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2011 Lessons & Carols

Church of the Servant’s Lessons & Carols service is always a special evening. The format is simple: scripture and song....

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COS Celebrates Secretary's 25 Years of Service

Church of the Servant honored Ruth Huisman on Oct. 30 for her 25 years of service to the congregation as...

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Carol Browning Wins the 2011 COS New Psalm Contest

Church of the Servant is pleased to announce Carol Browning’s setting of Psalm 131, “Help Me Have the Faith of...

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9/11/11

One of the reasons to use lament in worship is that the Bible shows us that it’s part of the...

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Scripture reading: it's a family affair

Worship at Church of the Servant is an intergenerational event. There are dancers as young as six, orchestra members in...

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Greg Scheer Blogs About Ukraine Worship Conferences

Greg Scheer, minister of worship, is back in Grand Rapids after leading worship conferences in Ukraine. You can read about...

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"Faith and Science: A Dialogue" Begins in October

How can we reconcile the creation accounts in Genesis with the findings of evolutionary and cosmological science? How can we...

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"People on a Journey" Focus Begins Sept. 11

A defining characteristic of the Christian community is that we are a people on a journey. We are neither wanderers...

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David Lee "Hear, Lord, My Cry for Justice" (Psalm 17)

As we gear up for the COS 2011 New Psalm Contest, we continue to use songs submitted to last year’s...

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Joy Koning's Psalm 13: How Long?

One of the benefits of our annual New Psalm Song Contest is that we get to enjoy the fruit of...

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2011 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...

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Confessions of a liturgy geek

Throughout this year the COS choir has been singing movements from Handel’s Messiah in worship, weaving them into the liturgy...

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