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Inviting The Text To Direct The Service, Joan Devries

Symposium on Worship Archive

Biblical text is central to Christian worship gatherings. Generally, the most significant piece of scripture is the focus of the sermon or the message, and worship planners are happy when they can match that theme in other parts of the worship gathering. What if, however, we invited the text with its various parts and movements to shape the whole of our service more concretely rather than have it be packaged as the teaching contained in a sermon? What if we adopted the movements within a psalm as the separate movements of our worship gathering and we enacted the psalm together? …

Morning Worship, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

Symposium on Worship Archive

A program for the morning worship service during the 11th Calvin Symposium for Worship, with readings from Psalm 107 and Mark 4.

A Service Of Prayer And Praise: Using Hymns, Poetry, & Scripture Reading, Calvin Symposium On Worship Planning Committee

Symposium on Worship Archive

A program for the hymn festival on the theme of light, held during the 8th Annual Symposium on Worship.

Service Of Closing Worship, Calvin Symposium On Worship Planning Committee

Symposium on Worship Archive

A service in four parts: I. We Worship a God of Majesty, II. We Worship a God Who Has Redeemed Us, III. We Worship a God Who Calls Us to Service, and IV. We Worship a God Who Guides Us in our Ministry.

Participating in this closing worship service were Mr. Kevin J. Bylsma, liturgist; Dr. John Ferguson, organ; Rev. Victor Anderson, piano; and the musical group New Beginning.

In Praise Of God: The Service Of Morning Prayers, Calvin Symposium On Worship Planning Committee

Symposium on Worship Archive

Handout for a morning service, including hymns and a list of leading participants.