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Many churches devote far more planning and worship service time to music, the sermon, and other service elements than they do to public Scripture reading. A feature story exploring the importance of Scripture memorization and public reading.
A word study on "psalm," calling out the deep historical tradition of not only reading, but also singing psalms.
Resources for Psalmody including recordings, readings, chant, responsorial & metrical psalms, and contemporary & popular music idioms.
The Genevan Psalter is the most important source of metrical psalmody in the continental Reformed tradition.
A Psalm setting for Psalm 137 with a simple chorus. It is an example of a folk-like musical idiom.
Metrical Psalm settings for Psalm 23.
Some examples of musical psalm settings.
A service plan focused on the privilege of knowing the name of God and the element of Christian obedience in knowing how to use and speak his name in a way that is honoring to him in a series on the Ten Commandments, as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.
A service plan focused on on the key parts of the life of sanctification, the "dying away" of the old self and the "coming-to-life" of the new in a series on the Ten Commandments, as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.
A Maundy Thursday or Good Friday service in a Lenton series reflecting on the death of our Savior.
A service plan focused on the first commandment and God's exclusive claim on our lives as both our creator and our deliverer in a series on the Ten Commandments, as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.
A Christmas or Christmas Eve service focusing on the Christmas story through the eyes of Micah, presenting God's gift of grace and forgiveness through his son. This is the final service in an Advent series on Micah and the hope that he pronounced.
