Upcoming Event
A Reformation Sunday worship service commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Accra Confession
October 27, 2024, 5:00 PM
A COVID-19 Prayer Based on Psalm 51
Calvin University professor Chad Engbers prayed this prayer on March 12, 2020 during the daily chapel service. This was one of the last chapel services conducted before the campus closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
April 2, 2020
Praying at the Table, Praying at the Font
2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop
March 19, 2020
Georie Bryant and Reynolds Chapman on Prayer Walks
Sometimes Christians worry that praying in public will be embarrassing or offensive. Four congregations in Durham, North Carolina, organized a prayer walk that connected with neighbors.
November 26, 2019
Through Pain to Freedom
John Witvliet on Prayer, Lament, and Refugia in Worship
November 13, 2019
Praying in Public for Various Occasion: Catholic Resources for Ecumenical Use
2019 Cultivating Vital Worship | Session
July 29, 2019
Derek Elmi-Buursma on Communion and Context
Whether you call it Communion, Eucharist, the Lord’s Supper, or something else, you may wonder how to connect this sacrament with real life. Learn how one small urban congregation creates eucharistic liturgies for living in a broken world.
June 4, 2019
Prayers of a Person, Prayers of the People
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop
May 8, 2019
Worship that Cares for People Pastorally
You may think of pastoral care mainly as personal visits to someone’s hospital room or home. But Howard Vanderwell wrote that the entire worship service has “powerful potential for caring for worshipers’ needs.” His book Caring Worship: Helping Worship Leaders Provide Pastoral Care through the Liturgy explains how.
February 13, 2019
John McClure on How Liturgical Practices Can Shape Conversations in a Pluralistic World
Christian liturgical practices—confession, intercession, and preaching—contain wisdom that can bring compassion and consensus to public conversations around contentious moral issues.
December 4, 2018
So You've Been Asked to ... Lead in Prayer （現在你被邀請...帶領祈禱）
A resource in leading public prayer in worship
September 28, 2018
David Bailey and Erin Rose on White Supremacy
Churches often shy away from conversations about white supremacy or which lives matter. A Presbyterian elder and a worship leader explain how to pastorally move toward effective reconciliation ministry.
February 26, 2018
David Bailey and Erin Rose on Charlottesville, Violence, and Preaching
Seeing violence and racism up close is ugly. Two Presbyterians discuss how to help congregations prepare for and respond to divisive events.
February 26, 2018