Our Fall schedule of two services started with a bang this Sunday, as the choir began its season and a...
Worship
Liturgy Lesson: Treasures Old and New
In Matthew 13:52 Jesus says these enigmatic words to his disciples: “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the...
Liturgy Lesson: About Those Hyenas…
One of the things that drew me to Church of the Servant was its commitment to worship that is “Reformed...
2015 COS New Psalm Contest
In an effort to encourage Psalm-singing, Church of the Servant invites congregational songwriters to submit a Psalm-based song to its...
Palm Sunday & Easter 2015
Holy Week is the highlight of the church year. From the lows of Good Friday to the highs of Easter...
Guitarchestra, March 8, 2015
Fact: Guitarchestra was pretty awesome last Sunday. Here: are the MP3 files to prove it: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty...
Worship Homework for February 1
This Sunday will be an exciting day, with visitors from the Calvin Worship Symposium, BES joining the service in the...
2014 Lessons & Carols service
2014 Lessons & Carols I was trying to describe to someone how Church of the Servant’s Lessons & Carols service...
Reflections of Sabbaticalized Minister of Worship
[reprinted from the COS staff newsletter] As many of you know, or noticed, I was on sabbatical this summer. Much...
Let Not Your Hearts Be Hardened
When Steven C. Warner composed a musical setting of Psalm 95 for his Notre Dame Folk Choir, he probably had no...
Greg’s Sabbatical Reflections #1
I’ve been in Richmond for two weeks now and I’m settling in well. My host family, the Avulas, have been very gracious....
Guitarchestra’s Guimont
Michel Guimont’s responsorial Psalm 66. Most people do it like this, but we do it like that: