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A useful resource to order a service for prayers of healing
The summary of an article on thoughtful ways to integrate the calendar of the church with civic holidays, focusing particularly on the month of May.
The season of Lent is a good time to be intentional about incorporating prayers for healing into worship and to offer a special service of prayers for healing and restoration.
A helpful article looking at the challenges that new and emerging churches face.
A glimpse into the training involved to prepare students to lead worship.
An article exploring the notion of authenticity in lead worshipers.
Looking deeper into challenges faced by emerging churches.
A list of prayers for Lent.
A list of songs to shape Lent. These songs range from prayers of confession to cries of lament to expressions of trust and praise for God’s grace.
An overview of books that are useful for lent preparation, meditation, and reflection.
Leader’s Study Guide by Carol Van Klompenburg to be used with Discerning the Spirits A Guide to Thinking about Christian Worship Today by Cornelius Plantinga Jr. and Sue A. Rozeboom
During the fall of 2010, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship sponsored two sets of book groups using two of our recent publications: Worship Words, by Debra Rienstra and Ron Rienstra and Shaped by God, edited by Robert Keeley.
