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Some churches care deeply about studying the Bible. Others are passionate about justice. Authors Bethany Hanke Hoang and Kristen Deede Johnson offer help for congregations that care or want to care about both.
If our public prayers and preaching are at all responsive to the needs of the world, then how we glean information about the world is crucial.
A Christian wedding is a reflection of the people getting married. But the wedding is not meant to be just about one couple. A Christian wedding at its best is also a form of worship in which God calls and the gathered people respond.
Making weddings more like worship infuses them with sparkle and meaning that last far beyond memories of who wore what.
Learning to lead worship takes practice, but where does one begin?
As in the second century, people come to churches today not knowing much about Christianity. Discoveries about early church worship can help Protestants and Catholics disciple newcomers.
The Season of Lent brings to mind the historical practice of fasting, of “giving up” something in order to “take up” something else.
Want a no-cost, non-controversial way to renew worship for all ages in your congregation? Start praying for the worldwide church.
Praying for the worldwide church was a priority at the 2014 Calvin Symposium on Worship in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Leaders from many nations described how to pray for their churches and fellow citizens. Three of them, all Presbyterian pastors, also gave brief interviews.
These resources will help you combine songs and prayers so your whole congregation can pray together for global Christians and international issues.
Isaiah is famous for his prophecies of shalom—a coming time in which God would make right all that is wrong with the world. All of creation would be fruitful and benign. All humans would be knit together in brotherhood and sisterhood. All creation and all humans would delight in God. In short, God and creation would once again be webbed together in justice, harmony, and delight. The Psalmists, too, pray for shalom. This workshop will discuss these prayers. How do psalmists pray for shalom and how are their prayers important for our own worship?
A plenary session on the prayers of the people
