Ruth Ann Schuringa

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.

Articles by this author:

  • Lent

    Ash Wednesday Service of Reflection

    An Intergenerational Service
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    This 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.

  • Feature

    A Church That Burned Becomes a Church on Fire: Opportunities out of ashes

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    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.

Blogs by this author:

  • Three Congregational Songs for Pentecost

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    In RW 139:11, the Sing 10 column introduced fourteen congregational songs for Ascension and Pentecost. Ruth-Ann Schuringa, one of the contributors for the resource article, provides background information and performance practices on the three songs that she recommended. —editors