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A sample service plan from the Calvin Symposium on Worship planned around the theme, "The Transforming Power of Prayer."
A short service of prayer and lament in response to the tragedy of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
A service plan focused on our prayer lives and the struggles we face when our prayers do not seem to be answered in a series addressing life's toughest questions for Christians.
A prayer of lament offered in response to the Japanese tsunami tragedy in 2004. It can be adapted for other times of natural disaster.
This prayer was offered in a service of prayer held in the Calvin College Chapel on March 12, 2003, and can be adapted for use during a time of war.
A service plan from the Lord's Prayer teaching that praying is for those who have come to know God as Father in a series on prayer as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.
A service plan from the Lord's Prayer focused on the forgiveness we receive and extend to others in a series on prayer as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.
A worship service of music and prayer structured around and informed by the Lord's Prayer and the Heidelberg Catechism.
A service plan beginning with the assumption that our hurts are many, that God possesses both the power and the desire to give us healing, and that the Christian community is the location in which we can seek such healing.
A service plan from the Lord's Prayer focused on protection and deliverance that we seek from God from our fears and the threats surrounding us in a series on prayer as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.
A service plan for Lent focused on Jesus' prayer found in John 17, showing his sense of mission, passion, and his deep desire that God's purposes be served, part of a Lenten series following specific events that led up to Christ's death and resurrection.
A short service of scripture and lament in response to the tragedy of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
