Archive for the ‘Worshipers’ Category
Report from Grant Recipient: First African Methodist Episcopal Church: BETHEL in New York City
Friday, February 27th, 2009
From Betty Grit: A 2008 Worship Renewal Grant was awarded to First African Methodist Episcopal Church: BETHEL, in New York City, to help worshipers learn, reflect and worship together. The pastor, Rev. Henry A. Belin, III stated “We are excited about what this grant will allow us to do. We are calling this season of [...]
Tags: Betty Grit, communities, congregations, HolySpirit, lent, Pentecost
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Psalms series at Union University
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
We were grateful for the opportunity to have our director, John Witvliet, travel to Union University last week to give a chapel presentation on the Psalms. Listen to it at Union’s website. This presentation was part of a series this spring at Union on the Psalms and worship. Union received a Worship Renewal Grant to [...]
Tags: Betty Grit, crisis, music, psalms, suffering, tragedy, witvliet
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New books: 'Pastor as Minor Poet,' 'Inclusive Yet Discerning,' and more
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
We’re delighted to introduce several new books in our publications series over the last few months: A Primer on Christian WorshipWilliam A. DyrnessPublisher: EerdmansPublished: 2009 Abraham Kuyper: Our WorshipHarry BoonstraPublisher: EerdmansPublished: 2009 Inclusive Yet DiscerningFrank Burch BrownPublisher: EerdmansPublished: 2009 The Pastor as Minor PoetM. Craig BarnesPublisher: EerdmansPublished: 2009 When God Speaks Through [...]
Tags: history, pastors, publications
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Reflections on Symposium 2009 at Nurturing Faith
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Gale Tien of Christian Schools International blogged these reflections on Symposium 2009 at the Nurturing Faith blog: In January 2009, I had the privilege to participate in the Calvin College Symposium on Worship. My role was to be an observer at the day-long gathering of nearly 25 Christian High School Worship/Chapel Committees. This group of [...]
Tags: chapels, highschool, planning, spiritualformation, wsymp09, youth, z00005
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Christianity Today on 'Do Christian Schools Make Students More Religious?'
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
From Christianity Today: Parents deciding between religious and public schooling face many unknowns. One of the most important factors is how the schools might affect the faith of their children. Yet for all the debates over education, we know little about the effectiveness of Christian education on the spiritual lives of students. Students at religious [...]
Tags: education, News, spiritualformation, surveys, youth, z00003
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Leadership Journal on the importance of the benediction
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
from Leadership Journal: … “When you stretched out your arms and sang a song of blessing over us,” she said, “I was moved to tears. You weren’t just sending us out to face the world on our own; you were pouring out God’s blessing and Spirit on us so that we would be better prepared [...]
Tags: benediction, blessing, pastors, z00001
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Morning Worship in the Chapel with the L.O.F.T. team
Friday, January 30th, 2009
Tags: music, video, wsymp09
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Presenter Previews: Erik Carter and Barbara Newman at Symposium 2009
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Among over 70 presenters at this year’s Calvin Symposium on Worship will be two leading voices on including persons with disabilities in worshiping communities. Erik Carter is assistant professor of special education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and author of Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities: A Guide for Service Providers, Families, and Congregations. [...]
Tags: communities, congregations, disabilities, prespreviews09
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