Upcoming Event
A Reformation Sunday worship service commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Accra Confession
October 27, 2024, 5:00 PM
Ideas for Using Creeds in Worship
Here are ideas for how to incorporate the creeds into a series of services, music, art, and specific places within the order of worship.
March 31, 2006
We Believe...: A service based on the Nicene Creed
The Sunday after Pentecost is often called Trinity Sunday in recognition that all three persons of the Trinity have now been remembered and celebrated in the great festivals of the Christian year.
March 6, 2006
The Last Thirty Years
A colleague was asked point-blank at a workshop recently, “Have changes in worship in the last generation been good or bad?” The short answer may be yes. A longer answer was given at a day-long seminar at the Calvin Symposium on Worship 2006.
March 1, 2006
Worship in the Early Church
Some of the worship practices of early Christians --100-400 A.D.-- were strikingly different but perhaps more biblical than ours today.
January 1, 2006
Worship
A word study on "worship," with specific attention to the medieval meaning of the word and how it flows into a life of "worshipful service."
June 24, 2005
Psalm
A word study on "psalm," calling out the deep historical tradition of not only reading, but also singing psalms.
June 23, 2005
Heaven
Based on the book "Bringing Heaven Down to Earth," this word study attempts to make sense of the separation between heaven and earth.
June 22, 2005
Glory
A word study on "glory" and its divergent connotations in worship and modern culture.
June 21, 2005
A Reformed Approach to Psalmody: The Legacy of the Genevan Psalter
The Genevan Psalter is the most important source of metrical psalmody in the continental Reformed tradition.
June 10, 2005
It Takes Grace - 1 Corinthians 15
A service plan for Reformation Sunday focused on the sovereign grace of God as the only hope for our salvation. This is the final service in a four-part series on truths from the Reformation.
June 1, 2005
Surrounded by a Great Cloud of Witnesses
The fourth and last Sunday service plan in a series on Hebrews, focusing on the truth that in our efforts to follow Jesus Christ as the great High Priest we are part of the body of Christ throughout all time and space.
June 1, 2005
The Church's Hebrew Heritage and Christian Worship
An index of resources for reflection on Old Testament worship practices. Israel's worship in the Old Testament is the liturgical heritage of all Christian worshipers.
June 1, 2005