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Church Forsaken: Practicing Presence In Neglected Neighborhoods, Jonathan Brooks

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In this workshop, we will challenge local churches to rediscover that loving our neighbors means loving our neighborhoods. Unpacking the themes of Jeremiah 29, we will see how Christians can be fully present in local communities, building homes and planting gardens for the common good. We will also discuss how community stakeholders and civic leaders can rediscover that churches are viable partners in community transformation in ways they may never have considered.

Desarrollando Jóvenes Líderes: Cuatro Claves Para La Innovación, Elizabeth Tamez Phd

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Nos une el deseo de ver a nuestros jóvenes ser parte integral y desarrollar su liderazgo en la iglesia, la pregunta es, ¿cómo? Partiendo del trabajo, las experiencias y la investigación de siete líderes latinos cuyas congregaciones y grupos paraeclesiásticos son incubadoras de liderazgo para los jóvenes en sus comunidades, en esta sesión exploraremos conceptos prácticos para expandir nuestra imaginación y conocimiento, con el fi n de fomentar la innovación en la iglesia que conlleve a desarrollar el potencial de liderazgo entre la juventud.

From Longing To Belonging: Connecting Through The Language Of Worship With Persons Experiencing Dementia, Barbara J. Newman

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Looking for continued connection points with congregational members experiencing dementia? This session will equip and inspire you with practical tools for visiting and learning together. The language of worship serves as the springboard into continued relationship and a meaningful time together.

Worship God With The Dance! The Deep Connections Between Worship And Dance, Kathleen S. Turner

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The guiding question for this workshop is: What is the relationship between liturgy and liturgical dance, and how does such a relationship enhance church worship? This workshop will explore the ways in which Scripture, liturgy, and sacred song create avenues for expression and interpretation by and through liturgical dance movement. These avenues of movement expression and interpretation help to bring clarity and comprehension to both liturgy and one’s knowledge of the Most High God. It will pay particular attention to the use of the body as an expressive instrument that embodies and displays reflective thought and honest emotion as expressed …

Praying At The Table, Praying At The Font, Lester Ruth, Esau Mccaulley, John D. Rempel, Lisa M. Weaver, John Witvliet

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For 2,000 years, one central component of Lord’s Supper and baptism liturgies has been compelling doxological prayers modeled in part after the pattern of the psalms and Jewish prayers of thanksgiving. But for Protestants who are a bit allergic to pre-written or set prayers, these symphonic doxological prayers may seem unusual or strange. Come to this session to explore with four worship teachers from four Protestant traditions some insights and learning about introducing or re-introducing robust prayers of thanksgiving at the font and the table in ways that can also introduce children and new believers to the grand metanarrative of …

Walking By Faith / Caminamos Por Fe, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship, Mariachi Ágape, Maria Monteiro, Carlos Colon, Marcell Silva Steuernagel Phd, Martin Tel

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A bilingual Spanish-English worship services featuring songs from the hymnal Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.

Everything I Learned About Giving A Eulogy I Learned From A Science Fiction Novel, W. David O. Taylor

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Christians have all too often failed to think thoroughly and biblically or theologically about the nature of a good word in the fi nal testimony of a person’s life and have instead allowed the practice of eulogizing to be determined by Greco-Roman and popular ideas. In this workshop we will explore what it means to speak the unvarnished truth about the deceased in such a way that the grace of God becomes the focal point rather than the dead person’s decency, niceness, or superlative accomplishments.

Flow: An Ancient Way To Contemporary Worship, Lester Ruth

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Is there a way to follow the prescribed order of worship from mainline denominational worship resources in a way that feels legitimately and authentically contemporary? That is the question this workshop will try to answer. The source for this answer is ancient, from the earliest centuries of the church. Step by step, we’ll break down the process of rethinking what official orders of worship are calling for so that pastors and worship leaders can plan and lead a Word and Table order that feels genuinely contemporary. This workshop will cast a new, but classic understanding of traditional worship as well …

What Makes Christian Worship Trinitarian?, Cornelius Plantinga Jr.

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The doctrine of the Trinity is old, deep, and mysterious. How should Christian trinitarianism manifest itself in worship—that is, beyond simple repetition of the trinitarian formula? How might deep trinitarian worship bless God and ourselves? How might it even affect the way we look at each other after worship is over?

Suffering For Living The Good, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship, Jared E. Alcantara, Maria Monteiro, Mariachi Ágape

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A service of the Word and Table from the 2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship, including songs from the bilingual hymnal Santo, Santo, Santo led by Maria Monteiro and Mariachi Ágape, and preaching by Jared E. Alcántara on 1 Peter 3:8-11.

Symposium 2020 Presenter List, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

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Brief bios of presenters at the 2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship

Living As Holy, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship, Nicole Massie Martin, David M. Bailey, Urban Doxology, Noel Snyder, Northwestern Drama Ministries

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A worship service from the 2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship led by David Bailey, Urban Doxology, Noel Snyder, and the Northwester Drama Ministries Ensemble, with Nicole Massie Martin preaching on 1 Peter 1:13-25.

Collaborative Art In The Church: How To Start, Regina Jupp

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This session is designed for anyone from artist, to layperson, to worship pastor, to theologian. How can we come together to construct a thriving visual arts ministry? How do we ensure that church art is both understandable and theologically sound? One way to incorporate meaningful, appreciated art into the local church is by involving as many people as possible. While that can seem risky or overwhelming, in this hour, we will learn how to use teamwork to our advantage and explore a collaborative model for future projects. This workshop is a condensed version of Thursday’s seminar.

A Lion And A Donkey Are Standing On The Road, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship, Jeff Barker

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This vesper worship service includes an enactment of one of the most mysterious ancient Hebrew dramas. We focus initially on this biblical text, newly translated by Tom Boogaart. We embrace the text and then respond to it with music, prayer, testimony, and more scriptures.

Universal Design For Worship In Action: Cultural, Curricular, And Personal Application, Elizabeth Bajema, Barbara J. Newman, Kevin Timpe, Herbert H. Tsang, Latonya Mciver Penny

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Learn from our panelists what universal design for worship looks like from their experiences within an adult small group Bible study, the African-American church, family life linked to church life, and the Chinese church in Canada. The rich expertise represented in the panelists will be sure to inspire and impact your own worshiping community.

Reclaiming The Role Of Story In Worship, Jeff Barker

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Our God is a storytelling God. God’s book is a rich collection of stories. God’s church is a storytelling church. This seminar is a rich collection of storytelling examples from the Bible, history, and contemporary lives, using forms as simple as a solo testimony and as complex as enacting scenes from the missionary biography Iowa Ethiopia.

Program - 2020 Calvin Symposium On Worship, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

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Complete program and worship book for the 2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship.

When The Story About A Song Changes How We Sing The Song, Emily R. Brink, Swee Hong Lim, Anna Nekola, Lester Ruth, Eric Washington

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If a worship song is a self-contained item with text and tune, able to stand and be used independently of its origins, why do worshipers like to know the background stories behind the hymns and choruses they love? Does it make a difference when we know something about songwriters, their context, and the situation out of which specific songs come? Does the desire to know a song’s history tell us more about the song or about ourselves? This seminar on songwriting stories will explore these questions and more.

Women In Ministry And Leadership, Najla Kassab, Nicole Massie Martin, Ruth Padilla Deborst, Mandy Smith, Kathy Smith

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This workshop includes a global panel of women ministry leaders from Australia, the Middle East, and North and South America. All are welcome to come for a lively discussion of the challenges and opportunities for women in leadership roles in worship and ministry in a wide variety of churches, organizations, and contexts.

A Living Hope: A Service Of The Word On 1 Peter 1:3-9, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship, Betsy Devries, Paul Ryan, Jonathan Hehn Osl

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A service from the 2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship led by Paul Ryan, the Calvin University Worship Apprentices, and Jonathan Hehn, with Betsy DeVries preaching on 1 Peter 1:3-9. View service playlist.

Calvin Theological Seminary Forum: January 2020, Julius T. Medenblik, Amanda W. Benckhuysen, Jeffery A. D. Weima, Shannon Jammal-Hollemans

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Main Features
3 - Hurting Churches & Hurting Pastors by Jul Medenblik
4 - Grief & Doubt in the Christian Life
8 - Christian Triumphalism by Gibson Danjuma
12 - Dementia & Wilderness by Mary L. Vanden Berg

Q&A: The Hurting Church
16 - Are Christians Allowed to Grieve the Death of a Loved One? by Jeffrey A. D. Weima
18 - Where Does Pastoral Care End? by Shannon Jammal - Hollemans
20 - What to Do When Church Leadership Feels Lonely? by Cecil Van Niejenhuis

Calvin Seminary News
22 - Calvin Seminary Names New Canadian Church Relations Liaison: Shawn …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 134 - Lent / Easter (December 2019), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Worship Series: The Book of Judges: Messy People, Merciful God by Willemina Zwart with Christie Dreise and Walter Miedema....3

Q&A: Holy Week Worship in an Era of Biblical Illiteracy by John D. Witvliet....12

The Story of Holy Week through Scripture and Song by Constance M. Cherry....20

Articles

Editorial: I Love to Tell the Story by Joyce Borger....2

For Pastors: Confession's Perils by Scott Hoezee....18

Ten Things I Learned from a Conversation with Eddie Espinosa by Noel Snyder....42

Five Tips for Using Puppets in Children's Worship by Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence....46

Resources

Ash Wednesday Service …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 54 No 2 - November 2019), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

From the Editor: Karin Maag - 265 / Articles: The Story of God’s Covenants: A Biblical-Theological Investigation with Systematic Consequences by J. M. Burger - 267 / “I Have Sought to Move All to Pray … to This Good Father, by the Lord Jesus, in the Power of the Holy Spirit”: Farel, Caroli, Calvin, and Farel’s Trinitarian Prayers by Theodore G.Van Raalte - 301 / The Remonstrant Perspective and the Synod of Dordt by  Keith Stanglin - 325 / The World as Whodunit: Jan Woltjer and His Logo-Centric Philosophy in the Early Years of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam by Rob …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 133 - Advent / Christmas (September 2019), Reformed Worship Editors

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Features

Worship Series: Angels, Help Us to Adore Him by Elizabeth Nanninga....3

Reflections for Advent by Christopher Wheeler....16

Stories By the Well: A Christmas Eve Drama by Rein Selles....20

Articles

Editorial: Leaning into the Tension by Joyce Borger....2

For Pastors: Again by Scott Hoezee....24

Favorite Songs of the Season by the staff of Reformed Worship....29

Q&A: Professing the Faith of the Church by John Witvliet....36

Call It Worship by Angie Hong and Adam Perez....38

Aging among the Community of Faith by Mark Stephenson....44

Resources

Sing 10: Singing the Nativity Story by …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 132 - Funerals (June 2019), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Worship Series: Enduring the Race by Joyce Borger....3

Beyond Singing Hymns by Bill Gaventa....13

Sing 10: Funerals and Contemporary Worship by Bruce Benedict....27

Articles

Editorial: In Life and in Death by Joyce Borger....2

For Pastors: Preaching for Life's Final Season by Scott Hoezee....20

Honoring Older Adults by Vivien Lee, David MacGregor, Scott Woodburn....26

Difficult Funerals by Brian Kuyper....33

Pastorally Proactive by John Witvliet....38

Q&A: Cremation by Ken Baker....40

Resources

God's Calling To and For the Elderly in Worship by Emily R. Brink....22

Planning Funerals with Seniors by Robert Koornneef …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 54 No 1 - April 2019), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

From the Editor: Karin Maag - 9 / Articles: From Glory to Glory: 2 Corinthians 3:18 in Biblical-Theological Perspective by Dane C. Ortlund - 11 / The Grammar of Revival: The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards’s Teleological Language in Religious Affections (1746) by Obbie Tyler Todd - 35 / Religious Freedom and the Pancasila-Based State of Indonesia: A Neo-Calvinist Idea of Principled Pluralism by Benyamin F. Intan - 57 / Reprioritizing the Lord’s Supper among the Reformed by Jelmer Heeren and Maarten Wisse - 91 / Sermon: “A Sure Sign”—A Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:17–34 and Exodus 24:1–11 by David Vroege …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 131 - Ascension / Pentecost (March 2019), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Worship Series: Ruth by Shannon Jammal-Hollemans....3

It's a Matter of Life: Re-storied by Worship by Rebecca Warren....12

What Calendar Do You Follow? by Constance Cherry, Maria Eugenia Cornou, Paul Detterman, Joan DeVries, Adam Perez, and Reggie Smith....32

Sing 10: A Service in Celebration of Juneteenth by Thomas J. Parlette....37

Articles

Editorial: Ascension, Pentecost, Missions, and Justice by Joyce Borger....2

Pitfalls and Guardrails by Chris Schoon....22

Terrorism and the Politics of Worship by Matthew Kaemingk....27

For Pastors: Context by Scott Hoezee....45

Q&A: On Engaging Quieter Young People in Worship Ministry by John …

Singing Our Savior's Story: Songs For Congregations, Choirs And Worship Teams, James Abbington, Alison Adam, Emily R. Brink, Alfredo Colman, Joel Navarro, Emmet G. Price Iii, Kathleen S. Turner

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Explore a rich variety of music that reflects deeply on the life of Jesus, and is appropriate for any service based on one of the four New Testament gospels, including some songs that focus on “telling the story,” others that are adept at “unpacking the meaning of the story,” and still others that “help us see ourselves taken up into the story.” Examples will include historic texts by Watts and Wesley, music from African-American, Asian, Latino, and Anglo contexts appropriate for use in both contemporary and traditional contexts. Come ready to transcend stylistic divides as we focus our attention on …

Trinitarian Sacramental Theology, Kimberly Hope Belcher, Todd Billings, Glenn Packiam, M. Sydney Park, Laura A. Smit, John D. Witvliet

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It is a remarkable Christian claim that God is active not only in receiving our worship, but also in inspiring, prompting, and perfecting it—drawing us into communion with God and each other. It is also remarkable that God would do this through embodied, material human actions of washing, eating, and drinking. Yet often this central Christian vision is forgotten, ignored, or distorted, and all sorts of believers are never given the opportunity to taste and see God’s beauty in this vivid and nourishing way. This session will be a doxological session, full of praise to God for this gift. It …

Program Book - Calvin Symposium On Worship, Calvin Symposium On Worship

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