Reformed Worship - July 2021

July 2021 View this email in your browser To many of us, summer is a time with a different pace. Enjoying the outdoors. Exploring other cities. Visiting out-of-town family and friends. Taking a vacation at a cottage. While you are taking a break from your routines, did you know that if you are a digital subscriber you can still have Reformed Worship available at your fingertips? Digital subscribers can access the RW library (from Issue 120 onward) at tinyurl.com/RWLibrary. Here, you can find more than five years of issues in a "flip" format, which is an exact replica of the print edition. In addition, you can use the content view to search for keywords, copy-and-paste contents for worship services, and even listen to the articles while you drive (or relax by the lakeside)! To start your subscription today, click here. For print-only subscribers, it only costs an extra $5 per year to make your RW portable. Contact us for more information. Locating Your Place in God's Story Summer is a great time for stories—reading books and hearing people's stories as we connect with family and friends on vacation. Here is a short, three-week summer worship series that centers around Jesus' story in the gospels and how it intersects with our own stories.    I Believe: A Service on the Apostles' Creed Led by children Why not engage the children to lead a summer worship service that is based on the Apostle's Creed?  How to...Plan Worship for a Family Reunion If you have a family reunion in the summer, here are some ideas to put together a simple but thoughtful family worship. No password is required to view these articles; however, please note that if you are not an RW subscriber you will be asked to provide your name and email address. For subscribers please sign in on the website for unlimited access. Submit your resource or article: One of the great things about RW is that the resources come from you, our readership. We are currently planning next year's Lent and Easter issue. Did you or someone you know create a particularly meaningful service, prayer, or litany for that season? Consider sharing that blessing with the larger RW community. Instructions for submitting resources and articles. NEW! Lectionary Resources from Reformed Worship Does your congregation make use of the Revised Common Lectionary? Have you wondered if Reformed Worship had resources for you? We certainly do! Check out this chart for Year B resources for summer and early fall (Ordinary Time). "Stand Firm" Sprint Dean Heetderks, art director for Reformed Worship, shares his experience in "design sprints" based on a word or phrase from the Bible. What design ideas can you associate with for your thematic worship planning? (You will want to see Dean's design drawings on the "flip" version of RW 139 at tinyurl.com/RWLibrary!)  A Summertime Thanksgiving: Celebrating the Gifts of the Garden Invite your congregation to bring in garden produce and flowers, and arrange these gifts in front of church right before the service to celebrate God's faithfulness and provision.  Indicates that a password is required to access the resource. To start your subscription, click here. A password is not required for other articles; however, you may be asked to sign up for the Reformed Worship e-newsletter for free access to these resources. Rivers of Song By Kathryn Ritsema Roelofs The image of various streams feeding into a larger body of water sparked an idea that turned into a worship series. The people's "heart songs" became the voice of the congregation. Using The Worship Sourcebook: Practicing the Work of the People By Rebecca Hall The Worship Sourcebook is valuable as a teaching tool to expand our concept of worship's purpose. Underlying all our worship is a rhythm of call and response and the understanding that worship is the work of all the people, not just those leading us. Blessed by the Blessings of Others By Syd Hielema How does your congregation intentionally cultivate the discipline of being blessed by the blessings received by others? Reformed Worship is a collection of resources available through social media, monthly e-newsletters, a website, and a growing digital library, all based on a quarterly print magazine providing practical help and support to worship planners that is biblically-based with a Reformed accent. To learn more or subscribe go to: ReformedWorship.org Subscribe to the Print and/or E-Version Journal Today! Reformed Worship is an award-winning quarterly worship journal. 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