Ordinary Time Resource Guide
This resource guide for Ordinary Time includes sermon ideas, worship songs and hymns, visual arts, and readings to help you plan “ordinary” worship—times in the church year outside the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost. The season’s liturgical color is green, symbolizing a time of growth in the Christian life. This guide also includes ideas for worship on Christ the King Sunday, Thanksgiving, and All Saints’ Day/Reformation Sunday.
July 8, 2011
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2 min read
Daryl Hollinger on From a Mustard Seed
Conversation with Daryl Hollinger on his book From a Mustard Seed
July 5, 2011
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3 min read
Mark Charles on Indigenous Wisdom
Conversation with Mark Charles about Indigenous Wisdom
July 5, 2011
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4 min read
The Psalm Project: Reworking Genevan psalms for a new generation
The best way to learn the Psalms is to sing them, which is why a group of Dutch musicians is mining their "Genevan Psalter" heritage to create arrangements that appeal to today's worshipers.
July 5, 2011
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7 min read
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Veterans Resource Guide
These resources focus on PTSD as a result of combat or military exposure. Many voices are calling for the church to be a significant partner in the complex readjustment process of returning home.
June 27, 2011
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1 min read
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Veterans - Websites
These congregational resources are provided as many voices are calling for the church to be a significant partner in the complex readjustment process of returning home for military veterans.
June 27, 2011
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1 min read
Anne Zaki on the worship symposium in Hong Kong
Conversation with Anne Zaki on the worship symposium in Hong Kong
June 27, 2011
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4 min read
Coop's Column - Spirit at Work: Exceptional
We focus on the Spirit’s work in creation—more specifically, on his act of creating each human being as a mirror of God.
June 17, 2011
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3 min read
Vertical Habits and Mental Illness in Worship
The vertical habits framework is easy to understand and talk about. It gives people the words to bring every part of themselves--even mental illness--to God in worship.
June 13, 2011
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5 min read
Five Tips for Worship that Welcomes People with Mental Illnesses
Kris Moore, Cheryl Shea, and others offer advice on paying attention to logistics and blessings so all experience God’s grace in worship.
June 13, 2011
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2 min read
Coop's Column - Spirit at Work: Power to Make Our Lives Anew
When, as part of their Sunday worship, Jesus' followers join to declare, "I believe in the Holy Spirit," they’re saying a mouthful - a large mouthful.
May 31, 2011
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4 min read
Weekday Chapel: The Wind of the Spirit
Because the first Pentecost was such a dramatic multi-sensory event, with surprising sights and sounds and experiences, we celebrated it in worship accompanied by visuals and sound effects.
May 12, 2011
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8 min read
