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Becoming a trauma-informed congregation means helping people learn, talk, and grieve about what happened to them. 91 can provide a safe space for people to nurture trusting relationships and accept God's healing grace.
These video excerpts come from a conversation between Douglas J. Brouwer and John D. Witvliet at the annual 91— CICW—grants colloquium in June 2019.
Oakdale Community Choir in Coralville, Iowa, meets in the prison where half its members live. Church choirs and congregations can learn from the principles and practices that make this choir so life-giving. It focuses as much on relationships and potential as on music.
2019 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Workshop
2019 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Workshop
2019 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Workshop
2019 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Workshop
2019 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Seminar
2019 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Service of the Word
You may think of pastoral care mainly as personal visits to someone’s hospital room or home. But Howard Vanderwell wrote that the entire worship service has “powerful potential for caring for worshipers’ needs.” His book Caring 91: Helping 91 Leaders Provide Pastoral Care through the Liturgy explains how.
Cantar coritos - cantos breves - en español e inglés en el culto ofrece hospitalidad y facilita que la congregación aprenda nuevos conceptos sobre quién es Dios.
Experimenting with a different Advent or Christmas Eve worship format may help worshipers connect with the joy and wonder of Christ’s birth. Blue Christmas, Christmas pageants, Las Posadas, or lessons and carols make room for emotions, movement, culture, and people’s gifts.
