Upcoming Event
A Reformation Sunday worship service commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Accra Confession
October 27, 2024, 5:00 PM
Symposium 2012 - Plenary Address: Performing a Counter World: the Alternative Reality Offered by the Psalms for the Worlds We Inhabit
Performing a Counter World: the Alternative Reality Offered by the Psalms for the Worlds We Inhabit is a plenary address presented by Walter Brueggemann at the 2012 Calvin Symposium on Worship.
September 18, 2014
Understanding the Battle Between the Flesh and the Spirit
Dallas Willard discusses Galatians 5 about what it means to live by the Spirit and how doing so conflicts with the sinful nature that clings to us.
April 2, 2014
Links in the Liturgy
Are all of the elements of the worship liturgy independent stand-alone items? If so, no effort is needed to tie them together. However, if they are all parts of a continuous worship journey, then flow from one to the next is critically important. What we think of as "transitions" are key. If they are done poorly the flow of the worship journey is broken. If done well they enhance the richness of the entire worship experience. In this sectional we'll explore how to link the liturgy into a smooth flowing journey.
March 4, 2014
Show, Don't Tell: Keeping Sermons Vivid
Throughout the average week people talk about their lives and their families and their work through stories about whosaid what, how a certain event came about, and what something looked like and felt like when it happened. But too oftenon Sundays preachers present sermons that are short on vivid stories and long on description and the doling out of facts.In this workshop those who preach sermons and those who listen to sermons will explore both why vividness in sermons is vital and some ideas on how to make this happen in sermons as well.
March 4, 2014
Cultivating Congregational Hospitality
An exploration of some ways that Christian congregations, depending upon the Spirit’s empowering presence, can become generous, welcoming places for tired, thirsty travelers, both guest and host alike, to refresh and bring blessing to one another and thus serve as signposts of the Gospel.
March 4, 2014
Praying for Shalom in the Psalms
Isaiah is famous for his prophecies of shalom—a coming time in which God would make right all that is wrong with the world. All of creation would be fruitful and benign. All humans would be knit together in brotherhood and sisterhood. All creation and all humans would delight in God. In short, God and creation would once again be webbed together in justice, harmony, and delight. The Psalmists, too, pray for shalom. This workshop will discuss these prayers. How do psalmists pray for shalom and how are their prayers important for our own worship?
March 4, 2014
Collaborative Planning and Evaluation
How can a worship planning team work best together? How can we maximize the strengths of collaborative planning while minimizing its weaknesses? In this worship we explore a process for planning worship that is life-giving, balancing creativity, team work, and efficiency. We will also discuss planning tools that can enable effective collaborative planning and evaluation.n
March 4, 2014
Music in the Church
We say we are one church but when it comes to deciding what to sing many different and sometimes competing voices are heard. How did we get so many different worship music styles? Is one better than another? Do we need to choose just one? Understanding the roots and impulses of different streams of music helps us navigate them better in the context of worship ministry. During this session we will take a quick tour of the history of music in the church stopping to sing along the way.
March 4, 2014
Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works
How does the narrative arc of historic Christian worship uniquely tap into our nature as narrative animals?
February 28, 2014
The Challenging Work of Public Penitence and Reconciliation in Worship
How should worship, justice, and reconciliation be related not just in theory, but in practice?
February 27, 2014
Transformational Preaching: Engaging with Exodus and the Old Testament
This seminar explores the art of building a bridge back to the world of the Bible and then bringing the drama back to our generation.
February 27, 2014
El culto como discipulado
El culto es una experiencia comunitaria integral, que de manera explícita o aún inconsciente, contribuye a modelar el carácter y la identidad de cada participante.
February 27, 2014