Archive for the ‘Worshiping Communities’ Category
Wrapping up two reading groups
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
During the fall of 2010, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship sponsored two sets of book groups using two of our recent publications: Worship Words, by Debra Rienstra and Ron Rienstra and Shaped by God, edited by Robert Keeley. We gathered the leaders of these book groups during summer to orient them to the books’ content [...]
Tags: book group
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Prayer Room at Symposium 2011
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
We are grateful to the Reformed Spirituality Network for hosting this Prayer Room at Symposium 2011.
Tags: devotion, Events, intercession, meditation, prayer, prayer room, reflection
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Report from the World Christian Gathering on Indigenous Peoples
Friday, January 14th, 2011
Ya’at’eeh. This week I have the privilege of attending the World Christian Gathering on Indigenous Peoples. This conference is held every 2-3 years in the land of the indigenous tribe or group that is hosting the gathering. This year we are in New Zealand as the guests of the Maori people.
Tags: by Mark Charles, indigenous worship, Mark Charles, New Zealand, WCGIP
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How to Plan Worship that Appeals to Many Generations
Monday, September 27th, 2010
Many worship planners wonder how to plan intergenerational worship that engages people of different ages. One problem is that people often prefer the kind of worship they grew up with. Another problem is that most worshipers aren’t all that aware of what’s changed or stayed the same in 2,000 years of Christian worship. That’s why [...]
Tags: history, intergenerational, planning
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New Film “Reparando” Explores Theology of the Cross
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Once you start getting to know people who are suffering, you can’t help but wonder how to see God in their midst or how to explain Christ’s death on the cross as good news for them now. Joel Van Dyke, a missionary who works in Guatemala’s slums and prisons, helps urban missions graduate students flesh out [...]
Tags: culture, Joel Van Dyke, reflection, Reparando movie, suffering, theology, theology of the cross, world
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Singing and Praying for Pakistani Flood Victims
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Twenty million people. That’s how many people live in Australia. It’s also how many Pakistanis became displaced when torrential monsoons unleashed the Indus River beyond its banks along the nation’s entire length. The mind shudders to comprehend the magnitude of help needed. Rather than resolve to not think about all those homeless hungry people, you can bring your distress [...]
Tags: Christians in Pakistan, hymns, learning, Pakistan Flood 2010, psalms, suffering, world
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Ship of Fools Mystery Worshipper
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
How would visitors to your church answer these questions?
- Did anyone welcome you personally?
- What happened when you hung around after the service looking lost?
Tags: church reviews, Ship of Fools Mystery Worshipper
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Is Suffering an Essential Part of Christian Discipleship?
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Suffering for Christ is the main Lausanne Conversation topic for August 2010. In “To Serve Is to Suffer,” Ajith Fernando explores the paradox that measuring ministry by efficiency, numerical results, and a sense of fulfillment can make a church “ineffective in evangelism.” Fernando has been national director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka since 1976. The [...]
Tags: HolySpirit, spiritualformation, suffering, theology, world
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Reflections from ‘Church by the Bridge’ in Australia
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
From former CICW student assistant Kim Webster, who now lives and worships in Australia:
One of the most common questions I’ve gotten asked is about the differences I see between American churches and Australian churches. I must qualify immediately that, while my knowledge of American churches is vast and reasonably varied, my knowledge of Australian churches is based almost entirely on mine.
Tags: Australia, Church by the Bridge, congregations
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