Jeff Meyers on Signing Bibles to Promote Intergenerational Faith Formation
Pastor Jeff Meyers explains why First Union members write in Bibles presented to youth graduating from fifth grade and high school.
Words to Grow Into: The Psalms as Formative Speech
An excerpt taken from Forgotten Songs: Reclaiming the Psalms for Christian Worship, written by John D. Witvliet.
God, We Sing Your Glorious Praises: Hymns and Prayers for Devotional Use
To express gratitude to God for the gifts we received through Bert, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship offers this collection of some of Bert Polman's litanies and prayers, hymns and psalm versifications.
A Choral Reading: "I Believe in the Resurrection"
This choral reading was written by Ed Baker and adapted by Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence.
A Choral Reading of Psalm 27
This is a choral reading of Psalm 27 for 4 readers adapted from the NRSV. It has a sung refrain.
Day of Learning June 19, 2013
A Day of Learning brings together grant recipients and community members to discuss, share, and worship together as well as to consider how disciplined creativity, theological integrity, and healthy leadership practices work together in the worship renewal process.
A Choral Reading on Luke 12:22-24
This is a choral reading adapted for 5 voices.
A Choral Reading of 2 Corinthians 3:17-4:1, 5-15
This is a choral reading of 2 Corinthians 3:17-4:1, 5-15 adapted for 4 readers.
A Choral Reading of Exodus 14:5-13
This is a choral reading for 8 voices adapted from the NRSV.
Coop's Column - Eager desire to trust and obey the Bible, God’s Spirit-inspired Word
In this series of meditations on the work of the Holy Spirit in believers’ lives, we are considering seven features about Christians which English Puritan Christians said are Spirit-prompted and Spirit-endowed and which ought to mark the lives of those who aim to follow Jesus faithfully.
Brian Larson on Planning a Psalms for All Seasons Psalmfest
Brian Larson is cantor at Trinity Lutheran Church in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. His was one of 40 organizations that recently hosted a public congregational singing event based on the new Psalms for All Seasons: a Complete Psalter for Worship. In this edited conversation, he discusses the Psalmfest that Trinity Lutheran hosted on January 27, 2013.
Seven Psalmfest Tips to Design Your Song Festival
Dozens of Psalmfests held throughout the U.S. and Canada yielded advice that your congregation, college, seminary, or organization can use to plan a festival of psalms, hymns, or other Christian songs.