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Song of Invocation: "The Lord Be With You"
One: Come to us today, O God.
All: Come to us with Light.
Speak to us today, O God.
Speak to us your truth.
Dwell with us today, O God.
Dwell with us in love.
Renew us today, O God.
Renew us by your Holy Spirit.
Sung Response: "The Lord Be With You"
Song of Praise—“Oh, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus”
Prayer for Illumination: “Listen to the Word”
Salvation Belongs to the Lord: The Story of Jonah
“ ‘El Chanun”
Ninevah’s Violence and Jonah’s Flight
Ninevah’s Repentence and Jonah’s Flight
“ ‘El Chanun”
Prayers of the People
Responses:
One: We lift this prayer to the Lord.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
One: We lift this praise to the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Sung refrain: “Prayer: Out of the Depths”
Closing Sentences
One: God of love,
as in Jesus Christ you gave yourself to us,
so may we give ourselves to you,
living according to your holy will.
Light our lamps with love
All: that Christ may shine in us.
Make our mouths speak your story,
that Christ may be known through us.
Keep our feet firmly in the Way,
that Christ may walk with us.
And fill us with the Holy Spirit
that we may know Christ’s peace.
Amen.
Song of Blessing: “ ‘El Chanun”
Benediction
One: May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace,
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Bless the Lord.
The Lord’s name be praised.
Go in peace.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
