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© 2026 Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Opening and Welcome
Worship: Give us this day our daily bread.
Breakout Group Discussion
Worship: And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.
Breakout Group Discussion
Wrap Up
Call to Worship
Based on a prayer from Reformed Worship, number 68
Led by John Witvliet, Carlos Lemagne, Kristen Verhulst, and Noel Snyder
Includes “In the Lord, I’ll Be Ever Thankful”
Led by Chan Gyu Jang
Text and Music: based on Philippians 4:4-6, The Community of Taizé © 1991 Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, GIA Publications, Inc., exclusive North American agent
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Song: “Come All You Weary”
Words and Music: Kate Bluett and Paul Zach © 2021 Integrity's Alleluia! Music, Paul Zach Publishing, admin. Integrity Music
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.
Led by the Good Shepherd Collective
Psalm 145
Led by Hannah Barker Nickolay, Jackson Nickolay, Karen Barker, and Jeff Barker
Song: “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Text: James Weldon Johnson, 1900
Music: J. Rosamond Johnson, 1905
Led by James Abbington and the Atlanta Martin Luther King, Jr. Ensemble
Prayer
Give us this day our daily bread.
Led by Janice McLean-Farrell
Call to Worship
Based on a call to worship from Gifts of Many Cultures, United Church Press, 1995
Led by María Eugenia Cornou, Kai Ton Chau, and Horacio Portillo
Song: “The Jesus Prayer”
Text and Music: Public Domain; translated to Arabic by Noel Jabbour; translated to Spanish Tracy Medrano
Led by Elise Massa and Noel Jabbour
Prayer
Adapted from a prayer by Thomas Merton in New Seeds of Contemplation, New Directions, 1972, p. 237
Based on a prayer from Reformed Worship, number 68
Led by Rosie Niemeier, Kevin Adams, and Becky Snippe
Song: “Abana”
Text and Music: Laila Constantine, Lebanon © 2002 Songs of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Egypt, Council of Pastoral Work and Evangelism, admin. Faith Alive Christian Resources; tr. and adapt. Anne Emile Zaki, Emily Brink, Greg Scheer © 2008 Faith Alive Christian Resources
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Led by Joshua Davis, Joy Kim, and Dareen Sayer
Prayer
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.
Led by Bill Johnston
Teenagers’ desire to encounter God has been realized throughout history as youth ministry has grown and evolved. Indeed, teenagers have expressed needs and desires to practice and grow their faith at church, school, and home as well as at camps and conferences or on short- and long-term mission trips. On the one hand, these worship efforts have been deeply formative. On the other hand, these worship efforts have focused on attracting and keeping teenagers as much as, if not more than, on spiritual formation. This session will identify key historical patterns in adolescent worship and examine how we might engage their wisdom for faithful worship practices with teenagers today.
Songs from the people of Korea can deeply enrich your liturgy whether you have Korean-speaking members in your congregation or not. This workshop will introduce a variety of bilingual Korean-English songs that have been newly translated in the past few years as well as strategies to lead them effectively in your own worshiping context.
In this panel, Hispanic pastors share the learnings and experiences lived by their congregations after completing projects related to the development of their understanding and practices about worship. Together, they represent a variety of Hispanic denominations as well as of "dreams" they were able to realize (learning about the Creeds, bilingual worship, multigenerational worship, worship in non-traditional settings). Their congregations were part of the first cohort of Hispanic congregations receiving "worship grants" under a new initiative CICW launched in July of 2022.
Teenagers’ desire to encounter God has been realized throughout history as youth ministry has grown and evolved. Indeed, teenagers have expressed needs and desires to practice and grow their faith at church, school, and home as well as at camps and conferences or on short- and long-term mission trips. On the one hand, these worship efforts have been deeply formative. On the other hand, these worship efforts have focused on attracting and keeping teenagers as much as, if not more than, on spiritual formation. This session will identify key historical patterns in adolescent worship and examine how we might engage their wisdom for faithful worship practices with teenagers today.
Songs from the people of Korea can deeply enrich your liturgy whether you have Korean-speaking members in your congregation or not. This workshop will introduce a variety of bilingual Korean-English songs that have been newly translated in the past few years as well as strategies to lead them effectively in your own worshiping context.
In this panel, Hispanic pastors share the learnings and experiences lived by their congregations after completing projects related to the development of their understanding and practices about worship. Together, they represent a variety of Hispanic denominations as well as of "dreams" they were able to realize (learning about the Creeds, bilingual worship, multigenerational worship, worship in non-traditional settings). Their congregations were part of the first cohort of Hispanic congregations receiving "worship grants" under a new initiative CICW launched in July of 2022.
What basic models for worship planning are out there, and which patterns will work best in your context? Join a lively discussion of several worship planning models by the authors and pastors who use them. Bring your questions and suggestions as we learn together.
