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Prayer | October 21, 2021 Prayers for God's Leading An emerging series of devotional and liturgical resources that explore the richness and breadth of scripture texts around discernment and calling. Prayer | October 15, 2021 Praying for God’s Leading: Philippians 1:9-11 Shaping a time of prayer for dwelling with Bible texts, prayer responses, songs of faith, and a concluding benediction. Prayer | October 13, 2021 Matthew Kaemingk and Cory B. Willson on Work and Worship Many of us feel guilty for thinking about work during gathered worship. We don’t see a connection between what we do in worship and what we do at work. But a new book on work and worship describes biblical worship practices that help workers reclaim their place in the priesthood of all believers. Conversation | December 03, 2020 A Fresh Look at Designing Worship for Workers There is a deep division between worship and work in the modern world. What can worship leaders do about it? Join this conversation. Video | October 28, 2020 Douglas J. Brouwer on Pastoral Wisdom and Imagination These video excerpts come from a conversation between Douglas J. Brouwer and John D. Witvliet at the annual Calvin Institute of Christian Worship— CICW—grants colloquium in June 2019. Conversation | Video | August 26, 2019 Evening Prayer: My Soul Finds Rest Join with Latifah Alattas, singers from Urban Doxology, and Isaac Wardell as they respond to their Christian callings through scripture and song in this evening service. Video | May 02, 2018 Isaac Wardell on Rethinking Calling and Vocation Not everyone feels called to their job or experiences it as way to use their gifts to accomplish great things for God. There is a more satisfying way to think about how God calls each of us. Conversation | April 18, 2018 Isaac Wardell on Bringing Work into Worship Daily work, paid and unpaid, consumes our lives, energy, and minds—even when we are in church. Here are ways to plan worship so people see themselves and their work as instruments of God. Conversation | April 18, 2018 Songs of Christian Calling: My Soul Finds Rest Join with Sandra McCracken and Isaac Wardell in songs and prayers of Christian calling. Video | March 21, 2018 Designing Worship from the Bottom Up: Practical Ethnographic Tools for Worship Leaders The “Faith and Work” movement has become popular in many churches in North America in recent years. Many have sought to bridge the gap between Sunday worship and Monday work by showing how Christian liturgy and theology affect how we approach our weekday work. But our weekday work also affects how we inhabit Sunday worship in profound ways, and those who lead and craft liturgies do well to be attentive to this reality. Video | March 07, 2017 Here Are My Hands: A Practical Workshop on Affirming Vocation in Weekly Worship Practices Isaac Wardell, Bruce Benedict, and Laura Fanucci provide some very practical first steps for congregations with a desire to address vocation in worship. Audio | February 23, 2017 The Wardrobe of Easter: White-Hot with Purpose St. Paul calls followers of Jesus Christ who have been resurrected with him to live far better. They must be well-ordered in their priorities and white-hot in their motivation. Reflection | April 05, 2014 Five Stages on the Journey of Disability Attitudes Based on the idea that the most disabling aspect of life with disabilities is the attitudes of others, Dan and Dan will show us how our attitudes often marginalize those God has called into God’s kingdom and service. Audio | February 17, 2014 Programs for the Theological Exploration of Vocation Schools were asked to establish or strengthen programs that assist students in examining the relationship between faith and vocational choices, provide opportunities for gifted young people to explore Christian ministry, and enhance the capacity of a school's faculty and staff to teach and mentor students effectively in this arena. Website | October 26, 2011 Baptism and the Transformation of Youths' Vocational Imaginations This session explored, first, the relationship between Baptismal theology and vocation, and second, a variety of pedagogies designed to invite youth to imagine faithfully their unfolding futures with God. Audio | January 01, 2008 Finding Themselves at the Table: Youth Practicing Eucharistic Living in the World This session explored an ecology of practices designed to deepen youths' participation in the Lord's Supper/Eucharist and to form them to interpret and act in the world eucharistically. Participants learned creative pedagogies for teaching youth about the Eucharist; how youth may be engaged in ministry at the Table; the importance of creating a broad ecology of liturgical and extra-liturgical Eucharistic practices through which youth may be formed; and the means to invite youths? personal and theological reflections on Eucharistic life. Audio | January 01, 2008 The Christian Work Style A service plan based on Proverbs 6:6-8 and Ephesians 4:25-32 focused on the style of work that characterizes Christians in a series on vocation and how our faith and our work are integrated. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 Religion and Work - Do They Mix? A service plan based on Exodus 20 and Colossians 3 addressing our attitudes toward daily work and what our faith has to do with shaping these attitudes in a series focused on vocation and how our faith and work are integrated. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 Finding a Job You Can Love A service plan based on Ecclesiastes 2:17-26 focused on selecting our vocation, which should be a source of productivity, satisfaction and meaning for us as image-bearers of God who have been redeemed in Christ in a series focused on vocation and how our faith and our work are integrated. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 1 2 Next »