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Worship today often stresses the nearness of God, on God as our personal friend. But God is much more. This session explored the setting and practices of worship in 6th century Constantinople to learn how they can contribute to our worship practices and larger understanding of the greatness of God.
The Lord Is My Shepherd: A Celebration of Psalm 23 was a vesper service at the 2012 Calvin Symposium on Worship, led by hymn-writer Rev. John Bell.
Mike Cosper and Kevin Twit discuss using old hymn texts set to new music and how to nurture a “hymn movement,” including such issues as finding texts, songwriting, copyright issues, as well as working with artists, and recording and distributing music.
The Psalms offer us language to express gratitude, lament, confession, and praise in worship. Worship Renewal Grant recipients will describe how they studied and prayed the Psalms to help children and adults understand how the psalms help shape the ways we speak to God and to one another through words, music and the arts.
This seminar is for students, staff, teachers, and any others interested in deepening and renewing worship in Christian High school chapel services through thoughtful worship planning and leading.
Nuestro primer taller bilingüe en inglés y español fué presentado por tres líderes latinoamericanos procedentes de Cuba, El Salvador, y Guatemala. Parte 2 de 2. | This first-ever bilingual Spanish/English seminar at Symposium featured three Latin American leaders from Cuba, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Part 2 of 2.
This service of Psalm 1, Jesus Knows the Way of the Righteous, was part of the Calvin Symposium on Worship 2012. The liturgy and music was led by students from Calvin College with Mary Hulst preaching.
Drawing on the breadth of expression in the Psalms, we will identify how in private pastoral encounters as in public worship arenas the psalms—spoken or sung—can minister to our deepest needs and potentials.
Baptism and the Lord's Supper are two indispensable practices of Christian worship. This seminar from Symposium 2012 focused on three key themes.
Melodious Prayers was a vesper service at the 2012 Calvin Symposium on Worship, led by Alice Parker.
When Kevin Twit and Reformed University Fellowship began setting historic hymn texts to new tunes, who knew it would grow into a movement with contributions from Indelible Grace, Sojourn Music, BiFrost and others?
Nuestro primer taller bilingüe en inglés y español fué presentado por tres líderes latinoamericanos procedentes de Cuba, El Salvador, y Guatemala. Parte 1 de 2. | This first-ever bilingual Spanish/English seminar at Symposium featured three Latin American leaders from Cuba, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Part 1 of 2.
