1855 Knollcrest Circle SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402 USA
On the campus of Calvin University
© 2026 Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Worship led by Calvin University Worship Apprentices and mentor Paul Ryan, with Psalm Talks by Amanda Benckhuysen, Jared E. Alcántara, and Cynthia Eriksson, and artistic responses by Dea Jenkins and Joel Schoon-Tanis.
This service was originally recorded at Psalms 150: A Conference Experience.
Welcome
Song: Psalm 133 “See How Good It Is”
Text and Music: Psalm 133; Sandra McCracken and Wendell Kimbrough © 2019 Integrity Music, Paper News Publishing, Wendell Kimbrough
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.
Call to Worship
Adapted from Worship Sourcebook S.1.2.2
Song: Psalm 150 “Praise the Lord”
Text and Music: Psalm 150; Matt Papa and Matt Boswell © 2020 Getty Music Hymns and Songs, Getty Music Publishing, Love Your Enemies Publishing, Messenger Hymns
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.
Prayer of Lament and Petition
Song: Psalm 42 “Praise Him Again”
Text and Music: Psalm 42; Adam Daniel Westlake, Bryan Christopher Fowler, Chijioke Nnamani, Jared Maxwell Davidson, Simon Ng and Victoria Christine © Getty Music Publishing, LivingHymns, More Songs from Wellhouse, Songs from Wellhouse
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.
Song: Psalm 107 “Oh, Give Thanks”
Text and Music: Psalm 107; Wendell Kimbrough © 2014 Wendell Kimbrough
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.
“Schooling Our Hearts in the Things of God” by Amanda Benckhuysen
Response from Dea Jenkins
“Preaching the Prayer Book of Jesus” by Jared E. Alcántara
Response from Dea Jenkins
“The Psalms: Songs for Trauma Recovery and Resilience” by Cynthia Eriksson
Response from Dea Jenkins
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.
“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.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
