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Skills for leading people in song in a musically multilingual world
A morning worship service from the 2015 Calvin Symposium on Worship led by M. Craig Barnes, preaching, 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:2
Plenary session delivered by Calvin Seerveld.
On Good Friday, as congregations meditate on the betrayal, suffering, and death of Jesus, some liturgies call the Church to identify with those who judged, persecuted, mocked, and killed our Lord. This is a sobering reality, and appropriate. But, like many stories in the Bible, there are multiple implications within this narrative.
You’ve probably sung his “Shine, Jesus, Shine” and “Knowing You.” But his worship leading has changed since he wrote those songs.
The learning went both ways when two school communities decided to “dwell in the Psalms” for a year. Their Psalms-based creations revealed that the Spirit can work through kids and adults of any age to nourish faith.
Usually teachers give the homily during daily worship at Mustard Seed School in Hoboken, New Jersey. When the school asked every eighth grader to give a homily, the results surprised and blessed the whole community.
A teaching video on singing Punjabi Zabor 24
Many cultural practices in North America astonish non-Western worshipers. One of the most striking is how the Bible is handled.
A teaching video on singing Punjabi Zabor 18
Songs to accompany a series on the book of Philippians.
Songs, worship service outlines, and more
