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Dale Sieverding on Cultural Differences in Recruiting Youth

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles launched a summer camp to train young Catholics to lead in local liturgical ministries. They discovered that finding gifted youth requires different approaches in different cultures.

February 9, 2016 | 4 min read
Olivia Stewart on Young Children and Worship

It sounds counter-intuitive, especially today. But it turns out that helping children learn to get quiet in their own ways is huge for helping them encounter God.

January 21, 2016 | 5 min read
Reading in Worship from the Book We Love

Even Christians who profess to love the Bible sometimes zone out when scripture is read aloud in public worship. Here is help for readers, worship planners and the congregation to experience the living Word.

January 12, 2016 | 10 min read

Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence on Choral Bible Reading

Assigning different voices to different phrases can be an effective way to convey meaning in public scripture reading. This is known variously as choral reading, scripted scripture and enacted scripture.

January 12, 2016 | 4 min read

Monique Ingalls on Why Scholars Can Stop Worship Wars

So many worship conversations go awry because people and congregations don’t know how to talk about what they do or value in worship. Both Christian and non-Christian scholars can help.

December 15, 2015 | 5 min read

Maranatha! Come Lord Jesus: Advent Longing for Jesus' Second Coming

This service of Lessons and Carols from 2015 eagerly anticipates Christ's second coming with Christ-centered hope.

November 23, 2015 | 5 min read
Share Your Stories of Inclusion

How does your church include persons with disabilities in corporate worship? The CLC Network and Calvin Institute of Christian Worship invite you to submit your story of including persons with disabilities in a corporate worship setting, so that we may learn together.

November 20, 2015 | 1 min read