Leading with Light: Using Video Projectors Wisely
What is the screen supposed to do? How do you create media that fits what worship is all about? Using illustrations, techniques, and tools from the field, this session explored models for using the screen and a process for creating media that helps lead worship rather than distract from it.
February 18, 2011
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64 min video
The Worship Planning Team as Conversation Partners
Who is invited to plan worship? What spiritual gifts need to be included on the planning team? How can the planning team leader facilitate conversation among diverse voices?
February 18, 2011
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64 min listen
An iPod because iPreach
The wealth of resources for busy preachers available through something like iTunes is a bit staggering. And you can find sermons there too.
February 18, 2011
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53 min listen
Yes and No: Lent and the Reformed Faith Today
Living as faithful disciples of Jesus requires making a lot of judgment calls.
February 11, 2011
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5 min read
Coop's Column - Risen Indeed
"On the third day he arose again from the dead." Simple words often capture life's most profound and important truths the best. How better, therefore, for Christians to make their most astonishing declaration about Jesus Christ than by this direct, unadorned, and so forthrightly clear confession?
February 11, 2011
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3 min read
Hospitality as Paying Attention
Randy Smit sees all of life as a gift and the Lord’s Table as the “quintessential place for experiencing the hospitality of Christ. And so who’s at the table becomes pretty significant.” He suggests focusing less on “fencing the table,” more on opening it to children or others who may be left out.
February 7, 2011
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3 min read
How Communion Trains Us in God’s Hospitality
The more that you experience God’s grace through the sacraments and in ordinary life, the more attention you’ll pay to who’s not at the Lord’s Table.
February 7, 2011
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6 min read
Psalms of Ascent: songs for the journey
Immersing themselves in these psalms helped worshipers view their lives as people journeying together on their way home to God.
January 31, 2011
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7 min read
Symposium 2011 - Communion Service: Finally Rejoice
This service is based on Philippians 4:2-9.
January 29, 2011
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98 min listen
Symposium 2011 - What Lies Ahead: A Multi-Sensory Vespers Service
“What Lies Ahead: A Multi-Sensory Vespers Service” is based on Philippians 3:12-4:1
Worship and Mission after Christendom
As Christendom wanes, worship and mission can be integrated anew. Worship glorifies God and forms the worshippers to participate in the missio Dei.
January 28, 2011
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60 min listen
How Do We Learn During Worship?
What do classrooms and worship services share, and what each can learn from the other?
January 28, 2011
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62 min listen
