Issue #54: December 1999

Editorial: My First Missionary Trip: Reflections on worship in Columbia
by Emily R. Brink

Resources: Called to Humility and Repentance: An Ash Wednesday service
by Ron Kok

Resources: Songs for a Lifelong Journey: Service plans for Lent based on the Psalms of Ascent
by R. Van Rathbun

Perspectives: More with Less: Going light in Lent to emphasize Easter
by Daniel Meeter

Series for the Season: Picture Jesus: eight service plans for Lent and Easter, page 1 of 2
by Norma de Waal Malefyt, Howard D. Vanderwell

Series for the Season: Picture Jesus: eight service plans for Lent and Easter, page 2 of 2

Perspectives: Learning About the Seder Meal: A teaching service on the Jewish festival of Passover
by Diane Quaintance

Resources: "Were You There...": Themes and visuals for a Lenten series
by Alice F. Waanders

Resources: Paschal Sermon of St. John Chrysostom: A 4th-century sermon still preached every Easter in Orthodox churches
by Saint John Chrysostom

Songs for the Season: Four African-American Songs: Now Behold the Lamb; Give Me a Clean Heart; Through It All; I Want Jesus to Walk with Me
by Charsie Sawyer

Resources: Come and See: A dramatic monologue of the woman at the well
by Jan Boers

Resources: Songwriters Tell Their Stories: Kids in costume introduce a service of songs
by Randall D. Engle

Resources: New Organ Music for Lent, Easter, and Ascension: An annotated list
by Randall D. Engle

View from the Pew: The Sounds of Silence
by James Calvin Schaap

Q&A: On Worship Team Conflict and Congregational Worship Surveys
by John D. Witvliet

How to...: How to... Lead Worship in a Rest Home
by Louis M. Tamminga

Notes: Conferences

Reviews: Video: Ancient-Future Worship: A Model for the 21st Century
by Emily R. Brink

Notes: Colam 99: Dying with Christ, Rising with Christ

Come and See: Signal the Sacraments: Lord's Supper Banner
by Dean R. Heetderks