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Singing the Story: Hymns for Holy Week

Congregational singing invites us to not just think about the events of Holy Week, but to become participants in unfolding drama of Christ's passion and resurrection.

February 26, 2015 | 53 min video
Praying and Leading with the Psalms

This workshop offers ideas and activities, many of which have been used with junior high, high school, and college youth, for working with the psalms in small groups or educational settings to prepare pieces that can help lead worship or devotional study.

February 25, 2015 | 56 min listen
Reconciling with the Church

Pope Francis recently said "Christians are not made in a laboratory, but in a community called the church." But what about those people for whom the church has been a source of pain?

February 25, 2015 | 55 min listen

Developing a Multiethnic Accent in Preaching

Congregations are becoming more diverse which increases the need for the church planter, missionary, and preacher to communicate biblical truth in relevant and compelling ways.

February 25, 2015 | 60 min listen
Video recap of Symposium 2015

Watch a brief video that captures the learning and enthusiasm at Symposium 2015.

February 24, 2015 | 4 min video

“We’ve Come This Far by Faith:” Our Story, Our Song

This vesper service features the inspiring prayers, songs, and readings from the African American worship tradition past and present.

February 24, 2015 | 49 min video
2015 Symposium on Worship slideshow

A slideshow of images from the 2015 conference

February 23, 2015 | 1 min read

What North American Churches Can Learn from the Church in Pakistan

Join this conversation between Eric Sarwar, a Presbyterian pastor from Pakistan, and Emily Brink, Worship Institute staff member, about how Pakistani worship practices can bless and inform the Christian church in North America.

February 23, 2015 | 57 min listen
Outward-Faced Worship

Is Christian worship for the believer or the skeptic? Is its purpose edification or evangelism? Should worship have depth and substance or should it be accessible to those who know little or nothing about the faith?

February 23, 2015 | 61 min listen