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The fifth service plan in a series entitled "Chapters of Life." This services focuses on the transition that takes place when the children are gone and the "nest is empty."

Mitri Raheb is a theologian, public figure, widely published author, and—for 30 years—senior pastor of Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem. In this episode, Rev. Raheb talks with John Witvliet, director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the worshiping community in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus.

A service plan focused on the desire for greater strength, power and joy in the Christian life in a series addressing difficult questions of the faith.

This service of Lessons and Carols from 2004 follow the ordering of the genealogy of Christ as found in Matthew.

A service of lessons and carols that invites people to approach Advent and Christmas with songs that sing about both forgiveness and justice, healing and correction, personal serenity and cultural reconciliation, human flourishing and the flourishing of all creation.

A high school chapel service plan for Thanksgiving with links to an interview about how this chapel was received.

A preaching peer group held surprises for pastor Estee Valendy, who discovered—in herself and in her peers—that “excellent preaching is fundamentally authentic preaching.”

Learning what it means to be human involves learning to locate one’s place in the grander scheme of things—to figure out where one “fits.”

Hacer un culto de adoración trascendente para un grupo compuesto por personas de diferentes etnias, culturas, y generaciones fue el desafío que se enfrentó el liderazgo de la Iglesia Metodista Unida Nuevo Pacto de Sebring, Florida.

A service plan from the Apostles' Creed focused on the Trinity and the way the Trinity functions together to care for the children of God. This service begins a 12-part series of sermons focused on the Apostles' Creed as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.