Faith Formation

Stob Lecture Series Featuring Jemar Tisby

This session will be a conversation between Jemar Tisby, president of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, and Denise Posie and David Beelen, Calvin Theological Seminary coaches for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Discipleship.

October 28, 2020 | 1 min video
A Fresh Look at Designing 91 for Workers

There is a deep division between worship and work in the modern world. What can worship leaders do about it? Join this conversation.

October 28, 2020 | 65 min video

Kimberly Hope Belcher on Christian Unity and Communion

Ephesians 4 calls Christians to “one Lord, one faith, one baptism” unity. Yet many Christian traditions don’t allow full communion with other denominations. Kimberly Hope Belcher’s new book Eucharist and Receptive Ecumenism: From Thanksgiving to Communion, offers steps toward greater unity.

October 16, 2020 | 8 min read
Teacher-Scholar Panel: Community and Social Justice Themes

2019 Teacher-Scholar Vital 91 Grant recipients talk about their projects and the implications for those projects for gathered worship.

July 8, 2020 | 1 min read

Preparing to Reopen Churches for 91 during COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic means churches planning to reopen will have to consider not just how to keep congregants safe, but also how to make them feel welcome. Consider these thoughtful recommendations from Yvette Lau, a pastoral musician, scholar, and teacher serving in Hong Kong.

June 15, 2020 | 5 min read
Words to the Church from Another Time of Pandemic and Racism

The Rev. Francis Grimké’s thoughts from over a century ago are just as relevant during our current COVID-19 crisis and ongoing pleas for racial justice.

June 15, 2020 | 2 min read

3 Songs of Surrender / 3 Canciones de entrega

Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs of surrender, as part of the series "Songs from the hymnal / Cantos del himnario Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.'"

May 19, 2020 | 2 min video
Hymns for a Pandemic: A Brief Historical Introduction

Centuries before 2020’s novel coronavirus, COVID-19, Christians around the world responded to plagues, pandemics, uncertainty, and sin with faith in God’s presence and care—a faith expressed in many theologically rich hymns that can remind modern believers of God’s faithfulness.

May 5, 2020 | 20 min read
Lora Copley and Elizabeth Vander Haagen on Family Prayer and 91

Families spending more time together during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders have the opportunity to nurture—or begin—daily practices of family worship and prayer.

May 1, 2020 | 6 min read