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Making Preparation for Advent and the Christian Year in Worship

Suggestions and advice for planning Advent worship and looking ahead to the entire Christian Year.

June 1, 2005 | 12 min read
When the Big Day Comes - Philippians 3

A service plan from the Apostles' Creed focused on Christian hope and confidence in our own resurrection to eternal life in a series on the Apostles' Creed as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.

June 1, 2005 | 11 min read
Fruitful Lips - Hebrews 13, HCLD 36-37

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.

June 1, 2005 | 10 min read

Why Aren't My Prayers Being Answered? - Proverbs 15, Matthew 21

A service plan focused on our prayer lives and the struggles we face when our prayers do not seem to be answered in a series addressing life's toughest questions for Christians.

June 1, 2005 | 9 min read
Our Treasures in Christ - Ephesians 1

This worship service plan is built on the hope, riches, and power given to us in Christ. Many people come to worship feeling hopeless, empty, and powerless. Paul reminds us in Ephesians of the treasures we have in Jesus Christ.

June 1, 2005 | 6 min read
With Every Good Thing Series - The Wonder of the Nature of Faith: David, Jesus and Hebrews 11

An order of worship planned around Hebrews 11, originally held at the Calvin Symposium on Worship. The fourth 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.

June 1, 2005 | 4 min read

Jesus Calls Us... - Matthew 14

Jesus' call to discipleship in Matthew 16:24 forms the heart and structure of this sample worship service plan.

June 1, 2005 | 8 min read
The Church - Bigger Than All of Us

The first service plan in a Pentecost series, focusing on the statement in the Apostles' Creed concerning the "holy catholic church, the communion of saints" based on Acts 2 and Heidelberg Catechism, Lord's Day 2.

June 1, 2005 | 12 min read
When Our Eyes Turn Toward Heaven - Matthew 25

A service plan from the Apostles' Creed focused on the return of Christ in a series on the Apostles' Creed as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.

June 1, 2005 | 9 min read

Friend Lazarus - John 11

A service plan for Eastertide focused on the resurrection of Jesus' friend Lazarus 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.

June 1, 2005 | 10 min read
Divine Glory: From Glory to Glory - 2 Corinthians 3

An order of worship planned around 2 Corinthians 3, originally held at the Calvin Symposium on Worship.

June 1, 2005 | 2 min read
God of First Place - Acts 17, HCLD 34

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.

June 1, 2005 | 9 min read