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Welcome
Invocation – Awakening
Gillian D. Grannum © 2000 Rain Down Melodies, LLC
Call – Psalm 30:1-3 (NLT)
I will exalt you, Lord, for you rescued me.
You refused to let my enemies triumph over me.
O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you restored my health.
You brought me up from the grave, O Lord.
You kept me from falling into the pit of death.
Response – Amazing Grace
John Newton, Public Domain
Call – Psalm 30:4 (NLT)
Sing to the Lord, all you godly ones! Praise his holy name.
Response – O Give Thanks
Gillian D. Grannum © 2011 Rain Down Melodies, LLC
Call – Psalm 30:5 (NLT)
For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime!
Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.
Response –
Rain
Gillian D. Grannum © 2000 Rain Down Melodies, LLC
Cry - Collective Improvisation, Jazz Vespers Ensemble
The Bottle of Tears [Song of Comfort]
Ruth Naomi Floy © 2006 NaRu Music
Call – Psalm 30:6-7a (NLT)
When I was prosperous, I said, “Nothing can stop me now!”
Your favor, O Lord, made me as secure as a mountain.
Response – I Know
Gillian D. Grannum © 2004 Rain Down Melodies, LLC
Call – Psalm 30:7b-10 (NLT)
Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered.
I cried out to you, O Lord. I begged the Lord for mercy, saying,
“What will you gain if I die, if I sink into the grave?
Can my dust praise you? Can it tell of your faithfulness?
Hear me, Lord, and have mercy on me. Help me, O Lord.”
Response – Divine Reply
Gillian D. Grannum © 2011 Rain Down Melodies, LLC
Call – Psalm 30:11-12 (NLT)
You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing.
You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,
that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!
Response – Oh, Give Thanks
Gillian D. Grannum © 2011 Rain Down Melodies, LLC
Benediction – Oh, How He Loves You and Me
Kurt Kaiser © 1975 Word Music, LLC
Jazz Vespers Ensemble:
“Deconstruction” is a popular term among young people who grew up in the Christian church. In this public lecture, Robert Chao Romero will consider the challenge of widespread deconstruction while offering a hopeful path forward. Expanding on Phyllis Tickle’s analogy of the church having a rummage sale of ideas every few centuries, Romero invites us to consider the contributions of Latina/o theology and the history of the Brown Church as valuable resources for reconstruction on the other side of deconstruction.
Carmen Imes has spent the past fifteen years immersed in the book of Exodus, writing about it for both her master’s thesis and her doctoral dissertation. In this lecture, Imes will share some of the most paradigm-shifting insights she’s had while reading Exodus through an Egyptian lens.
Modern song writers are continually setting the psalms to new music for band-led worship contexts. Join Paul Ryan, Nate Glasper, and the Calvin University Worship Apprentices to sing contemporary psalm settings sung in public worship at Calvin.
“Deconstruction” is a popular term among young people who grew up in the Christian church. In this public lecture, Robert Chao Romero will consider the challenge of widespread deconstruction while offering a hopeful path forward. Expanding on Phyllis Tickle’s analogy of the church having a rummage sale of ideas every few centuries, Romero invites us to consider the contributions of Latina/o theology and the history of the Brown Church as valuable resources for reconstruction on the other side of deconstruction.
Carmen Imes has spent the past fifteen years immersed in the book of Exodus, writing about it for both her master’s thesis and her doctoral dissertation. In this lecture, Imes will share some of the most paradigm-shifting insights she’s had while reading Exodus through an Egyptian lens.
Modern song writers are continually setting the psalms to new music for band-led worship contexts. Join Paul Ryan, Nate Glasper, and the Calvin University Worship Apprentices to sing contemporary psalm settings sung in public worship at Calvin.
Join this excursion through compositional method, use of text, melodic creation, vocal range, and inner insights. The session includes the presentation of new psalm settings by Rawn Harbor.
