1855 Knollcrest Circle SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402 USA
On the campus of Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary
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This worship service is musically led by Symposium contributor Raymond Wise and the Calvin University Gospel Choir, directed by Nate Glasper. Dennis Edwards delivers the message on Luke 16:19-31, “The Rich Man and Lazarus.”
This service was originally recorded at the 2025 Calvin Symposium on 91.
Service Outline:
Gathering Song: “We Have Come into This House”
Bruce T. Ballinger
CCLI Song #17212
© 1976 MCA Music Publ., A.D.O. Universal Studio; Sound III, Inc.
Call to 91
Song of Praise: “Make a Joyful Noise”
Raymond Wise
Copyright © 1996 Raise Publishing Company
PO. Box 247574, Columbus, Ohio 43223-7574
Made in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved
Greeting
Song: “I’d Rather Have Jesus”
Written by Jimmie R. Wyatt
Performed by Dallas Fort Worth Mass Choir
© Copyright Jimmy’s Jams Publishing (BMI). All rights reserved.
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon
The Lord’s Prayer: “The Lord’s Prayer” (Swahili)
Raymond Wise
Copyright © 2004 Raise Publishing Company
197 Monarch Dr. Pataskala, Ohio 43062
Made in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved
Reading of the Scripture: Luke 16:19-31
Song: “Poor Man Lazarus”
© Copyright 1955 Bourne Co., New York, NY
All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Printed in USA.
Prayers of the People/Litany
Song: “Silver and Gold”
CCLI Song # 1892697
Kirk Franklin
© 1993 Lilly Mack Music
Prayer of Illumination
Sermon
Song of Response: “Fix Me”
Raymond Wise
Copyright © 1992 Raise Publishing Company
PO. Box 247574, Columbus, Ohio 43223-7574
Made in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved
Blessing
The last few minutes of corporate worship are critical because they frame the entire purpose of worship and its connection to our lives in the world.
Explore how Christians in the earliest centuries of Christianity engaged topics related to wealth and poverty in their preaching, public prayers, offerings, celebrations of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and the shaping of buildings and spaces for Christian worship.
How did early Christians understand their illness and pain in their Greco-Roman context?
The last few minutes of corporate worship are critical because they frame the entire purpose of worship and its connection to our lives in the world.
Explore how Christians in the earliest centuries of Christianity engaged topics related to wealth and poverty in their preaching, public prayers, offerings, celebrations of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and the shaping of buildings and spaces for Christian worship.
How did early Christians understand their illness and pain in their Greco-Roman context?
Pastors of three Hispanic churches will share what they learned from experiences implementing congregational projects related to the development of new understandings and practices of worship and preaching.
