Upcoming Event
A Reformation Sunday worship service commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Accra Confession
October 27, 2024, 5:00 PM
Singing The Creeds
Together we will discuss the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed and examine a few musical versions of each.
March 5, 2015
Worship in Calvin’s Geneva: Challenges and Opportunities Then and Now
Based on her forthcoming edited volume of primary sources on worship in Calvin’s Geneva, Karin Maag outlines what happened in Geneva as the city moved from Catholicism to Protestantism.
February 20, 2015
Jerry Sittser on Growing through Adversity and Spiritual Practices
You probably gather for worship with both lifelong worshipers and those new to the Bible. Jerry Sittser mines the history of Christian spirituality for nuggets that give life to all levels of worshipers.
January 6, 2015
Catherine Gunsalus González on Ancient Resources for Today’s Worship
As in the second century, people come to churches today not knowing much about Christianity. Discoveries about early church worship can help Protestants and Catholics disciple newcomers.
November 26, 2014
Images and Themes in John Calvin's Theology of Liturgy
John Calvin wrote much about the value, purpose, and nature of Christian liturgy.
November 19, 2014
Dale Cudjoe, Andy Park and Cindy Rethmeier on Deepening Worship Conversations
You might picture COCHUSA and Vineyard congregations as too different to find common ground. But Cudjoe, Park, and Rethmeier found productive ways to discuss worship together.
April 17, 2014
How to Use Church at Worship Books
These case studies of worship in other times and places work well in personal devotions, small groups and classrooms.
March 31, 2014
How to Discuss Church Worship Calmly and Productively
These case studies of worship in other times and places will give your congregation the freedom and framework to deepen your discussion of worship.
March 31, 2014
A History of Worship in the Christian Reformed Church
An article written by Bert Polman about the history of worship practices in the Christian Reformed Church.
March 12, 2014
Deepening a Congregation’s Ability to Talk about Worship, Pt.2
We will explore what we can learn from the challenges and gifts of two churches of the recent past, Christ Temple in Jim Crow racism-laced Jackson, Mississippi, and the Anaheim Vineyard Fellowship in the late 1970s.
February 20, 2014
Deepening a Congregation’s Ability to Talk about Worship, Pt. 1
We will explore what we can learn from the challenges and gifts of two churches of the recent past, Christ Temple in Jim Crow racism-laced Jackson, Mississippi, and the Anaheim Vineyard Fellowship in the late 1970s.
February 20, 2014
Loving God Intimately: Worship with the Anaheim Vineyard Fellowship, 1977-1983
This workshop will explore one source for the changes that have swept around the world since the 1970s: the Anaheim Vineyard Fellowship and the ministry of its pastor, John Wimber.
February 18, 2014