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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 need and motive for grateful obedience on the part of those who have come to know God's grace in a series on the Ten Commandments, as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.
An Easter service celebrating the resurrection of Jesus and the certain victory we have in him.
A service plan focused on the Beatitudes which are the blessings listed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. This is the blessing on the pure in heart in a series on the Beatitudes.
A service plan focused on how to respect, honor and obey those who are given authority over us in a series on the Ten Commandments, as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.
An order of worship planned around Hebrews 4-5, originally held at the Calvin Symposium on Worship. The second of a six-part series on the book of Hebrews from the 2008 Symposium on Worship. These services are designed to rejuvenate the vigor of the faithful by returning us to our first love: our wonderful Savior Jesus Christ.
