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On the campus of Calvin University
© 2025 Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
A worship service from the 2021 online Calvin Symposium on Worship.
Institution Name: Internacional Teológico Bautista
Participants:
Sopranos: Mercedes Mazzino, Joanna Seguel
Altos: Paula Tabernaverry, Constanza Bongarrá
Tenors: Maico H’siao, Adrián Herrera, Nicolás Tizzano
Bass: Jonatan Espínola
Samy Mielgo: Guitar, acoustic bass, bombo
Gastón Puga: Flute, bombo, cajon, and cuera de tambores
Hernán Drisner: Electric Guitar and acoustic bass
Marcelo Villanueva: guitarra de 7 cuerdas, Ronroco, and cuerda de tambores
Words of Blessing and Prayer: Tomás Mackey and Viviana Barrón
Directors: Constanza Bongarrá and Marcelo Villanueva
Location: Buenos Aires
Copyrights:
“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel / Veni, Emanuel”
Text: Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum, Köln, 1710; English tr. composite; Spansih tr. vss. 1, 2, 4, 7, Federico J. Pagura, 1923-2016, © 1962; vss.
3, 6, Dimas Planas-Belfort, 1934-1992, © 2012 Editorial Avance Luterano
Music: French Processional, 15th century; arr. Constanza Bongarrá
“Hemos venido / We’ve Come”
Text and Music: Marcelo A. Villanueva
Used by permission.
“Este es el día / This Is the Day”
Text: Based on Psalm 118; Pablo D. Sosa, 1933-2019; tr. by Mary Louise Bringle, b. 1953; © 1983; tr. © 2006, 2019 GIA Publications;
Music: Pablo D. Sosa, 1933-2019 © 1983 GIA Publications, Inc.; arr. Samy Mielgo
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“Tenemos esperanza / We Have Hope”
Text: Federico J. Pagura, 1923-2016, adapt. ©; tr. by Mary Louise Bringle, b. 1953, © 2012 GIA Publications, Inc.
Music: Homero R. Perera, alt. © 1983
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“Vencerá el amor”
Text: Inspired by Romans 12:21; Carlos Colón, b. 1966; tr. by Greg Scheer, b. 1966
Music: Carlos Colón, b. 1966
© 2014 Birnamwood Publications, a section of MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc.
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“El cielo canta alegría / Heaven Is Singing for Joy”
Text and Music: Pablo D. Sosa, 1933-2019 © 1958 GIA Publications, Inc.; arr. Gastón Puga
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
