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Multicultural Leadership in Worship
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Discussion Questions, Article about Worship and the Sacraments
Joan Huyser-Honig tells stories from various churches and explores how to be a multicultural church and engage multicultural worship. She discusses the "discomfort of sharing power," the importance of trading places, and more.
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Leading Worship, Culture, Worship Planning, Global Church

Multilingual Worship
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Article about Worship and the Sacraments
Joan Huyser-Honig shares on why and how congregations are using multiple languages in the same worship services rather than having each cultural group worship alone in its own language.
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Culture, Language, Worship Planning, Multicultural

Reaching Out to Professional Musicians
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Article about Worship and the Sacraments, Article about Music
Joan Huyser-Honig speaks with Tom Jennings, music director at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, about involving professional musicians in worship as an outreach. Helpful for worship leaders considering this approach to planning services.
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Evangelism, Leading Worship, Worship Planning

Why Scholars Can Stop Worship Wars
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Article about Worship and the Sacraments, Article about Music
So many worship conversations go awry because people and congregations don’t know how to talk about what they do or value in worship. Joan Huyser-Honig speaks with Monique Ingalls about academic tools for understanding worship.
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Contextualization, Worship Planning, Leading Worship, Ethnology

Singing Creation Psalms

Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Article about Music
In this interview with Joan Huyser-Honig, Wendell Kimbrough describes how a regular discipline of writing psalm refrains helped him notice psalms in which creation and God’s people call each other to worship the Creator.
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Worship Planning, Psalms (book), Leading Worship, Creation

Projected Images in Worship
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Article about Worship and the Sacraments
How can we use images in worship thoughtfully? Artist Sandra Bowden advises basing the choice of projected images on their ability to illuminate, not illustrate. Joan Huyser-Honig explores how to incorporate projected visuals in worship.
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Technology, Worship Planning, Projection

Musical Theology
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Article about Music, Article about Theology
With the foundation that music shapes belief, it is important to choose worship music that fully expresses your church's theology. In this article, Joan Huyser-Honig explores the importance of music theology.
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Worship Planning, Music, Theology

Becoming a Veteran-Friendly Church
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Discussion Questions, Article about Worship and the Sacraments
Joan Huyser-Honig discusses how churches can minister to soldiers and become a welcoming place to veterans. Includes discussion questions and resources for further study.
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Hospitality, Soldiers, Worship Planning

Postmodernism and Community Memory
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Discussion Questions, Article about Worship and the Sacraments
Joan Huyser-Honig explores the relationship between Postmodernism and community memory, specifically discussing how it is possible to honor memory while still keeping worship relevant to postmodern people.
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Modernism, Worship Planning, Memory, Tradition

Designing a Psalms Retreat
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Article about Worship and the Sacraments
Joan Huyser-Honig explores Grace Church Long Beach's experience in designing "psalms retreats" for its congregants, focusing on listening to and worshipping with the psalms. They discovered that psalms give participants a new language for personal/corporate prayer.
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Psalms (book), Retreats, Vulnerability, Worship Planning

A Story We All Share
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Discussion Questions, Article about Worship and the Sacraments
Joan Huyser-Honig explores how the multiple understandings of baptism can enrich the practice of it as a source of Christian identity, faith formation, and daily living. Includes discussion questions and multicultural resources for further study.
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Baptism, Dying And Rising With Christ, Identity, Worship Planning

The Gospel and Meal Jesus Gave Us
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Discussion Questions, Article about Worship and the Sacraments
Joan Huyser-Honig shares innovative Communion practices from various churches while also reviewing N.T. Wright’s teaching on how the Lord’s Supper is a way to receive the gospel, and proclaim it to the whole cosmos.
1 Corinthians 11:26
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Worship Planning, Lord's Supper

Resources on Belonging for All Abilities
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Sermon Preparation or Illustration and 1 more types
Joan Huyser-Honig shares multiple resources, including a sermon series template and study guide, to help your congregation deliberately and positively move from including people with disabilities to becoming a place of belonging for all abilities.
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Differing Abilities, Inclusion, Worship Planning

The "In Between" Words
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Discussion Questions, Article about Worship and the Sacraments
Joan Huyser-Honig discusses proper use of the "in between words" that connect one element of a worship service to the next. Effective transitions can support the worship theme and help people participate fully.
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Language, Transition, Worship Planning

All God's Children Have Gifts
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Discussion Questions, Article about Worship and the Sacraments
Joan Huyser-Honig explores ways to be inclusive in worship and make room for those with or without special needs by avoiding a "you're not like us" attitude and supporting each other's needs. Includes discussion questions.
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Hospitality, Congregation, Worship Planning, Differing Abilities

Worship Resources for Reproductive Loss
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Article about Worship and the Sacraments
Joan Huyser-Honig offers an annotated list of worship resources including books, music, worship and sermon ideas, and memorials that help congregations and worship leaders address infertility, miscarriage, and pregnancy loss.
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Hope, Lament, Pregnancy, Worship Planning

Worship Words Too Important to Neglect
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Discussion Questions, Article about Worship and the Sacraments
Joan Huyser-Honig presents Debra and Ron Rienstra's insights about the importance of language in a church's worship and how to develop more meaningful language in designing congregational worship services. Includes discussion questions.
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Language, Words, Attributes Of God, Liturgy

Soaking in Scripture
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Article about Worship and the Sacraments
Joan Huyser-Honig observes many churches devote far more planning and service time to other service elements than to public scripture reading. This resource challenges to rediscover the living Word through scripture memorization and public reading.
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Scripture Reading, Worship Planning, Bible

Rescuing the Old Testament
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Article about Worship and the Sacraments, Article about Scripture
Joan Huyser-Honig draws from multiple authors to show how the Old Testament is essential to understanding our purpose in worship and the fullness of the gospel.
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Worship, Sabbath, Worship Planning, Old Testament

Theological Reflection for Worship Renewal
Joan Huyser-Honig | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Discussion Questions, Article about Worship and the Sacraments
Joan Huyser-Honig explores how asking good questions for theological reflection helps congregations and worship leaders move from the language of preference to that of full, active, conscious participation in worship. Includes discussion questions.
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Conversation, Renewal, Worship Planning
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