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What A Friend We Have in Jesus - Service of Prayer for Healing - Isaiah 61, Matthew 11

This worship service plan of prayer for healing was prepared as a pastoral response to a series of deaths, illnesses, and other traumatic events suffered by a local congregation over a short period of time.

June 1, 2005 | 6 min read
With You Always - Isaiah 43

An order of worship planned around Isaiah 43, originally held at the Calvin Symposium on Worship.

June 1, 2005 | 2 min read

Planning and Leading Worship as a Pastoral Task

We need a new perspective, a way of conceptualizing our roles as worship leaders that will sustain our day-to-day work in our congregations.

February 24, 2005 | 16 min read

Worship That Is Friendly to Children - Part 2

Perhaps the most common way of trying to include children in worship is by providing a "children's message" during the service.

September 4, 2004 | 11 min read
Worship That Is Friendly to Children - Part 1

Though there are many voices and influences that would lead us in the direction of separating the various age groups in worship, we consider the worshiping congregation to be an intergenerational group of worshipers.

August 29, 2004 | 8 min read