Ruth Ann Schuringa is part-time worship director at Immanuel Christian Reformed Church in Caledon, Ontario, where she works with her husband and lead pastor Erick and serves as part-time worship ministry team leader at CrossPoint CRC in Brampton, Ontario. She has recently become an endorsed worship coach in the CRC and is available for mentoring, coaching, teaching, or consultation.
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Ash Wednesday Service of Reflection
An Intergenerational ServiceThis service was originally planned in 2016 for the first-ever Ash Wednesday service at CrossPoint Christian Reformed Church of Brampton, Ontario. I planned it with Scott Post—then CrossPoint’s youth pastor—and a young member of the congregation. In 2019 I amended and adapted the original service for our context at Immanuel Christian Reformed Church in Brampton, a congregation that hadn’t observed Ash Wednesday for many years.
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The Best Last Word
Two Easter Services Celebrating the Reality of the Resurrection -
A Church That Burned Becomes a Church on Fire: Opportunities out of ashes
On February 18, 2003, a Tuesday morning, Immanuel Christian Reformed Church of Brampton burned down almost completely. Many of us stood that morning watching the firefighters struggle to control the flames as we struggled to comprehend what was happening. The congregation experienced mixed emotions. Erick and I had been in Brampton for less than a year, so we hadn’t yet become attached to the building; others struggled, knowing that the building had been in need of expansion or revamping to become a more functional space.
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In the Fullness of Time: A Christmas drama
In the Fullness of Time” was the third annual Christmas drama we wrote and produced. This year we decided to present the drama on two consecutive nights: not only for space reasons, but also to give actors a chance to have the satisfaction of performing twice after all their hard work at rehearsals!
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