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2020 Symposium on Worship | Vesper
Calvin Symposium of Worship 2020 | Vesper
2020 Symposium on Worship | Festival
A worship service from Symposium 2020 based on 1 Peter 1:3-9, "A Living Hope."
2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Service
African American biblical interpretation rises from a particular context. It offers unique perspectives on God’s character and glory. Esau McCaulley explains that learning how other cultures exegete the Bible benefits the whole church.
The peer cohort is a place for preachers to strengthen their skills in real time while building intentional friendships.
A list of presenters from the 2020 Symposium on Worship.
Sometimes not providing written or projected words and notes is the best way to make liturgy truly the work of the people. Paperless liturgy and paperless music can be great tools for including all ages and abilities in worship.
Congregations often want to get information from members and neighbors. They can learn how to do so pastorally by considering how scholars do academic research using human subjects. Scholars follow ethical standards to gain data while doing no harm.
Peer learning groups promote faithful endurance and mutual encouragement in the face of what makes the preaching life challenging.
Residents of senior living communities often feel cut off from church life. Meanwhile, congregations often feel segregated by age. This participatory intergenerational worship model brings people together around Scripture and life stories.
