Calvin Symposium on Worship 2025

2025 Calvin Symposium on Worship Registration

For more information on the 2025 Calvin Symposium on Worship, please visit our dedicated conference website.

Contact Information

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Email Address

Verify Email Address

Phone Number

Name Badge

We will use your Preferred First Name and Preferred Last Name for your name badge.

Preferred First Name

Preferred Last Name

Primary Address

Street Address

Address City

State / Province / Region

Address Postcode

Address Country

Church, Parish, Organization, or School Information

Please tell us a little about your church, parish, organization, or school.

This is an optional question but helps us know more about who is attending the Calvin Symposium on Worship. Please select as many as apply.

Name

State, Province, or Region

Age Group

This is an optional question but helps us know more about who is attending the Calvin Symposium on Worship. Please select as many as apply.

less than 25 years old

25 - 40 years old

41 - 60 years old

61+ years old

Roles

What are your role(s) at your church, organization, or school? You may select more than one.

This is an optional question but helps us know more about who is attending the Calvin Symposium on Worship.

Audio or Visual Technician

Children/Youth Ministries Leader

Church Member / Worshiper

Musician

Pastor

Professor or Teacher

Student

Visual Artist

Worship Director/Coordinator

Denomination/Tradition

Please select the denomination or tradition that you regularly attend or participate in.

This is an optional question but helps us know more about who is attending the Calvin Symposium on Worship. Please select as many as apply.

Attendance at Worship Symposium

How many times have you attended the Calvin Symposium on Worship?

Refreshment Breaks

We provide simple break-time snacks. Please let us know if you have any food allergies that we should be aware of.

Dietary Needs

Accessibility Accommodations

Please describe any accessibility accommodations you may need (hearing, sight, mobility, etc.) to help you fully participate in the conference.

Accessibility Accommodations

Email Permissions

The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship sends monthly emails with information about resources and events.

Yes, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship can send me emails.

Registration Type

Individual participant FULL

AMOUNT

225.00

TOTAL

Discount Code

Group participant FULL

AMOUNT

130.00

TOTAL

Discount Code

Students and Faculty FULL

AMOUNT

50.00

TOTAL

Discount Code

Vital Worship, Vital Preaching grant team members FULL

AMOUNT

130.00

TOTAL

Discount Code

Staff FULL

Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary students, faculty, staff, and CALL members FULL

Contributor FULL

Students

What is your current academic level?

ID Number

Please list your Calvin University or Calvin Theological Seminary ID Number.

ID Number

Grant Year(s)

Please list the year(s) that you received a Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.

Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grant Year(s)

Group

Please list the name of the group that you will be attending the Calvin Symposium on Worship with.

Please note: you will need to do separate registrations for each member of your group.

Organization, Church, or Group Name

Session and Worship Service Selections

All sections are required. Click on each selection for more details about the sessions.

Session and Worship Service Selections

Because you selected the Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary students, faculty, staff, and CALL member registration type, you are unable to pre-select sessions. Please feel free to attend any and all sessions as your schedule allows.

Worship Service 1

Wednesday, February 5 from 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Worship Service: Parable of the Good Samaritan, based on Luke 10:25–37

Not attending

Session A

Wednesday, February 5 from 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

A1: Psalms: The Songbook of Faith

A2: A Portrait of a Transformative Children’s Music Ministry

A3: The New Testament in Color

A4: Wealth, Church, and Leitourgia

A5: The End of Youth Ministry? From the Thing to the Story

A6: Culturally Responsive, Trauma-Informed Worship

A7: Writing Like the Early Scribes

A8: First Steps to Becoming a Multicultural Leader

Not attending

Vesper 1

Wednesday, February 5 from 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Vesper: Sending Songs

Vesper: I Will Lift My Eyes

Not attending

Worship Service 2

Wednesday, February 5 from 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM

Worship Service: The Friend at Midnight, based on Luke 11:5–13

Not attending

Thursday Morning Prayer

Thursday, February 6 from 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Morning Prayer with Nate Glasper and the 7:9 Project

Not attending

Session B

Thursday, February 6 from 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

B1: Your Labor Is Not in Vain Full

B2: We Are All Here: Worship and the Common Work of Suicide Prevention

B3: Redeeming Vision: Looking at and Learning from Art Full

B4: Preaching and Soul Care (For Preachers and Their Hearers)

B5: The ABCs of the Body at Worship Full

B6: Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom

B7: Discerning the Most Pressing Needs and Opportunities in Ministries Related to Worship and Spiritual Formation Full

B8: Some Thoughts on the History of Biblical Interpretation and Minority Exegesis

Not attending

Session C

Thursday, February 6 from 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

C1: Worship 101: Choosing Songs for the Congregation

C2: Choral Reading Session

C3: Hebrews: The Story of God’s Faithful Grace

C4: Contextual Stories from Hispanic Worshiping Communities

C5: Making Disciples in the Early Church

C6: Why Change Could Hurt: Worship and Ministry in a Secular Age of Acceleration

C7: Making Word Pictures for Worship

C8: Worship and Culture in Africa and the United States: Insights from Christian Social Scientist Damaris Parsitau, interviewed by Kathy Smith

Not attending

Worship Service 3

Thursday, February 6 from 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Worship Service: Parables of the Lost Sheep, Coin, and Son, based on Luke 15

Not attending

Session D

Thursday, February 6 from 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

D1: Playing Well with Others: Musical Collaboration in the Worship Service

D2: Relational Youth Ministry Among Youth and Young Adults

D3: Navigating Fear in a Divided Culture

D4: Women in the Parables: Unveiling Their Influence and Impact in Jesus’ Teachings

D5: The Art & Science of the Written Prayer

D6: Public Worship, Health Care, and Illness in Early Christianity

D7: A Child Shall Lead Them: Incorporating Childlike Ways of Worship

D8: Seeing for Believing: Art and Spiritual Formation

Not attending

Vesper 2

Thursday, February 6 from 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Vesper: Jazz Vesper

Thy Kingdom Come: Global Hymnody in Collaboration

Not attending

Worship Service 4

Thursday, February 6 from 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM

Worship Service: The Rich Man and Lazarus, based on Luke 16:19–31

Not attending

Friday Morning Prayer

Friday, February 7 at 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Morning Prayer with Raymond Wise

Not attending

Session E

Friday, February 7 from 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

E1: Singing in the Gospel Style: Performing Black Gospel Music Authentically

E2: We’re Talking About Practice: Play, Sports, and the Christian Life

E3: Public Worship, Wealth, and Poverty in Early Christianity

E4: Preaching Pauline Letters Today

E5: Maximizing Message: Making the Most of Your Worship Technology

E6: Living Under Water: Baptism as a Way of Life

E7: Planning Worship That Tells the Gospel Story Full

E8: A Conversation About Imagination in Preaching

Not attending

Session F

Friday, February 7 from 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

F1: How to Facilitate Multivoiced Worship Full

F2: A Snapshot of Illness, Pain, and Healing in Early Christianity

F3: Why Churches Need Preachers, Not A Preacher

F4: Flourishing Together: Becoming an Accessible and Welcoming Church Full

F5: Discipling Fear, Anger, Shame, and Grief

F6: Making Word Pictures for Worship Full

Not attending

Session G

Friday, February 7 from 1:00 PM - 2:00PM

G1: The Swinging Psalter: Using Jazz and Improvisation to Expand the Emotional Range of Our Musical Language for Worship

G2: What Shall We Sing? Full

G3: Women and the Gender of God

G4: In Season, Out of Season: Preachers’ Panel Discussion

G5: Shaping Meaningful Worship for People Living with Dementia

G6: Why Confronting What Divides Us Is a Gospel Issue

G7: Biblical Storytelling: The Practice of Wonder for Learning and Treasuring God’s Word

G8: Kairos Blanket Exercise

Not attending

Session H

Friday, February 7 from 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

H1: The Sound of Korean Worship

H2: Cultivating the Creative Life

H3: “He Said Nothing Without a Parable”

H4: The Blessed Assembly

H5: Sunday Formation for the Monday Priesthood

H6: Psalms and Paradoxes of Peacemaking: A Mystical and Missional Path Toward Muslim/Christian Friendship

Not attending

Worship Service 5

Friday, February 7 from 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Worship Service: The Persistent Widow, based on Luke 18:1–8

Not attending

Payment

Thank You

Thank you for your registration at the Calvin Symposium on Worship. We look forward to seeing you on February 5.

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Calvin Symposium on Worship 2025

2025 Calvin Symposium on Worship Registration

Contact Information

Name Badge

Primary Address

Church, Parish, Organization, or School Information

Age Group

Roles

Denomination/Tradition

Attendance at Worship Symposium

Refreshment Breaks

Accessibility Accommodations

Email Permissions

Registration Type

Students

ID Number

Grant Year(s)

Group

Session and Worship Service Selections

Session and Worship Service Selections

Worship Service 1

Session A

Vesper 1

Worship Service 2

Thursday Morning Prayer

Session B

Session C

Worship Service 3

Session D

Vesper 2

Worship Service 4

Friday Morning Prayer

Session E

Session F

Session G

Session H

Worship Service 5

Payment

Thank You

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