Sessions
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. In 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic, the conference was held entirely online.
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| 2021 | ||
| Friday, January 1st | ||
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Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM This is an on-demand panel discussion video for the 2021 Online Calvin Symposium on Worship. The panelists discuss the values and practices that sustain people for the work of ministry and the Christian life. |
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Forgiving as We’ve Been Forgiven Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM This is an on-demand panel discussion video during the 2021 Online Calvin Symposium on Worship. |
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Healthy Leadership in Anxious Times Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM This is an On-Demand Panel Discussion Video for the 2021 Online Calvin Symposium on Worship. The panelists discuss how leaders can engage sensitive issues in healthy ways while planning and leading worship in multicultural contexts. |
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| Monday, January 11th | ||
| 12:00 AM |
Hope for America’s Most Segregated Hour Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM A 60-minute documentary film followed by a 60-minute Q&A time, hosted by David M. Bailey, executive director of Arrabon. |
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| Friday, January 1st | ||
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Learning about Worship from the Ancient Church Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM This is an on-demand panel discussion video for the 2021 Online Calvin Symposium on Worship. The panelists discuss what we can learn about worship from the early church and how this learning can help us shape faithful public worship practices today. |
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Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM This is an on-demand panel discussion video for the 2021 Online Calvin Symposium on Worship. The panelists discuss how offering multiple pathways for youth to engage and take leadership in worship and church life can also serve to bless and encourage those who live at the margins. |
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Preaching and Singing the Resurrection Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM This is an on-demand panel discussion video for the 2021 Online Calvin Symposium on Worship. The panelists discuss what we can learn about resurrection―both Jesus’s and our own―by preaching and writing songs about resurrection texts and themes. |
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Singing the Psalms in a COVID-Shaped World Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM This is an on-demand panel discussion video for the 2021 Online Calvin Symposium on Worship. The panelists discuss how singing the Psalms shapes our view of hope and forms us for Christian living. |
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The Absent Congregation: Reflections on Preaching in a COVID World Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM This is an on-demand panel discussion video for the 2021 Online Calvin Symposium on Worship. In this panel discussion, three pastors reflect on lessons learned and new insights gained about preaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| Thursday, January 7th | ||
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The Theology Behind Early Christian Worship Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM A discussion of the relationship between worship and theology in the early church, and what this means for us today. |
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Universal Design, Public Worship, and the Christian Life Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM Join John D. Witvliet, director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, in this opening session welcoming all to the online Symposium experience, highlighting the legacy of Barbara Newman and her work on universal design for worship, and reflecting on vocational worship leadership in Christian community as we begin 2021. |
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| Friday, January 1st | ||
| 12:00 AM |
Calvin Institute of Christian Worship 12:00 AM This is an on-demand panel discussion video for the 2021 Online Calvin Symposium on Worship. The panelists discuss wisdom about public worship and the Christian life during 2020 and ways to be the body of Christ virtually that we can carry forward. |
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