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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
“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.
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.
“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.
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.
