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Karen Roberts on Moving from Inclusion to Belonging

First Presbyterian Church in Aurora, Illinois, is on a journey from being a congregation that includes people with disabilities to becoming a place where people of all abilities belong. A sermon series on the ten dimensions of belonging helped them take another step.

Conversation | June 21, 2021

Sermon Series and Study Guide on Belonging for All Abilities

Your church can use new resources, such as a sermon series and study guide, to help your congregation move from including people with disabilities to becoming a place of belonging for all abilities. Then you can pass on what you've learned to other congregations.

Article | June 21, 2021

Anthony L. 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

Calvin Institute of Christian Worship