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Directing a gospel choir can help singers express their own culture or learn from other cultures. Nate Glasper shares tips for helping gospel choir members grow through mentorship and skillful directing so that they live a lifestyle of worship.

Introducing the worship song “Come, Holy Ghost / Be Not Afraid” by Bruce Benedict and Ray Mills.

2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Service of the Word

Introducing the worship song “Come, Holy Ghost / Be Not Afraid” by Bruce Benedict and Ray Mills.

A list of thoughts, suggestions and resources compiled in response to the tsunami tragedy of 2004--these are posted in the hope they will guide you in crafting some manner in which your group or congregation can appropriately respond to such events in worship.

Vinroy D. Brown Jr.—conductor, musicologist, educator, and minister of creative worship and music at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City—explores the vibrant intersection of Black sacred music and the psalms. He talks about Black composers and how they have reimagined the psalms through choral music, spirituals, and the gospel tradition for the benefit of everyone.

A service plan focused on the privilege of knowing the name of God and the element of Christian obedience in knowing how to use and speak his name in a way that is honoring to him in a series on the Ten Commandments, as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.

A service plan focusing on Lord's Day 1 of the Heidelberg Catechism and the comfort and assurance we find only through Jesus Christ on a series on the Heidelberg Catechism.

A sample service of lament from the Calvin Symposium on Worship based on Psalms 42 and 43.

A service plan for the third Sunday of Lent planned around Mark 14:37. This service is part of "Questions of the Last Week," a series of Lent service plans.