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Gathering
Victory by Yolanda Adams text originally written in English
Welcome and Call to Worship Psalm 98: 1–3
Praise
You Are God text simultaneously written in English, Spanish, and Korean
Tu fidelidad/I Depend upon Your Faithfulness text originally written in Spanish
I Will Worship You text originally written in Korean
Confession
Prayers of Confession
Assurance
Words of Assurance: Hebrews 10:19–22
Imela/We Thank You text originally written in Igbo
Te doy gloria/I Give You Glory, Jesus text originally written in Spanish
Passing the Peace
Sermon
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Reading: Revelation 7:9–17
Sermon: “A Great Multitude: Diverse, United, and Victorious“
Prayer
Prayer
Prayers of Intercession
Dedication
Bambelela/Hold onto Jesus text originally written in Zulu
Sending
Blessing
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow text originally written in English
Leaders: Josiah Chung, preaching; Calvin College students led by Paul Ryan and Cassandra Vander Well; the Jubilee Fellows of Calvin College; Joella Ranaivoson
Why and how did psalm singing become such a hallmark of Reformed worship? Join Dr. Karin Maag for a fascinating journey through time, from Reformation Geneva to Scotland and from the Netherlands to New England, exploring the roots and impact of metrical psalm singing. Along the way, we will hear the voices of early modern Christians as they learned how to sing the psalms, both in unison and in harmony.
Sister Kathleen Harmon of the community of the Ohio province of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in Dayton, invites us to be transformed by the psalms and experience them as the whole story God is revealing to us. As we keep praying and singing them, the psalms interpret us, and that’s when the transformation comes.
Vinroy D. Brown Jr.—conductor, musicologist, educator, and minister of creative worship and music at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City—explores the vibrant intersection of Black sacred music and the psalms. He talks about Black composers and how they have reimagined the psalms through choral music, spirituals, and the gospel tradition for the benefit of everyone.
Why and how did psalm singing become such a hallmark of Reformed worship? Join Dr. Karin Maag for a fascinating journey through time, from Reformation Geneva to Scotland and from the Netherlands to New England, exploring the roots and impact of metrical psalm singing. Along the way, we will hear the voices of early modern Christians as they learned how to sing the psalms, both in unison and in harmony.
Sister Kathleen Harmon of the community of the Ohio province of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in Dayton, invites us to be transformed by the psalms and experience them as the whole story God is revealing to us. As we keep praying and singing them, the psalms interpret us, and that’s when the transformation comes.
Vinroy D. Brown Jr.—conductor, musicologist, educator, and minister of creative worship and music at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City—explores the vibrant intersection of Black sacred music and the psalms. He talks about Black composers and how they have reimagined the psalms through choral music, spirituals, and the gospel tradition for the benefit of everyone.
John Goldingay, an Anglican priest and the senior professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, posits the psalms are the densest material in the entire Old Testament. They expound the nature of God as the compassionate, faithful, and committed one, but also as the one who makes demands upon us. The psalms help us talk to God, even about difficult things—and when we do, we are talking to someone who is in a position to do something about it.
