December 2007

Lent / Easter

RW 86

Articles in this issue

Church Profile

Beyond the Picket Fences

Mars Hill Bible Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan

By

Allison Graff
Feature

Liturgy: a PUblic Service

Politics and Worship, Part 2

By

Mike Hogeterp
,

Karen Bokma
Drama

God's Eye Is on the Refugee

A Simple Drama, a Powerful Message

By

Sonya VanderVeen Feddema
Q&A

The Lord's Supper and the Liturgy, Evaluating Leaders

By

John D. Witvliet
Worship

Beautiful Hands

A Service of Reflection
Editorial

Solid

By

Joyce Borger
Viewpoint

Word, Prayer, Meal

Where Pastoral Care Begins

By

Larry Sibley
Instruments

Dust off Those Bells!

Resources for Small Handbell Ensembles

By

Philip M. Hash
Other

Letters
Communion

The Love of God

Holy Communion and Tenebrae Service

By

Mary Sytsma
Other

News and Notes
Good Friday

Participating in the Passion

A Dramatic Reading of Matthew 26-27

By

Scott Lammers
Conferences

2008 Calendar of Events
Good Friday

Were You There?

Sensing the Power of the Crucifixion
Reflections

Ashes and Water

By

Mary S. Hulst
Series for the Season

The Holiness of Ordinary Things

A Lenten Series on the Furnishings of the Church

By

James C. Dekker
Come and See

At the Foot of the Cross

By

Dean R. Heetderks
Lent

From Burdened to Blessed

A Lenten Lord's Supper Service in Three Movements

By

Curt Gesch
,

Stanley Groothof
Easter

Early in the Morning . . .

An Easter Sunrise Service

By

Cheri Ter Haar
Feature

In the Fullness of Time, Part 2

A Primer on the Church Year

By

Lisa De Boer
Songs for the Season

New Lent and Easter Songs from the New Testament

My Elder Son, Go Work Today; Shadows Lengthen into Night; Neither Death, nor Life

By

Emily R. Brink
Faith Formation

Praying the Lord's Prayer During Lent

By

Robert J. and Laura Keeley