Published on
March 12, 2015
Video length
75 mins
An evening worship service from the 2015 Calvin Symposium on Worship led by Denise Kingdom Grier, preaching, 2 Corinthians 9:6-15

The sermon title is "The Genealogy of Generosity."

Participants:

  • Todd Cioffi, liturgist
  • Maple Avenue Ministries, host church
  • Conference Choir, directed by Jorge Lockward, James Abbington, and C. Michael Hawn
  • Graham Kendrick, guitarist
  • CJ Grier, Jorge Lockward, and James Abbington, pianists

See the Service Outline.

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