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
This service of the word and table includes a message on Luke 10 from Kevin Adams, who reflects on the parables of the lost sheep, coin, and son. Communion is celebrated following the message. Proskuneo Ministries leads the music, and the Calvin University Ministry Leadership Cohort, alongside their mentor, Joanna Wigboldy, guides the liturgy.
This service was originally recorded at the 2025 Calvin Symposium on Worship.
Service Outline:
Call to Worship
Opening Song: “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Text: stanza 1, Robert Robinson, alt.; stanza 2, Stan Nussbaum
Music: NETTLETON; J. Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, Part II, 1813
Used by permission.
God’s Greeting
Song of Praise: “Yesu azali awa / Jesus Christ Is with Us”
Text: Congolese folk hymn; English tr. Emily R. Brink © 2006 Faith Alive Christian Resources; Korean tr. Eunae Chung © 2012 Faith Alive Christian Resources
Music: Congolese folk hymn
All rights reserved. Used by permission. OneLicense.net A-703303.
Song of Prayer and Lament: “Afghan Lamentation Worship”
Text and Music: Mike Cheon
Used by permission of Mike Cheon
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Reading: Luke 15
Sermon
Prayer of Application
Song: “Tu fidelidad / I Depend upon Your Faithfulness”
Text and Music: Miguel Cassina © Bálsamo Music International; English tr. Andrew Donaldson © 2001 Binary Editions
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.
Prayers of the People
Communion: Sursum Corda (Hearts Lifted)
Communion: Prayer of Thanksgiving
Song: “Trilingual Sanctus”
Text and Music: Josh Davis © 2022 Josh Davis
Used by permission of Josh Davis
Communion: Memorial Acclamation
Communion: Words of Institution and Epiclesis
Song: “Abana Alathi Fi Ssama (The Lord’s Prayer)”
Text: oral tradition
Music: Laila Constantine, Lebanon © 2002 Songs of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church,
Council of Pastoral Work and Evangelism, admin. Faith Alive Christian Resources
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.
Communion: Invitation and Instructions
Song: “Ruhul Qudus (Spirit of God)”
Text and Music: Armenian Church, S. Sarkissian © Gilbert Hovsepia
Used by permission
Song: “Kristus Valda”
Text and Music: Grace Funderburgh © Grace Funderburgh
Used by permission of Grace Funderburgh
Song: “Worthy Is Your Name” and “Elai Yesua”“Worthy Is Your Name”
Text and Music: Chris Brown, Mack Donald Iii Brock, Steven Furtick © Be Essential Songs
“Elai Yesua”: Text and Music: author unknown
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.
Communion: Acclamation
Song: “Agnus Dei”
Text and Music: Michael W. Smith © 1990 Sony/ATV Milene Music
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.
Blessing
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.
