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 worship service features music led by the Calvin University Capella and the Hope College Chapel Choir, directed by Mark Stover and Eric Reyes and accompanied by organist Rhonda Sider Edgington. Nicole Massie Martin gives the sermon on the persistent widow of Luke 18:1-8.
This service was originally recorded at the 2025 Calvin Symposium on Worship.
Service Outline:
Sung Prayer: “Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying”
Text and Music: Ken Medema © 1973 Hope Publishing Company
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Call to Worship
God’s Greeting
Song: “Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven”
Text: Henry F. Lyte, 1834
Music: LAUDA ANIMA; John Goss, 1869; arr. Larry Visser © 2015 GIA Publications, Inc.
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Prayer of Confession
Silent Prayer
Choral Prayer of Confession: “Precious Lord”
Text and Music: Thomas A. Dorsey; arr. Arnold Sevier © 1938 Unichappell Music, Inc.; arr. © 1996 Unichappell Music, Inc.
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Assurance of Pardon
Sung Response: “O Love”
Text: George Matheson (1842-1906)
Music: Elaine Hagenberg © 2016 Beckenhorst Press, Inc.
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Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Reading: Luke 18:1-8
Sermon
Sung Response: “With What Shall I Come”
Text: based on Micah 6:6-8
Music: Rosephanye Powell © 2023 Gentry Publications, admin. Fred Bock Publishing Group
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.
Prayers of the People
Song: “Abana in Heaven”
Text and Music: Laila Constantine, Lebanon © 2002 Songs of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Egypt, Council of Pastoral Work and Evangelism, admin. Faith Alive Christian Resources; tr. and adapt. Anne Emile Zaki, Emily R. Brink, Greg Scheer, and Maged Dakouk © 2008, 2012 Faith Alive Christian Resources.
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Blessing
Sending Song: “Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service”
Text: Albert F. Bayly, alt., © 1988 Oxford University Press
Music: PLEADING SAVIOR; J. Leavitt’s Christian Lyre, 1830; harm. stanzas 1-2 Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906; harm. stanzas 3-4 and descant, Larry Visser, 2024 © 2025 Larry Visser
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Sending
This worship service centers on the story of the friend at midnight in Luke 11:5-13. Sandra McCracken, in collaboration with the Calvin University Worship Apprentices and their mentor, Paul Ryan, lead congregational worship. Janette Ok delivers the sermon, and Becca Tellinghuisen leads the scripture reading.
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 worship service is musically led by Symposium contributor Raymond Wise and the Calvin University Gospel Choir, directed by Nate Glasper. Dennis Edwards delivers the message on Luke 16:19-31, “The Rich Man and Lazarus.”
This worship service centers on the story of the friend at midnight in Luke 11:5-13. Sandra McCracken, in collaboration with the Calvin University Worship Apprentices and their mentor, Paul Ryan, lead congregational worship. Janette Ok delivers the sermon, and Becca Tellinghuisen leads the scripture reading.
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 worship service is musically led by Symposium contributor Raymond Wise and the Calvin University Gospel Choir, directed by Nate Glasper. Dennis Edwards delivers the message on Luke 16:19-31, “The Rich Man and Lazarus.”
This worship service features music led by the Calvin University Capella and the Hope College Chapel Choir, directed by Mark Stover and Eric Reyes and accompanied by organist Rhonda Sider Edgington. Nicole Massie Martin gives the sermon on the persistent widow of Luke 18:1-8.
