Songs for Pentecost & the Holy Spirit
A list of songs to use during Pentecost or sermons on the Holy Spirit
May 12, 2011
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2 min read
Coop's Column - Not as Orphans
To acknowledge that the Immortal God, the very Creator of the entire universe, is Father; and to affirm that this Father’s firstborn Son, Jesus Christ, once came to dwell on earth, to suffer, to die, and then to rise victoriously over death.
May 11, 2011
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3 min read
Meeting the Holy Spirit through Preaching and the Arts
Learn how one congregation used sermons and group creativity to help all ages become alive to the Spirit and more fully celebrate Pentecost.
Coop's Column - Designed to the Inheritance of Jesus
"Designed to the Inheritance of Jesus" blog entry from Coop's Column.
April 26, 2011
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4 min read
Service of Reaffirmation of Resurrection Hope - Weekday 91ÁÔÆæ
A worship service held on the biblical vision of heaven and hope.
April 26, 2011
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1 min read
Love Takes Practice: Christian 91ÁÔÆæ as a Pedagogy of Desire
We are what we love. This biblical notion is found across the Christian tradition, from Paul and Augustine to Luther and Edwards. But what are its implications for worship? Explore how Christian worship forms and shapes our love to make us a people who desire the kingdom of God, as well as how Christian worship counters the formation of "secular liturgies."
April 18, 2011
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58 min video
Coop's Column - He Shall Come Again
One of my former pastors told me that in his -then- 27 years of ministry in five different congregations he had met only two persons-an elderly wife and husband-who lived in daily excitement at the fact that Jesus shall come again. At every day's beginning they exclaimed to each other, "This could be the day! Let's be ready to greet our Lord!"
April 15, 2011
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3 min read
Easter Resource Guide
This list of Eastertide resources—including art, music, drama, devotions, liturgies, books, and sermons for the "Great Fifty Days" from Easter Sunday to Pentecost—will help you plan worship to celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection.
April 5, 2011
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2 min read
Coop's Column - He Sits at God's Right Hand
That Jesus is now enthroned became a central and glad part of the earliest Christian testimony, and it formed the basis for their heady and unshakable confidence in life and death.
March 29, 2011
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3 min read
Just 91ÁÔÆæ
We listen to the cry of the prophet Isaiah, voicing God's call to God's people regarding the true nature of worship and the inextricable bond between our relationship with God and our relationship with one another, and particularly with the most downtrodden among us.
Chapel for Lent: Confession
A chapel outline for confession
March 11, 2011
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2 min read
Awesome in Glory - Doug Porter
A dramatic reading for three voices, specifically highlighting God's glory, a central dimension of Christian worship.
March 10, 2011
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1 min read
