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How to Evaluate Your Church's Worship Service

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  • Chuck Lawless

If you were to evaluate your church's worship services, how will you do it? Here are seven questions you can ask in evaluating a church's worship, to see how much it is rooted in the gospel and in Christ.

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The Joy of Generosity: Service Plans for a Three-Week Series on Stewardship

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  • Robert Heerspink

This article offers resources for the preparation of a series of worship services with a focus on stewardship.

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Not Just Any Song Will Do: Three Basics for Choosing Church Music

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  • Ronald W. Scates, Leo M. Wanenchak

Much church music (new and old, "contemporary" or "traditional") is of suspect quality and appropriateness for authentic worship in the Reformed tradition. How should we determine what music is appropriate to sing in worship services? This article reflects on relevant considerations and principles.

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The Three Days: Celebrating the Summit of Holy Week with Four Services and Two Sacraments

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  • Leonard J. Vander Zee

This article offers resources to celebrate the summit of Holy Week in the form of four worship services.

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Hymns – “Tell Your Children,” “How Firm a Foundation,” and “Sing to the Lord of Harvest”

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  • Norma de Waal Malefyt

This article introduces a number of hymns to be used in worship services: “Tell Your Children,” “How Firm a Foundation,” and “Sing to the Lord of Harvest.”

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Hymns and a Psalm: "God of the Prophets," "When Morning Gilds the Sky," and Psalm 113

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  • James Hart Brumm

This article introduces two hymns and a psalm for use in worship services: "God of the Prophets," "When Morning Gilds the Sky," and Psalm 113.

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Homework for Worship: Tying Family Worship to the Sunday Worship Service

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  • Carol L. Veldman Rudie

What should family worship be? This article considers the link between family worship and Sunday worship services.

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Iglesia el Siervo del Senor – Retaining Old Catholic Traditions in a New Reformed Church

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  • Federico J. Machado

The author is the pastor of a church in the midst of a largely Hispanic community. This article reflects how their worship services are strongly influenced by their Hispanic history and traditions as well as those of the Reformed faith.

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Hymnal – Songs of Rejoicing

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  • Emily R. Brink

This article gives a short review of the hymnal Songs of Rejoicing that provides hymns to be used in worship services.

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Hymns and a Psalm for Lent, Easter, and Pentecost: "The Lord Is Risen, Yes, Indeed," "Eternal Spirit, God of Truth," and Psalm 116

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  • John W. Ourensma

This article introduces a number of hymns and Psalms to be used in worship services around Lent, Easter, and Pentecost: Psalm 116, "The Lord Is Risen, Yes, Indeed," and "Eternal Spirit, God of Truth."

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Hymns for Lent, Easter, and Ascension: "See, Christ Was Wounded," "Alleluia! Alleluia! Give Thanks," and "Here from All Nations"

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  • Marnie Segger, Joachim Segger

This article introduces a number of hymns for use in worship services: "See, Christ Was Wounded," "Alleluia! Alleluia! Give Thanks," and "Here from All Nations."

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Service Planning for Easter Tide

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  • Michael De Vries, Lynda Hakken

This article offers aid in planning the worship services for Easter.

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Whose Day Is It? The Case for Attending Public Worship Twice on the Lord’s Day

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  • Gary H. Milne

This article makes a case for attending both worship services on a Sunday. God speaks to his people in public worship, and so we should have a high enough view of preaching that we would never want to miss when God speaks to his people.

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Worship at Pullman CRC – An Interview with Rick Williams

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  • Anthony Van Zanten

This article reflects an interview with the pastor of a multicultural congregation on the character of their worship services.

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Service Planning for the Season after Pentecost

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  • Lewis A. Briner

This article offers suggestions on the planning of worship services for the church calendar after Pentecost.

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A Room for Prayer

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  • John Holwerda, Allen Likkel

This article considers how a room for prayer can be used to encourage a congregation to pray before and after worship services.

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A Playlist for Anxious and Hurting Disciples

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  • Aarik Danielsen

How can the church serve the hurting and broken through its liturgical music? Singing only victory songs does injustice to God's people. This article explains that the church in its worship services should learn to sing four types of songs.

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Attendance of Children in Public Worship

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  • Jeremy Walker

This article discusses the appropriateness of having young children in the worship services. The author provides practical suggestions for parents to help prepare their children for participation in corporate worship.

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The Wearing of Head-Coverings by Women during Public Church Worship Services

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  • Bartel Elshout

Looking at 1 Corinthians 11:1-16, this article argues for the use of head coverings for women during worship services. It suggests that in doing so the church expresses her desire to reinforce God's authority structure and created order.

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Target Audience

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  • Eric Kampen

This article shows that the seeker-sensitive call has changed the target of worship services. The worship service is to be a meeting between God and his covenant people. Therefore, the primary target audience is God.

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The Attractiveness of Church Services for Outsiders

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  • Jan Smelik

Should our worship services be seeker-sensitive? Should we focus on making our worship services attractive to outsiders? This article looks at the essence of the church service.

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What Happened to the Sabbath?

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  • Rodney Kleyn

Influence has a way of working itself without one being aware of it. This article looks at the influences which have caused the church to be lax with observing the Lord’s Day. Worship services are often modified in order to accomodate influences such as recreation, sports, and entertaiment.

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Numbers 6:22-23 - The Blessing of the Lord

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  • Carl Vermeulen

This article on Numbers 6:22-23 is about the Lord blessing his people through the officers. This gives the principle even today for the receiving the blessing of the Lord in our worship services today.

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Worship Lite

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  • James Visscher

There is a danger that worship services today become superficial and lacking in substance. The author of this article provides five principles which he views as the basis for worshiping God in reverence and awe.

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Contemporary Worship and the User-Friendly God

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  • J. Mark Beach

This article discusses the dangers of creating "user-friendly" worship that seeks to attract and entertain people rather than glorify God. Understanding God's holiness helps shape our worship services.

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