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
All rights reserved. OneLicense.net A-703303.
Blessing
“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.
