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2019 Vital Worship Grants Colloquium | Morning Worship
“Beneath the Tree of Life”
Greeting / Call to Worship: Hebrews 13:15
“Aramos nuestros campos / We Plow the Fields and Scatter”
Prayer for Illumination
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 44:1–8
Prayers of the People with sung refrain “I Shall Not Be Moved”
“The Seeds of the Kingdom”
Benediction
Passing the Peace
Announcements
Leaders: Calvin College musicians led by Paul Ryan; William Johnston; Nikki Lerner; Liturgical Movement team led by Julia Start Fletcher; Hannah Barker Nickolay; and Jackson Nickolay
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.
