1855 Knollcrest Circle SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402 USA
On the campus of Calvin University
© 2026 Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
A worship service from the 2021 online Calvin Symposium on Worship.
Participants:
Opening Words: Emily Brink, Kai Ton Chau, Dale Cooper, Cindy DeBoer, Will Groenendyk, SooA Hong, Satrina Reid, Paul Ryan, Kathy Smith, Noel Snyder, Kristen Verhulst, Joanna Wigboldy;
Opening Song: “No Nothing”: Calvin University Gospel Choir; Nate Glasper, Jr., director; Lisa Sung, music director, piano; Katherine Beidler and Brigid Lally, soloists; Joel VanZanten, reader; Grand Rapids, Michigan
Statement of Unity: Apostles’ Creed, Faith Church, Dyer, Indiana
Song: “Nothing to Fear,” The Porter's Gate
Scripture: Psalm 84, Kathy Smith and Elizabeth Bajema
Psalm Prayer, Beatrice Wigboldy
Song: “Do Not Be Afraid,” Calvin University Capella, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Prayers for the World, Pennylyn Dykstra-Pruim, Janice McLean-Farrell, and Leopoldo Sanchez
Choral Response: “Neither Death nor Life,” Virtual Choir for the Calvin Symposium of Worship 2021;
Soloists: Elizabeth Canfield, Ivan Manoraj, Luke DeVries (English); Sa El Lee (Korean); Yvette Lau (Cantonese); Carlos Lemagne (Spanish); Cindy Tuna (Indonesian)
Instrumentalists: Marty Haugen (piano); Glen Okonoski (percussion); Tom Good (guitar); Kevin Panepento (guitar); Jay Round (bass guitar)
Editing: Glen Okonoski and Jay Round
Blessing: Scott Hoezee, Biblical Hebrew, Ann Plantinga Kaptyn, French, Kai Ton Chau, Cantonese Chinese, Elizabeth Conde-Frasier, Spanish, Joanna Wigboldy, English, Kathleen Turner, dance
Location:
Order of Worship and Copyrights:
Opening Words: From the Heidelberg Catechism Question and Answer 27, 28, and June 1-2
Opening Song: “No Nothing”
Text and Music: Regi Stone & Michael Popham © 2003 Experience Worship Music Publishing
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.
Statement of Unity: Apostles’ Creed
Song: “Nothing to Fear”
Text and Music: Audrey Assad, Isaac Wardell, Paul Zach © 2019 Integrity Worship Music
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.
Scripture: Psalm 84
Psalm Prayer
Song: “Do Not Be Afraid”
Text: Gerard Markland © Kevin Mayhew, Ltd.
Music: Philip W. J. Stopford © 2015 Birnamwood Publications, a division of MorningStar Music Publishers
All rights reserved. OneLicense.net A-703303.
Prayers for the World
Choral Response: “Neither Death nor Life”
Text and Music: Romans 8; Marty Haugen © 2001 GIA Publications, Inc.; Korean tr. Chan Gyu Jang; Cantonese tr. Yvette Lau; Spanish tr. Ron Krisman and María Eugenia Cornou; Indonesian tr. Ester Widiasih
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Blessing
Join us after the University worship service (chapel) for a conversation with worship leader Kimberly Williams. We will explore topics related to worship leading and planning for diverse congregations, leading teams, songwriting and recording, and mentoring women in ministry.
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.
Join us after the University worship service (chapel) for a conversation with worship leader Kimberly Williams. We will explore topics related to worship leading and planning for diverse congregations, leading teams, songwriting and recording, and mentoring women in ministry.
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.
