The Honor of Work - Ephesians 4, HCLD 42
A service plan focused on a prohibition against stealing, but with a larger message to live out our gratitude to God and our neighbors by expressing our love through honest and faithful work in a series on the Ten Commandments, as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.
How Do I Handle My Times of Doubt? - Mark 9
A service plan focused on Christians' struggle between certainty and doubt, viewing Christ as the foundation on which our faith rests, in a series addressing life's toughest questions for Christians.
Scripture and Song Resources During a Time of War
A list of scripture passages and songs and hymns that are particular pertinent and meaningful during times of war.
The Church with Tough Love - 1 Corinthians 5, HCLD 31
The seventh service plan in a Pentecost series. This service is planned around 1 Corinthians 5 and deals with the somewhat unpopular issue of discipline in the church.
With Every Good Thing Series - A Sacrifice of Praise - Hebrews 13
A communion worship service originally held at the Calvin Symposium on Worship, planned around Hebrews 13. The last 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.
The Gift of Joy - Isaiah 12
A service plan in an Advent series for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day focused on our joy in Christ's coming and our call to proclaim this joy to the world.
God Is Sovereign - Ephesians 1
A service plan for October leading up to Reformation Day focused on the Sovereignty of God in a four-week series on truths from the Reformation.
It's a Good Thing He Left - John 16
A service plan from the Apostles' Creed focused on Christ's Ascension into heaven and how that benefits Christians in a series on the Apostles' Creed as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.
Worship Service: A Dear Daughter - Luke 8
A service plan for Eastertide focused on the work of Jesus in raising Jairus' daughter in an Eastertide series focusing on Bible stories that occurred before Christ's resurrection but which shed light on how we should live after his resurrection.
Divine Glory: The Cruciform Glory - 2 Corinthians 4
An order of worship planned around 2 Corinthians 4, originally held at the Calvin Symposium on Worship. Includes video clips.
Spiritual Worship - John 4, HCLD 35
A service plan focused on on the nature of God--that he is spirit--and the method of our worship of God--"in spirit and in truth"--in a series on the Ten Commandments, as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.
Prayer for the Anniversary of 9/11
A prayer of peace and lament written for the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.