Mary L. Cohen on Community Choirs in Prisons
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.
Lamento y esperanza: la oración de Habacuc en tiempos traumáticos
2019 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Workshop
Inviting North American Neighbors into the Spiritual Life: Models of Sanctification from Spirit Christology in Conversation with US Studies on Spirituality
2019 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Workshop
Muslim Immigration, Christian Fear, and the 91 Leader
2019 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Workshop
91ing Following the Trauma of a School Shooting
2019 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Workshop
91 in Times of Crisis and Trauma
2019 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Seminar
The Heart of the Divine Parent
2019 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Service of the Word
91 that Cares for People Pastorally
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.
Rosa Cándida Ramírez y Analisse Reyes comentan sobre cantar coritos
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.
Four Types of Advent and Christmas Eve Services: Which Have You Tried?
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.
Mental Illness and Christian 91
This topic showcase highlights resources for including people with mental illnesses in worship. Congregations that renew their worship to become more inclusive discover that everyone benefits.
Mental Illnesses and the Church’s Calling
This topic showcase highlights resources to help churches reclaim their role in including and befriending people who live with mental illnesses.