Planning Worship

The Most Used Contemporary Worship Songs: Their View of God and of Our Love for God

This session explored how the most-used contemporary songs speak of the Triune God and what God has done to save us.

January 1, 2008
In Spirit and In Truth: The Role of Chapel in Higher Education

In what unique ways can corporate worship fuel, inspire, and respond to the academic calling of the student and teacher in higher education?

January 1, 2008 | 63 min listen
Liturgical Footwashing

This service was designed to be a full service of Word and sacrament. It was also designed to allow worshipers to share in the intimacy Jesus experienced with his disciples through foot washing and during the meal in the hours prior to his arrest and crucifixion.

December 1, 2007 | 1 min read

Christian Funerals: Going to be with God

Thomas Long makes a case for classic Christian funeral traditions. Howard Vanderwell and Leonard VanderZee offer pastoral considerations for planning funerals and memorial services. A feature story exploring the planning for Christian Funerals and Memorial Services.

October 26, 2007 | 11 min read

Let Story Form Your Worship: Old Testament and lectionary dramas

Here are two church worship drama models based on Bible texts. Part of a feature story exploring dramas based on the Old Testament and lectionary texts.

April 5, 2007 | 8 min read
Base Worship Drama on the Lectionary

In contrast to Jeff Barker, who often presents Old Testament passages as brief plays or mimes in place of or during the sermon text, John Steven Paul writes liturgical plays long enough to replace the sermon.

April 5, 2007 | 4 min read

Solidarity with Christ

Images often say more than words ever could. A gripping example of this is a sketch titled Christ Helps Hungry Children created in London in 1945 by Oskar Kokoschka.

March 1, 2007 | 1 min read
The Nuts and Bolts of Worship Planning

Back by popular demand from the 2003 Worship Symposium, this session reviewed a series of proverbs for worship planners, reflecting a summary of Calvin Institute of Christian Worship learning from past conferences, grant recipients, and publication projects.

January 1, 2007 | 75 min listen
'When Were You Robbed?' In Search of Worship that is Reformed and Always Emerging

This workshop reflected on the rise of Alternative Worship in the United Kingdom over almost two decades, which has led at different times to both sublime and ridiculous innovations in worship practice.

January 1, 2007 | 39 min listen