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This article translated into Korean calls for worship services that seek to enable the participation of adults and children alike.
This article describes the role of the worship planner and provides suggestions for worship planning in a wide range of churches and worshiping communities.
an article on how to lead a worship service translated into Korean
Usually teachers give the homily during daily worship at Mustard Seed School in Hoboken, New Jersey. When the school asked every eighth grader to give a homily, the results surprised and blessed the whole community.
The learning went both ways when two school communities decided to “dwell in the Psalms” for a year. Their Psalms-based creations revealed that the Spirit can work through kids and adults of any age to nourish faith.
The Season of Lent brings to mind the historical practice of fasting, of “giving up” something in order to “take up” something else.
Many cultural practices in North America astonish non-Western worshipers. One of the most striking is how the Bible is handled.
Encouraged by the positive response to our recent Psalmfest program, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship then launched the Hymnfest program, designed to promote learning about what it means to sing the whole of God’s story through vibrant congregational song by participants of all ages.
This service of Lessons and Carols from 2013 journeys through the book of Isaiah sequentially, with readings and music drawn from ten different chapters.
Songs to accompany a series on the book of Philippians.
songs, worship service outlines, and more
This service of Lessons and Carols from 2012 witnesses to a great outburst of Advent and Christmas music from around the world.
