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Hace 15 años, el reverendo Roberto Ghione recibió el encargo de Dios, de empezar una congregación en Simi Valley, California, con la visión de traer a la gente un paso mas cerca de Dios y desarrollarlos espiritualmente. Es así como nace la Iglesia Nueva Esperanza, afiliada a las Iglesias del Pacto Evangélico, que en la actualidad cuenta con unos 120 miembros.
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A Guide to Worship Resources
A Guide to Worship Resources
A Guide to Worship Resources
This commissioning service was adapted from The United Methodist Book of Worship.
Some churches now hold special services to identify and commission their church school staff and to encourage the congregation to pray for and support these men and women.
This commissioning service is adapted from "Commissioning of Christians to Ministries of the Church," approved by the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America, June 1990.
After high school many young people move away, often leaving home for the first time. This major life event can be acknowledged in the church. Here is a commissioning service based on 1 Corinthians 12.
Another September rolls around. If you’re a typical worship and liturgy planner, you’re probably thinking, We really ought to highlight the beginning of another season of education. On the heels of that thought comes another: We need to commission our education leaders. Where do we find a liturgy for that?
The worship committee of the Christian Reformed Church of St. Albert prepared this commissioning service for the congregation as it faced a new year of challenges and opportunities.
Recursos para reflexionar sobre la adoración cristiana y para crear cultos congregacionales que sean sólidamente bíblicos, trinitarios, dialógicos, hospitalarios, y excelentes.
John Huizinga is pastor of Lombard Christian Reformed Church in Lombard, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. He works to develop leaders within the congregation to take ownership of various church ministries.
C.J. Newendorp is a pastoral intern at Emmanuel Reformed Church in Paramount, California, and an MDiv student, class of 2015, at Fuller Theological Seminary.
