2004
For over 35 years, the Calvin Symposium on Worship has annually gathered together worshipers from many Christian traditions across Canada, the US, and beyond, bringing together people from a variety of roles in worship and leadership, including pastors, worship planners and leaders, musicians, scholars, students, worship bands and teams, organists, visual artists, preachers, chaplains, missionaries, liturgists, council and session leaders, and more. Cosponsored by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and the Center for Excellence in Preaching at Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary, the Symposium aims to encourage leaders in churches and worshiping communities of all sizes and settings.
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Brochure - 2004 Calvin Symposium on Worship and the Arts Calvin Institute of Christian Worship A mailer advertising the 2004 Calvin Symposium on Worship, including a schedule and instructions for registration. |
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Program Book - 2004 Calvin Symposium on Worship and the Arts Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Program book for the 2004 Calvin Symposium on Worship, including a schedule, presenter bios, and practical information. |
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The Spirit of the Lord is Upon Me Calvin Institute of Christian Worship A handout accompanying a morning service based the theme of "the Spirit of the Lord," with readings from Isaiah 61, Luke 4:14-21, and 1 Peter 1:13-16. |
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| 2004 | ||
| Thursday, January 29th | ||
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Linda S. Welker, Calvin College 12:00 AM Program for a play titled "Divine Reverberations," presented during the 2004 Calvin Symposium on Worship. The play was written by members of Linda Walker's Fall 2003 Laboratory Theater class, based on interviews with Christians who lived in Hungary during the formation and early years of the Hungarian People's Republic in the late 1940s-50s. The performance highlights the importance of the Genevan Psalms in sustaining Reformed Christians persecuted under Communist rule, and it testifies to God's faithfulness through times of trial. |
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Morning Prayer: based on Psalm 103 Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM A handout accompanying a morning worship service based on Psalm 103. It walks through the call to praise, times of need, met by God's compassion, fragility surrounded by love, and praise that seeks to expand. |
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Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM A service examining 2 Corinthians 2-5, starting with the fragrance of Christ, from glory to glory, God's work, start to finish, present affliction, eternal weight of glory, and ending with the ministry of reconciliation. |
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Talmud in the Art of Ben-Zion and Marc Chagall CIVA, Christians in the Visual Arts 12:00 AM Handout from the 2004 Calvin Symposium on Worship art exhibit. Includes information about the exhibition, titled "Talmud in the Art of Ben-Zion and Marc Chagall," as well as an advertisement for another travelling exhibition curated by CIVA, Christians in the the Visual Arts. |
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The Immeasurable Riches of God's Grace: A Service based on Ephesians 1-3 Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM A handout accompanying a morning worship service focusing on Ephesians 1-3 and including adoration, prayer of thanks, a proclamation, and prayers of intercession. |
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| Friday, January 30th | ||
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Arise, Shine! and Ancient-Future Justice Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM A worship service based on Isaiah 60 and the theme of light, followed by an outline from a plenary address on "Ancient-Future Justice" by Robert Webber. |
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James Abbington, Morgan State University 12:00 AM An evening service led by James Abbington that focuses on the heritage of African American prayer and song. |
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| Saturday, January 31st | ||
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From the Heart to the Heavens: Hymn Festival Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM The hymn festival handout, which focused on different means of worshiping: from the heart, in the congregation, with Christians of all times, with Christians of all places, and with the heavenly hosts. |
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My Soul Finds Rest in God Alone: A Meditative Noontime Prayer Service Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM A handout for a noontime prayer service centering on Psalm 62. During this service we will have the opportunity to reflect during times of silence. This silence is intended to give us space to meditate on scripture or the words we have sung or to offer silent prayer. My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. -Psalm 62:1 |
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