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Worship resources for World Refugee Day, Sunday, June 20, 2010

Posted by Joan Huyser-Honig

Churches around the world will observe World Refugee Day on Sunday, June 20, 2010. In the U.K. this Sunday is the culmination of Refugee Week (June 14-20). Use worship resources from Church World Service, Disciples of Christ, United Church of Christ, United Methodists, or your own denomination. In the U.S., this Sunday is also Father’s Day. [...]

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Worship Planning Idea: Knowing The Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament

Posted by cicw

[re-post from 5/22/07] The title of Leon Wood’s 1976 book The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament (Zondervan) caught my eye recently. So did Christopher Wright’s excellent new book Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament (IVP Academic, 2006).  “[There] is a widespread lack of awareness among many Christian people of the identity, presence, [...]

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Call to Worship for Easter: "We have run to the tomb"

Posted by cicw

From the Open Sourcebook: (about this website) We have run to the tomb. We have squinted inside the darkness. We have seen a pile of cloth where we expected a corpse. We have been reprimanded by the angel, ‘Why do you look for the living among the dead?’ We have been astonished, confused, exhilarated. We [...]

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Prayer for Good Friday: "For us…"

Posted by cicw

From the Open Sourcebook: (about this website) Lord Jesus,wounded God. For us you turned yourself in.For us you felt the whip on your back.For us you kept silent as false accusations swirled.For us you marched to the place of death.For us you were nailed to a cross.For us you breathed your last. All for us, [...]

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Ash Wednesday resources at the Open Sourcebook

Posted by cicw

Find Ash Wednesday resources at the new Open Sourcebook

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Reflections on Symposium 2009 at Nurturing Faith

Posted by cicw

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 [...]

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Announcing the Open Sourcebook

Posted by cicw

The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship is delighted to announce a new online resource called The Open Sourcebook. Developed in partnership with Sojourn Community Church, which manages the site, the Open Sourcebook is a free online collection of prayers, litanies, and other words for worship. Inspired by The Worship Sourcebook, this collection will feature words [...]

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CRCNA article on Thanksgiving Confession

Posted by cicw

CRCNA.org ran this article on Thansgiving worship at Unity Christian High School in Hudsonville, Michigan, including this service of Thanksgiving confession. Nov. 21, 2008– The Spiritual Leadership Committee at Unity Christian High School led a special chapel service in 2005 in which prayers of thanksgiving were coupled with confession. It was a way of linking [...]

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RW 89 now available online

Posted by cicw

The new issue of Reformed Worship has come in the mail, which means the previous issue–the annual Advent issue–is now available to non-subscribers online (the current issue is available online only to subscribers). Articles include: Series for the Season: Living in Advent Advent: The Angels’ Message Songs for the Season: The Light of Christ in [...]

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