Reformed Worship - July 2017

July 2017

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The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Exodus 33:14

In this issue you will find:

• new blogs on worship
• articles and ideas from the archives
• connecting to the lectionary
• announcements and events

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Rest

By Josh Friend

Rest is fleeting. Rest is fleeting not like a vapor or a memory, rest is fleeting like the next rung on the monkey bars—you know it, you can see it, but it seems never to be in grasp. Read More

The Power of Hymns

By Paul E. Detterman

The food and the fellowship alone would have made it a good event—but then the magic began. Read more

Worship planning is a very intimate thing.. The liturgy flows out from our souls... It’s an intimate thing and reading all sorts of suggestions, corrections and sometimes hurtful comments stings. Worship evaluations = love/hate relationship. Read more

Singing the Psalms: Eternal and Yet Ever New

By Emily Brink

The psalms are once more receiving new life in the prayers of Christians of all traditions, and we are again at a peak of creative activity and practice…The web is breaking down even more boundaries. There is such a wonderful variety of psalms accessible to us that the issue now for churches and Christians is to put into practice praying the psalms regularly... Read more

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More than a Fiesta: Paying Attention to Latino Protestant Congregations

By Gerado Martí, Mark T. Mulder (in English, Spanish, and Korean)

Church leaders interested in learning more about LPCs should jettison racialized assumptions in favor of careful listening, sampling, and observation that will nurture far more nuanced understandings of these congregations. Read more

Give Us Peace Beyond Our Fear: Resources dealing with the pain of domestic violence

From RW 63

Worship resources designed to encourage pastors and worship teams to bring the issue of domestic violence before the faith community. Doing so in a worship setting can raise awareness, offer help and healing to those who are hurting, and affirm the biblical standard for loving relationships with one another....Read more

Standing on Holy Ground: Pastoral Prayer as Pastoral Care

By Ron Rienstra

Like the prayer modeled in so many psalms, good pastoral prayer is priestly and incarnational; it expresses the real stuff of life—discouragement and delight, despair and frustration, anxiety and relief—knowing that God accepts and welcomes and seeks by the power of the Holy Spirit to transform and heal our whole selves. Read more

Loosen Up: Organists need to recapture the old art of improvising

By Jan Overduin

Probably the most effective way for church organists to fight the increasing pressure to replace them with technology and machines is for them to develop the ability to improvise in ways that will bring life and excitement, meaning and beauty, into the worship services of the church. Read more

Joining Hands in Service: A commissioning service

From RW 36

Summer vacations are over. Ministries are finding their feet again after an extended break. The hands of God's people are readied to take up the callings and tasks that he has prepared for them. A service to commission all who serve in the church. Read more

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Announcements

Free Summer Music Clinics

Worship Resources for Creation Care, comprehensive resources to use in worship gathered by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.
Psalms EP and new worship song resource coming from Cardiphonia.
Mennonite Worship and Song Committee search - accepting submissions of new and original content through 2017.
Singing Welcome: Hymns and Songs of Hospitality to Refugees and Immigrants, a collection of forty-six new hymns available free from The Hymn Society.
ReformationDay500.org: a compilation of many events and resources for celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation

Calendar/Conferences

Children & Worship Training Events, various locations in the US and Canada
Hymn Society Annual Conference, Waterloo, ON, July 16-20, 2017
Liturgical Music and the Word of God, Notre Dame Center for Liturgy Symposium, July 17-21, 2017
Worship Leader Conference in San Antonio, TX, August 2-3, 2017
Escape to the Lake 2017, Cedar Lake, IN, August 2-6, 2017
Tune Up Worship Band Gathering, Cypress, TX, August 5, 2017
Global Church Music Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, hosted by Keith and Kristyn Getty, September 18-20, 2017
Colloquium on Church Music and the Reformation, hosted by The Center for Christian Music Studies at Baylor University. September 28-29, 2017
Sing! The Center for Congregational Song Launch Event, Dallas, TX, October 15-16, 2017
The Contagious Joy of Preaching, Toronto, Ontario, the Lester Randall Preaching Fellowship conference (held at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church), October 22-24, 2017
Fall Preaching Conference: Catholics, Protestants, and 500 Years of Preaching, with Dr. Gregory Heile, OP. October 26, 2017, Calvin Theological Seminary, 9:30 am, Grand Rapids, MI.

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