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2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Vesper
Pre-service Singing
Votum and Greeting
Song: “God of Love and Faithfulness”
The Lord’s Prayer
Confession of Faith: “My Help Comes from the Lord”
Psalm 121
Scripture Reading: 2 Samuel 12:1–10
Song: “Whiter than Snow”
Psalm 51
Prayer: Psalm 86:1–5
Song: “Teach Me, Lord”
Psalm 86
Scripture Reading: Psalm 119:10–12
Song: “Happy Are Those”
Psalm 119
Scripture Reading: Psalm 25:4–5
Song: “Lord, to You My Soul Is Lifted”
Psalm 25
Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:6–9
Song: “Prayer for the King”
Psalm 72
Scripture Reading: Psalm 51:15
Song: “Bless the Lord, My Soul”
Psalm 103
Song: “How Good It Is”
Psalm 133
Blessing: Psalm 5:11–12
Song: “Come, All You Servants of the Lord”
Psalm 134
We are grateful for the planning and leading of this service by The Psalm Project and Laura de Jong.
The last few minutes of corporate worship are critical because they frame the entire purpose of worship and its connection to our lives in the world.
Explore how Christians in the earliest centuries of Christianity engaged topics related to wealth and poverty in their preaching, public prayers, offerings, celebrations of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and the shaping of buildings and spaces for Christian worship.
How did early Christians understand their illness and pain in their Greco-Roman context?
The last few minutes of corporate worship are critical because they frame the entire purpose of worship and its connection to our lives in the world.
Explore how Christians in the earliest centuries of Christianity engaged topics related to wealth and poverty in their preaching, public prayers, offerings, celebrations of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and the shaping of buildings and spaces for Christian worship.
How did early Christians understand their illness and pain in their Greco-Roman context?
Pastors of three Hispanic churches will share what they learned from experiences implementing congregational projects related to the development of new understandings and practices of worship and preaching.
