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Spirit At Work: Guarantor, Dale Cooper Dec 2011

Spirit At Work: Guarantor, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about the Holy Spirit as a fortaste of God's coming new creation.


Spirit At Work: Sender, Dale Cooper Nov 2011

Spirit At Work: Sender, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about the Holy Spirit's role in helping Christians to live as faithful witnesses.


Spirit At Work: Engifter, Dale Cooper Nov 2011

Spirit At Work: Engifter, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about how the Holy Spirit works through individuals and helps people bless each other.


Spirit At Work: Assurer, Dale Cooper Oct 2011

Spirit At Work: Assurer, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about the Holy Spirit's role in growing the faith of Christians.


Spirit At Work: The Transformer's Instruments, Dale Cooper Oct 2011

Spirit At Work: The Transformer's Instruments, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about the Holy Spirit's use of Scripture, the sacraments, life experiences, and time in transforming Christians' lives.


Spirit At Work: Transformer, Dale Cooper Sep 2011

Spirit At Work: Transformer, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about the Holy Spirit's role in helping Christinas to obey and trust God.


Spirit At Work: The Transformer's Aim, Dale Cooper Sep 2011

Spirit At Work: The Transformer's Aim, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about the Holy Spirit's role in transforming peoples' lives to be more Christ-like.


Spirit At Work: Guide, Dale Cooper Sep 2011

Spirit At Work: Guide, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about the Holy Spirit's role in helping Christians interpret Scripture in ever-changing contexts throughout history.


Spirit At Work: Revealer, Dale Cooper Aug 2011

Spirit At Work: Revealer, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about how the Holy Spirit makes all knowledge possible - both knowledge about the Bible and about the world God made.


Spirit At Work: Protector, Dale Cooper Aug 2011

Spirit At Work: Protector, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about the Holy Spirit's role in protecting Christians from attacks of the devil.


Spirit At Work: Illuminator, Dale Cooper Jul 2011

Spirit At Work: Illuminator, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about how the Holy Spirit helps Christians listen to Scripture.


Spirit At Work: Exceptional, Dale Cooper Jun 2011

Spirit At Work: Exceptional, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about how the Holy Spirit was and is active in the work of creation of the world and of individual human beings.


Spirit At Work: Power To Make Our Lives Anew, Dale Cooper May 2011

Spirit At Work: Power To Make Our Lives Anew, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about the transformational power of the Holy Spirit.


Not As Orphans, Dale Cooper May 2011

Not As Orphans, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about the gift of the Holy Spirit, which fulfilled Jesus's promise not to leave his disciples as orphans.


Let God's Word Be Alive, 2011 - Outlines And Notes, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship May 2011

Let God's Word Be Alive, 2011 - Outlines And Notes, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

CICW Conferences, Workshops, and Seminars

No abstract provided.


Let God's Word Be Alive, 2011 - Worship Book, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship May 2011

Let God's Word Be Alive, 2011 - Worship Book, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

CICW Conferences, Workshops, and Seminars

No abstract provided.


Let God's Word Be Alive, 2011 - Event Recap, Anne Zaki May 2011

Let God's Word Be Alive, 2011 - Event Recap, Anne Zaki

CICW Conferences, Workshops, and Seminars

No abstract provided.


Designed To The Inheritance Of Jesus, Dale Cooper Apr 2011

Designed To The Inheritance Of Jesus, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about Christan hope for everlasting fellowship with the Savior.


He Shall Come Again, Dale Cooper Apr 2011

He Shall Come Again, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about how worship can whet Christians' excitement for Christ's return.


He Sits At God's Right Hand, Dale Cooper Mar 2011

He Sits At God's Right Hand, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about Jesus's sovereignty and ongoing reign.


He Ascended To Heaven, Dale Cooper Mar 2011

He Ascended To Heaven, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about Jesus's commission to his disciples when he ascended to heaven.


Risen Indeed, Dale Cooper Feb 2011

Risen Indeed, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about how Jesus's rising gives significance and purpose to the lives of Christians.


Leading Worship Renewal, Betty Grit Jan 2011

Leading Worship Renewal, Betty Grit

Symposium on Worship Archive

Effective projection imagery can enhance worship by bringing people into God’s time and space, reaching them pastorally and freeing them for awe-filled praise. In this workshop we will share some best and worst practices and some foundational principles for the use of media in worship.


Medleys Of Praise: Creating Flow Within A Medley Of Congregational Songs, Robert Nordling Jan 2011

Medleys Of Praise: Creating Flow Within A Medley Of Congregational Songs, Robert Nordling

Symposium on Worship Archive

In this session we will use the Thursday Vespers Service (led by Robert Nordling) and walk through the design, planning and preparation involved using various instruments. Q/A time will follow, with time to explore options for instrumentation, transitions, copyrights, etc. Full packets of the medleyscore and parts will be distributed to those who attend.


Leading Worship From The Keyboard, Micah Vanderhill Jan 2011

Leading Worship From The Keyboard, Micah Vanderhill

Symposium on Worship Archive

Keyboardists today are expected to adapt to a multitude of worship styles and settings. This session demonstrates tools needed to expand playing versatility, especially in working with worship teams. Solo congregational leading, practical improvisation, playing from a lead sheet and other topics will be demonstrated for keyboardists of all levels.


Learning Reconciliation Through Worship Music And Community, David Bailey Jan 2011

Learning Reconciliation Through Worship Music And Community, David Bailey

Symposium on Worship Archive

Forty years ago Dr. Martin Luther King stated, “11 o’clock Sunday morning is the most segregated hour in America.” Forty years later, the racial segregation has not changed a lot, and the segregation has spread to other areas such as age and class. In this workshop, we will discuss practical methods to use worship music as a tool in the ministry of reconciliation within a local church context.


The Worship Architect, Constance Cherry Jan 2011

The Worship Architect, Constance Cherry

Symposium on Worship Archive

Comparing the work of a worship leader to that of an architect, this session offers a blueprint for designing worship services through various phases: laying the foundations, building the large frame for encountering God, creating doors and windows for dialogue with God, adding style to the worship event, and more.


Beauty At The Cross(Roads): Quotations And Concepts, Bruce Herman Jan 2011

Beauty At The Cross(Roads): Quotations And Concepts, Bruce Herman

Symposium on Worship Archive

Is the Beautiful relevant to the life of faith? Is it mere window dressing/distraction or is it somehow crucial for our life together? Moreover, does beauty require anything of us besides personal assent? Is there anything like a transcendent or true beauty that requires commitment as much as perceptual apprehension? These and other questions surrounding the beautiful will be explored and discussed in this session.


Someday You'll Be A Good Preacher, Stanley Mast Jan 2011

Someday You'll Be A Good Preacher, Stanley Mast

Symposium on Worship Archive

The journey to good preaching is as filled with twists and turns as a Rocky Mountain highway. Stan Mast is a veteran road warrior who will share hard won insights into what it takes to become a good preacher. Special attention will be paid to the sharp tongued critics who can drive aspiring preachers off the road.


A Gospel Medley: African-American And Beyond, Kenneth Wallace Jan 2011

A Gospel Medley: African-American And Beyond, Kenneth Wallace

Symposium on Worship Archive

The word “medley” has multiple layers of meaning; we can speak of a gospel medley of songs, then there is the fact that African Americans are themselves a medley of cultures, We will sing and reflect on the multiple meanings, experiences, techniques, and values offered in African American and other cultures and music.