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Morning Worship led by staff of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, with Psalm Talks by Terry M. Wildman and Darlene Wildman, Karen Campbell, and Rawn Harbor, and artistic responses by Dea Jenkins and Joel Schoon-Tanis.
This service was originally recorded at Psalms 150: A Conference Experience.
A psalm prayer in response to Psalm 63
Call to Worship from Psalm 63:1-4
Opening Song: “The Steadfast Love of the Lord”
Text: Lamentations 3:22-23
Music: Edith McNeill (b. 1920) © 1974, 1975 Celebration
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.
God’s Greeting
Psalm 62: “In God Alone” PFAS 62D
Text: Psalm 62:1; from Evangelical Lutheran Worship © 2006 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, admin. Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Music: Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) © 1998 Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, GIA Publications, Inc., exclusive North American agent
All rights reserved. Used by permission. OneLicense.net A-703303.
Psalm 62
Psalm 42
Psalm 42: “Como el ciervo / Like a Deer”
Text: Juan Salinas; tr. Mary Louise Bringle (b. 1953), 2011. Music (LLÉNAME): Juan Salinas © 1991 CanZion Producciones; arr. Obed Valencia Lozada © 2001 Obed Valencia Lozada. Used by permission. CCLI #400063.
Prayer
Psalm 16 (Cantonese new translation)
Text: Psalm 16; Yvette Lau © Yvette Lau
Used by permission.
Psalm reading: Psalm 16:7-11
Psalm prayer in response to Psalm 16:
Blessing for the Day
Psalm 100: “All People That on Earth Do Dwell”
Text: English William Kethe, 1561, alt., P.D.; French tr. Roger Chapal 1970, after Théodore de Bèze, 1562 © Fédération Musique et Chant de la Réforme, c/o Editions Olivétan; Chinese tr. Timothy Ting Fang Lew, rev. Ernest Yang © Chinese Christian Literature Council, Ltd.; Dutch tr. Willem Barnard, 1967, © Interkerkelijke Stichting voor het Kerklied, Leidschendam; German tr. after Cornelius Becker; Hungarian tr. Albert Szenczi Molnár, 1607; Indonesian tr. H. A. Pandopo © 1989 Yamuger, Indonesian Institute for Sacred Music; Japanese tr. from The 150 Genevan Psalm Songs in Japanese (The General Assembly of Reformed Church in Japan Publishing Committee, 2006); Korean tr. The United Methodist Korean Hymnal Committee © 2001 The United Methodist Publishing House, admin. The Copyright Company; Spanish tr. Federico J. Pagura, 1960, ©
Federico J. Pagura; Swahili tr. nyimbo Standard
Music (GENEVAN 134/OLD HUNDREDTH): Louis Bourgeois (ca. 1510-1561), 1551, P.D.
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.
Welcome and Notes for the Day
“Story of the Book of Sacred Songs” by Terry M. Wildman and Darlene Wildman
Response from Dea Jenkins
“Peace comes dropping slow”: What Is the Sound of Reconciliation? Stories from Northern Ireland by Karen Campbell
Response from Dea Jenkins
“My Soul Speaks Out” by Rawn Harbor
Response from Dea Jenkins
In this session Terry Wildman will share the vision, process, and outcomes of the First Nations Version (FNV) New Testament. Why was this translation needed? Who was involved in the translation? What were some of the cultural challenges faced by the translation council? What does it say about the translations done in Native languages in the past? How did the translation council decide on more than 185 key words and terms? What are some of the unique qualities of the FNV versus other English versions? How has the FNV affected the worship expressions of some Native believers? What is the future of the FNV?
How does one think about diversity as a Christian or as the church? How might working with and among—or even just thinking about—migrant neighbors contribute to our ecclesial identity? The language of catholicity allows us to imagine the unity of the church not in a monocultural way, but rather as a community inclusive of people of all languages and ethnicities. Migration and migrants today especially remind the church of its own catholic identity. How does the church's identity as a migrant church foster a healthy catholicity in the church's worship? This session will include the use of salsa music to invite participation in a more catholic way of life, asking what multicultural, cross cultural, and intercultural ways of being a church on the move might look like in worship.
As inhabitants of the modern age, we are deeply marked by skewed ways of thinking that thwart our humanness, our involvement with the world, and our spirituality. This is a philosophical tune-up that directly challenges and dispels modernity’s implicit philosophy. My philosophical proposals in my 2023 book Doorway to Artistry target the creative process, but they positively affect and bring healing to all arenas of life and work and worship. I pose that we as human persons are meant to live out a joyous “yes” to the real, and our involvement with the real takes the form of intimate encounter and communion. My approach reflects especially on God’s creative act and God’s created things. It taps epiphany, the redemptive encounter, and the Eucharist as paradigms for our knowing, our artistry, and all our everyday involvement with the world, so it should make us better at our stewardly dominion and voicing creation’s praise in worship.
In this session Terry Wildman will share the vision, process, and outcomes of the First Nations Version (FNV) New Testament. Why was this translation needed? Who was involved in the translation? What were some of the cultural challenges faced by the translation council? What does it say about the translations done in Native languages in the past? How did the translation council decide on more than 185 key words and terms? What are some of the unique qualities of the FNV versus other English versions? How has the FNV affected the worship expressions of some Native believers? What is the future of the FNV?
How does one think about diversity as a Christian or as the church? How might working with and among—or even just thinking about—migrant neighbors contribute to our ecclesial identity? The language of catholicity allows us to imagine the unity of the church not in a monocultural way, but rather as a community inclusive of people of all languages and ethnicities. Migration and migrants today especially remind the church of its own catholic identity. How does the church's identity as a migrant church foster a healthy catholicity in the church's worship? This session will include the use of salsa music to invite participation in a more catholic way of life, asking what multicultural, cross cultural, and intercultural ways of being a church on the move might look like in worship.
As inhabitants of the modern age, we are deeply marked by skewed ways of thinking that thwart our humanness, our involvement with the world, and our spirituality. This is a philosophical tune-up that directly challenges and dispels modernity’s implicit philosophy. My philosophical proposals in my 2023 book Doorway to Artistry target the creative process, but they positively affect and bring healing to all arenas of life and work and worship. I pose that we as human persons are meant to live out a joyous “yes” to the real, and our involvement with the real takes the form of intimate encounter and communion. My approach reflects especially on God’s creative act and God’s created things. It taps epiphany, the redemptive encounter, and the Eucharist as paradigms for our knowing, our artistry, and all our everyday involvement with the world, so it should make us better at our stewardly dominion and voicing creation’s praise in worship.
Explore the compelling beauty of the Bible's covenantal vision of the divine-human relationship and the transformative difference this makes for how we worship the triune God. This session will feature insights from the authors of two influential books: Esther Lightcap Meek's Loving to Know: A Covenantal Epistemology and Daniel Block's Covenant: The Framework of God's Grand Plan of Redemption.
