Advent and Christmas Resource Guide Slideshow
View a slideshow of visual arts from various churches.
September 18, 2014
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1 min read
Symposium 2012 - Plenary Address: Performing a Counter World: the Alternative Reality Offered by the Psalms for the Worlds We Inhabit
Performing a Counter World: the Alternative Reality Offered by the Psalms for the Worlds We Inhabit is a plenary address presented by Walter Brueggemann at the 2012 Calvin Symposium on Worship.
September 18, 2014
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58 min listen
Being a Liturgist
A list of qualities that a liturgist should strive for.
September 17, 2014
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1 min read
Four-Fold Pattern of Worship
An explanation on four-fold worship and its place in history.
September 17, 2014
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2 min read
Peggy Goetz on Churches and Stroke Survivors
Stroke is a leading cause of disability in adults around the world, so your congregation probably includes—or will soon include—stroke survivors. And about a third of stroke survivors suffer from some form of communication impairment. Peggy Goetz researches the experience of stroke survivors in their church communities.
September 12, 2014
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4 min read
Peggy Goetz on Planning Worship with Stroke Survivors
Peggy Goetz is a communication arts and sciences professor at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Observing her speech pathology students in Calvin’s stroke clinic sparked her to research the experience of stroke survivors in their church communities.
September 12, 2014
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5 min read
Commissioning Services
Congregations often take time in their worship services to commission people and dedicate things to be used by the church.
September 5, 2014
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1 min read
Six Tips on Teaching Worship in Seminaries
Two seminaries seek the sweet spot among worship classes and chapel services. They aim to produce ministers ready to lead worshipers in full, conscious, active participation.
August 29, 2014
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7 min read
Kendra Buckwalter Smith on Authentic Global Worship
Kendra Buckwalter Smith is the worship coordinator at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PTS has chapel four days a week, and Smith meets with every person or team that plans a chapel service.
August 29, 2014
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5 min read
Musician Sally Ann Morris on Seminarians Learning Worship
Sally Ann Morris is the chapel musician at Wake Forest University School of Divinity in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She’s involved with each of Wake Div’s twice-weekly, 45-minute chapel services.
August 29, 2014
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5 min read
More Inclusion = Deeply Meaningful Worship
The lessons learned at two seminaries that renewed their chapel worship services can make a big difference in your congregation.
August 29, 2014
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8 min read
La adoracion es la oportunidad para expresar gratitud a Dios
El Dr. Otto René Azurdia, originario de Guatemala, es pastor de una de las más numerosas congregaciones Latinas en los Estados Unidos.
August 26, 2014
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18 min read
