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Bennett on Engaging Trauma in Sermons Many urban pastors deal with trauma. Some preach without benefit of pay or formal training. This Baptist church gathered its associate ministers monthly to learn about trauma and exegete Scripture to engage people hungry for healing and justice. Conversation | October 30, 2019 The Costly Loss of the OT Prophets 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop Audio | May 10, 2019 Truth that Awakens Holy Desire 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop Audio | May 08, 2019 The Love of God for All People and Creatures 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Service of the Word Worship Service | Video | February 21, 2019 Amanda Benckhuysen on Preaching from the Minor Prophets Most congregations have never heard a sermon preached from the prophetic books of Nahum or Obadiah. Other than a few choice passages in Jeremiah or Isaiah, the major prophets are mainly ignored too. That means worshipers are missing out on more than a quarter of inspired Scripture. Conversation | December 12, 2018 The Gospel of John in the Pulpit This seminar explored the Gospel of John and offered cultural clues that help the gospel’s stories spring to life in new and unexpected ways. Audio | April 23, 2018 Congregations and Sermons: A Biblical Scholar's Vision for Imaginative, Communal Sermon Listening Most of us consider the Bible more than an anthology or a textual repository for the ancient Israelites' and early Christians' religious traditions. Audio | July 06, 2017 Transforming Sermon Communication A Practical Guide to Making Changes That Make a Difference. Video | February 24, 2015 Kathy Hanson on Youth Delivering Homilies Usually teachers give the homily during daily worship at Mustard Seed School in Hoboken, New Jersey. When the school asked every eighth grader to give a homily, the results surprised and blessed the whole community. Conversation | November 07, 2014 Growing in Grace: A four-week series to get your church education plans off to a great start Another September rolls around. If you’re a typical worship and liturgy planner, you’re probably thinking, We really ought to highlight the beginning of another season of education. On the heels of that thought comes another: We need to commission our education leaders. Where do we find a liturgy for that? Worship Service | August 13, 2014 Show, Don't Tell: Keeping Sermons Vivid Throughout the average week people talk about their lives and their families and their work through stories about whosaid what, how a certain event came about, and what something looked like and felt like when it happened. But too oftenon Sundays preachers present sermons that are short on vivid stories and long on description and the doling out of facts.In this workshop those who preach sermons and those who listen to sermons will explore both why vividness in sermons is vital and some ideas on how to make this happen in sermons as well. Audio | March 04, 2014 Service Series A list of our service series. Worship Service | October 03, 2011 Planning Worship Series Ahead Worship planned in series provides for a greater cumulative impact on the spiritual life of a congregation as a theme is continually reinforced. Topic Showcase | September 01, 2011 An iPod because iPreach The wealth of resources for busy preachers available through something like iTunes is a bit staggering. And you can find sermons there too. Audio | February 18, 2011 Symposium 2011 - Someday You'll Be a Good Preacher The journey to good preaching is as filled with twists and turns as a Rocky Mountain highway. Stan Mast is a veteran road warrior who shares hard-won insights into what it takes to become a good preacher. Special attention is paid to the sharp-tongued critics who can drive aspiring preachers off the road. Audio | January 28, 2011 In the Lord (Sermon Notes) Sermon notes from Philippians 4: 1-7 Article | December 23, 2010 God at Work (Philippians 2) A worship service outline on Philippians 2: 12-13 Worship Service | December 22, 2010 Matthew's Sermon on the Mount This study of Matthew 5-7 investigated the main teachings of the whole sermon and their relation to us, the Church, and the world. Audio | March 23, 2010 Worshiping the Trinity in Exile: The Prophetic Church with a Post-Era Mission In a post-postmodern, high-tech, super-hyped, and anti-institutional world, how should we be Church and how should we be the Church at worship and in mission? How will our means match the ends so that worship is faithful to the Jesus of the cross? Audio | March 23, 2010 In Other Words: A Conversation on Preaching Sermons usually say in other words what Scripture says, and do in other words what Scripture does --assure, warn, encourage, inform, inspire--. But they say and do Scripture in a great many ways and they can sound very different from each other depending on the acoustics of time, place, and audience. Audio | March 23, 2010 1 2 3 Next »