Church Anniversaries Worth Celebrating
As good as it is to reconnect with former pastors and see old church photos, there's a lot more you can do to plan a meaningful church anniversary in your congregation or denomination. A feature story exploring the celebration of church anniversaries.
January 23, 2007
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12 min read
Sports and Mennonites Don’t Mix. Or Do They?
As good as it is to reconnect with former pastors and see old church photos, there's a lot more you can do to plan a meaningful church anniversary in your congregation or denomination. A feature story exploring the celebration of church anniversaries.
January 23, 2007
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4 min read
What Can the Early Christians Teach Us about Music?
This session considered what we can learn from the early Christians about dealing with musical problems in the midst of a pagan culture.
January 1, 2007
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54 min listen
Reformation Worship and the Psalms
This session introduced participants to the world of 16th century printing and focused on books used in early Reformed worship. Participants were able to look closely at these rare books and to gain a better sense of the impact of printing on the faith and practice of early modern Christians.
January 1, 2007
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21 min listen
Hymns within the New Testament and Worship Today
This session investigated possible hymns and choruses in the New Testament and discussed if this material is beneficial in our choice of music today.
January 1, 2007
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61 min listen
Ideas for Using Creeds in Worship
Here are ideas for how to incorporate the creeds into a series of services, music, art, and specific places within the order of worship.
March 31, 2006
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3 min read
The Case for Reciting Creeds in Worship
Albert Aymer believes more churches should use creeds in worship. A feature story exploring the case for reciting creeds in worship to connect with our past and enrich our worship.
March 31, 2006
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9 min read
We Believe...: A service based on the Nicene Creed
The Sunday after Pentecost is often called Trinity Sunday in recognition that all three persons of the Trinity have now been remembered and celebrated in the great festivals of the Christian year.
March 6, 2006
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1 min read
The Last Thirty Years
A colleague was asked point-blank at a workshop recently, “Have changes in worship in the last generation been good or bad?”
The short answer may be yes.
A longer answer was given at a day-long seminar at the Calvin Symposium on Worship 2006.
March 1, 2006
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1 min read
Worship in the Early Church
Some of the worship practices of early Christians --100-400 A.D.-- were strikingly different but perhaps more biblical than ours today.
January 1, 2006
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54 min listen
Worship
A word study on "worship," with specific attention to the medieval meaning of the word and how it flows into a life of "worshipful service."
June 24, 2005
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10 min read
Psalm
A word study on "psalm," calling out the deep historical tradition of not only reading, but also singing psalms.
June 23, 2005
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2 min read
