1855 Knollcrest Circle SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402 USA
On the campus of Calvin University
© 2026 Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
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 service was originally recorded at the 2025 Calvin Symposium on Worship.
Service Outline:
Gathering Song: “We Have Come into This House”
Bruce T. Ballinger
CCLI Song #17212
© 1976 MCA Music Publ., A.D.O. Universal Studio; Sound III, Inc.
Call to Worship
Song of Praise: “Make a Joyful Noise”
Raymond Wise
Copyright © 1996 Raise Publishing Company
PO. Box 247574, Columbus, Ohio 43223-7574
Made in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved
Greeting
Song: “I’d Rather Have Jesus”
Written by Jimmie R. Wyatt
Performed by Dallas Fort Worth Mass Choir
© Copyright Jimmy’s Jams Publishing (BMI). All rights reserved.
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon
The Lord’s Prayer: “The Lord’s Prayer” (Swahili)
Raymond Wise
Copyright © 2004 Raise Publishing Company
197 Monarch Dr. Pataskala, Ohio 43062
Made in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved
Reading of the Scripture: Luke 16:19-31
Song: “Poor Man Lazarus”
© Copyright 1955 Bourne Co., New York, NY
All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Printed in USA.
Prayers of the People/Litany
Song: “Silver and Gold”
CCLI Song # 1892697
Kirk Franklin
© 1993 Lilly Mack Music
Prayer of Illumination
Sermon
Song of Response: “Fix Me”
Raymond Wise
Copyright © 1992 Raise Publishing Company
PO. Box 247574, Columbus, Ohio 43223-7574
Made in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved
Blessing
“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.
Martin Luther frequently called Psalm 118 as his “own beloved psalm,” describing it as a “friend who helped [him] out of many troubles.” This session provides a history of the interpretation of this beloved psalm by looking at the readings of Ambrose, Augustine, Theodoret of Cyrus, Cassiodorus, Luther, and 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.
Martin Luther frequently called Psalm 118 as his “own beloved psalm,” describing it as a “friend who helped [him] out of many troubles.” This session provides a history of the interpretation of this beloved psalm by looking at the readings of Ambrose, Augustine, Theodoret of Cyrus, Cassiodorus, Luther, and Calvin.
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.
