1855 Knollcrest Circle SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402 USA
On the campus of Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary
© 2025 Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Opening Sentences
One: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
The Lord's name be praised!
Opening Prayer
Song of Praise and Confidence: "How Firm a Foundation"
An Enactment Prayer
Habakkuk 1:2-4
...lamenting the violence in our hearts
...silence
...sing "Gbemi Jesu"
Habakkuk 1:5-7
...lamenting our gluttonous possession
...silence
...sing "Gbemi Jesu"
Habakkuk 2:9-11, 15-17
...lamenting our consumption of creatures and creation
...silence
...sing "Gbemi Jesu"
Habakkuk 2:18-20
...lamenting our grasping at idols
...silence
Song of Response: "How Can I Keep from Singing"
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Reading: Habakkuk 3:17-19
Sermon: Yet I Will Rejoice
Song of Response: "All Will Be Well"
Prayers of the People
Remembrance of Baptism and Profession of Faith: "Neither Death Nor Life"
Song of Praise: "What Wondrous Love"
Benediction
Closing Sentences
One: Bless the Lord.
All: The Lord's name be praised!
Announcements
We are grateful for the planning and leading of this service by the faculty, staff, and students from Western Theological Seminary, under the direction of Ron Rienstra. Sue Rozeboom, liturgist, with Megan Dalman and Seth VanderBroek; Hannah Barker Nickolay, embodied scripture reading; and Cornelius Plantinga Jr.,preaching.
Jared Ortiz, professor at Hope College, Holland, Michigan, describes the Nicene Creed as a dramatic and powerful statement where every word is like a declaration of war, saying yes to the truth and no to many falsehoods.
Jane Williams, professor of theology at St. Mellitus College in London, England, sees the Nicene Creed, crafted 1700 years ago, as an extraordinary creative and exciting description of who God is and therefore what we trust in as Christians in God's world.
Maria Eugenia Cornou and Mikie Roberts serve on a planning team for an October worship event in Egypt to mark the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the ecumenical creed that emerged in the year 325 and remains firmly embedded in the worship practices of the church today.
Jared Ortiz, professor at Hope College, Holland, Michigan, describes the Nicene Creed as a dramatic and powerful statement where every word is like a declaration of war, saying yes to the truth and no to many falsehoods.
Jane Williams, professor of theology at St. Mellitus College in London, England, sees the Nicene Creed, crafted 1700 years ago, as an extraordinary creative and exciting description of who God is and therefore what we trust in as Christians in God's world.
Maria Eugenia Cornou and Mikie Roberts serve on a planning team for an October worship event in Egypt to mark the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the ecumenical creed that emerged in the year 325 and remains firmly embedded in the worship practices of the church today.
This expression of Psalm 148 was submitted by Ed Willmington, who wrote it with Clayton J. Schmit. The nature of Psalm 148 is total exuberance as all of nature offers praise to God.
