacted Scripture | March 02, 2011

Travels with Paul: Bringing the First Missionary Journey to Life—with Kids

Keeping Paul’s missionary journeys straight can be tough. The stories are brief and many involve mostly preaching. It is hard to remember what happened. Our challenge was to communicate the information about Paul’s first missionary journey to our congregation in a way that was interesting, memorable, and brief. We wanted to present information about cities as well as people.

Article Article | November 19, 2010