Resources by Stanley Mast
For the last fifteen years LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church has welcomed children to the Lord’s table by means of a Table Fellowship liturgy.
Why Are They Singing? A hymn festival celebrating Covenant history
Covenant
Israel
Salvation History
September 1, 2000
Each year near the end of October the congregation at LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church gathers for an evening hymn festival. Last year the festival was called “Songs of the Covenant,” a service focusing on various biblical characters with whom God kept covenant. While the hymns and anthems were central to the festival, the pastor’s brief meditation entitled “Why Are They Singing?” set the tone and explained the theme for the entire service.
Why Are They Singing? A short meditation
Covenant
Relationship
Ritual
Singing
Vengeance
September 1, 2000
Via Dolorosa--the way of sorrows: a series for Lent and Easter tracing Jesus' journey to the cross
Easter
Lent
Messiah
Sorrow
Stations of the Cross
December 1, 1998
In this series prepared for the 1997 Lenten season at La Grave Avenue CRC in Grand Rapids, Michigan, John Steigenga (the copastor who preached two of the sermons in the series) and I decided to trace Jesus’ journey to the cross using the famous idea of the Via Dolorosa. Traditionally, those words have referred to the last hours of Jesus’ life, particularly to the fourteen stations of the cross traced out on the streets of Jerusalem and enshrined in Catholic churches.
