All Tags Resource Type Academic Article Article Audio Bibliography Book Excerpt Book Signing Conversation Enacted Scripture Feature Story Image News Item Online Discussion Podcast Prayer Reflection Resource Guide Slideshow Topic Showcase Video Website Worship Service Category All Christian Year Daily Prayer/Reflection Dance Drama Grants Interdisciplinary Intergenerational Worship Language Arts/Words Music Preaching Sacraments (Baptism and Lord's Supper) Teaching Technology Visual Arts Worshipers Worship- Leading Worship- Meaning of Worship- Planning Worship- Preparing for Occasion All Funerals Symposium Resources War Lessons and Carols Ascension Hymn Festival Advent Weddings Weekday Services Epiphany Natural Disasters Pentecost Teaching Worship Commissionings Thanksgiving Easter Christ the King Christmas Healing Services Anniversaries Taize Ordination/Installation Heidelberg Catechism Summer Passion Week Lent Dedications Search results 1 - 20 of 90 Sort by: Title | Date Ron Man on Biblical Foundations of Worship For more than 25 years, Ron Man has been teaching on the biblical foundations of worship. He gathers up that learning in his book “Let Us Draw Near”, a testimony to the power of scripture to guide pastors and worshipers in our calling to be worshipers of God. Audio | Podcast | December 18, 2023 Children and Youth Can Dwell in the Word Too Dwelling in the Word is a tool for helping people of all ages—even children—to read and reflect on the Bible together. Doing so helps them to see the Bible as an ongoing story in which God invites us to participate in God’s mission for the world. Feature Story | August 18, 2023 Dwelling in the Word: Simple Practice Leads to Spirit-led Mission Explore Dwelling in the Word, a communal way of engaging Scripture that helps people encounter God, fellow dwellers, and other neighbors. The change happens over time as people repeatedly listen to and discuss the same passage. Feature Story | August 18, 2023 Nine Tips to Effectively Embed Dwelling in the Word The communal practice of Dwelling in the Word has great potential for building congregational bonds with God, each other, and neighbors. These nine tips can help your church discern God’s promised and preferred future for you as you wait for Christ to return and make all things new. Feature Story | August 18, 2023 Dru Johnson on Bible Literacy, Fluency, and Engagement Biblical scholar Dru Johnson explains how churches and even the U.S. criminal justice system might be different if more people who identify as Christian were more familiar with the whole of Scripture. Conversation | July 07, 2023 Ken Boer on Biblevox: Memorizing Scripture through Song For many Christians, Bible verses and passages are often easier to memorize when set to music. Worship pastor Ken Boer designed the website Biblevox to help people find word-for-word scripture songs. Conversation | May 30, 2023 Ken Boer on Scripture Memorization Methods Memorizing Bible verses and passages can enrich family, school, and church communities. Internalizing God’s Word, whether by music or another method, helps Christians meditate, pray, and grow closer together with God and each other. Conversation | May 17, 2023 Biblical Storytelling and the Drama of the Bible In this conversation, actor, playwright, and professor Jeff Barker shares with pastor Paul Ryan his journey in Biblical storytelling as way to help students and worshiping communities hear and see the importance of scripture memorization, speaking the text, and reclaiming 'the plays' of the Bible. Video | December 02, 2021 Creative Scripture Reading for Virtual Worship Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many churches still gather through virtual worship. Finding creative ways to read the Bible for online worship services can help worshipers experience what Romans 15:4 promises: “The Scriptures give us strength to go on.” Article | September 09, 2020 Jeff Barker on Combining Music and Public Scripture Reading The COVID-19 pandemic pushed many churches to do online worship services, inspiring some liturgists to more creatively present Bible readings. Jeff Barker explains how to combine music with the lections or scripture passages. Conversation | September 09, 2020 The Bible in Worship: Deep Engagement with Scripture in a Culture of Low Biblical Literacy 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Seminar Video | April 02, 2019 Hope: A Choral Reading From Romans 5:1-5 This choral reading of Romans 5:1-5 is adapted for up to 9 ensemble members. Enacted Scripture | Video | July 05, 2018 Struggle: A Choral Reading From 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 This choral reading of 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 is adapted for 2 presenters. Enacted Scripture | Video | July 05, 2018 Redemption: A Choral Reading From Luke 15:11-32 This choral reading of Luke 15:11-32 is adapted for 3 ensemble members. Enacted Scripture | Video | July 05, 2018 Praise: A Choral Reading of Psalm 150 This choral reading of Psalm 150 is adapted for up to 20 ensemble members. Enacted Scripture | Video | July 02, 2018 God Is With Us: A Choral Reading of Nehemiah 4:1-15 This choral reading of Nehemiah 4 is adapted for 6 speakers Enacted Scripture | Video | July 02, 2018 A Choral Reading of John 11: 28-38a This choral reading of John 11: 28-38a is adapted for 4 speakers. Enacted Scripture | July 26, 2017 A Choral Reading of Confessions This is a choral reading of Deuteronomy 8:11-20, 11:13-17, Jeremiah 8:4-7, Psalm 51, and Romans 6:2b-8. It is adapted for 5 speakers. Enacted Scripture | July 26, 2017 A Choral Reading of Psalm 126 This choral reading of Psalm 126 is adapted for 2 speakers. Enacted Scripture | July 26, 2017 A Choral Reading of Psalm 105 This choral reading of Psalm 105 is adapted for 17 speakers. Enacted Scripture | July 26, 2017 1 2 3 ... Next »