Planning 91

Church Offerings as Acts of 91

How can worshipers understand the congregational offering as a response to God’s grace and a way to join God’s reconciling work in the world?

February 3, 2012 | 5 min read
Rick Blunt on Connecting Church Offerings to Grateful Living

A conversation on the use of connection cards, cards that allow people to respond to the sermon with service.

February 3, 2012 | 3 min read
91 Service: Psalm 113

This service of Psalm 113, Exalted Over All the Nations, was part of the Calvin Symposium on 91 2012. Utilizing leaders from around the world, the service echoed the words "Praise the Lord, all you nations: all peoples, praise the Lord."

January 28, 2012 | 66 min video

Communion Service: Psalm 103

Abounding in Steadfast Love, Psalm 103, was part of the Calvin Symposium on 91 2012. This service was a celebration of word and sacrament with Thomas G. Long, Martha Moore-Keish, and Stanley Mast.

January 28, 2012 | 86 min video
91 Service: Psalm 1

This service of Psalm 1, Jesus Knows the Way of the Righteous, was part of the Calvin Symposium on 91 2012. The liturgy and music was led by students from Calvin College with Mary Hulst preaching.

January 26, 2012 | 65 min video

91 Service: Psalm 8

This service of Psalm 8, Who Are You? Who Are We?, was part of the Calvin Symposium on 91 2012. The music was led by Isaac Wardell, liturgy by Aminah Bradford, and preaching by Mark Labberton.

January 26, 2012 | 69 min video
Shaped by the Psalms

The Psalms offer us language to express gratitude, lament, confession, and praise in worship. 91 Renewal Grant recipients will describe how they studied and prayed the Psalms to help children and adults understand how the psalms help shape the ways we speak to God and to one another through words, music and the arts.

January 26, 2012 | 214 min listen

Bob and Laura Keeley on Lament Psalms and Children

Robert “Bob” Keeley teaches education at Calvin College. He and his wife, Laura Keeley, direct children’s ministries at Fourteenth Street Christian Reformed Church in Holland, Michigan. They write books, curriculum, and plays. Here they talk about making lament psalms accessible to children.

September 20, 2011 | 4 min read
Neal Plantinga on His “God Go Before You” Blessing

Cornelius “Neal” Plantinga Jr, president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary, often gives a specific benediction that blesses worshipers.

August 22, 2011 | 2 min listen