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2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Vesper
Pre-service Singing
Votum and Greeting
Song: “God of Love and Faithfulness”
The Lord’s Prayer
Confession of Faith: “My Help Comes from the Lord”
Psalm 121
Scripture Reading: 2 Samuel 12:1–10
Song: “Whiter than Snow”
Psalm 51
Prayer: Psalm 86:1–5
Song: “Teach Me, Lord”
Psalm 86
Scripture Reading: Psalm 119:10–12
Song: “Happy Are Those”
Psalm 119
Scripture Reading: Psalm 25:4–5
Song: “Lord, to You My Soul Is Lifted”
Psalm 25
Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:6–9
Song: “Prayer for the King”
Psalm 72
Scripture Reading: Psalm 51:15
Song: “Bless the Lord, My Soul”
Psalm 103
Song: “How Good It Is”
Psalm 133
Blessing: Psalm 5:11–12
Song: “Come, All You Servants of the Lord”
Psalm 134
We are grateful for the planning and leading of this service by The Psalm Project and Laura de Jong.
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.
