LOFT: Calvin College Testimonies
God has been busy at Calvin this year! On Sun, May 13, the Calvin community gathered to testify to the great work of God by giving praise and thanksgiving to his amazing hand in our lives through spoken word and cardboard testimonies.
"Samson," Enacted Scripture
On Tue, May 8, friends and members of the Calvin Theater Company gave a rich enactment of the scripture, telling us the story of Samson.
LOFT: What will life after death look like?
On Sun, May 6, College Chaplain, Mary Hulst, led the Calvin Community in a service that looked at the question "What will life after death look like?"
Eric Sarwar
On Wed, April 26, we heard from Eric Sarwar, guest pastor from Pakistan, as he shared with us how God is using him and the Psalms in Pakistan.
Luci Shaw, Poet
On Wed, April 19, poet Luci Shaw shared poems from her upcoming book, "The Slow Pleasures."
Jack Organ & Vince Cutrona
On Wed, April 18, seniors Jack Organ & Vince Cutrona shared ways they have seen God at work in their lives during their time here at Calvin.
Calvin Worship Media Team
On Wed, April 11, four senior Media Productions majors (Steven Jones, Tyler Grimm, Daniel Reinisch, and Ben Vanderput) who formed the Calvin Worship Media Team shared how God moved through their experience at Calvin as film producers.
LOFT: Why do you love us, sinners that we are?
On Sun, Feb 26, Paul Ryan, the Associate Chaplain for Worship led the Calvin Community in a service that looked at the question "Why do you love us, sinners that we are?"
Service of Prayer for Healing
On Sun, Feb 5, Chaplain Mary Hulst lead the Calvin Community in a special LOFT service, where we prayed for healing.
ReGathering with Pres. Byker
On Wed, Feb 1, students, faculty, & staff gathered together to dedicate our new semester to God by hearing a conversation from Presdent Byker called “Across a Life and Around the World: A Testimony to God’s Unending Care”.
Chan Min Ahn
On Tue, Jan 31,(Jr) Chan Min Ahn helped us bring our community and world to God through Korean chorus prayer.
Service Learning Center
On Wed, Jan 18, we heard the Service Learning Center testify to the good works of God in their life and in the church.
Arts Reflection
On Thu, Jan 12, we breathed in the sights and sounds of our Life Together in God’s Image through reflection on the arts—song, poem, and image.
Aaron Winkle
On Wed, Jan 4, students and staff gathered together to experience “Life Together” and heard the Word from Aaron Winkle, Associate Chaplain for Upperclass Students.
Messiah Sing
On Wed, Dec 7 we testified to Christ’s birth as we sang portions of “Messiah” with the Calvin Orchestra, directed by Robert Nordling, Assistant Professor of Music.
Todd Cioffi
On Mon, Nov 28 we joined with Todd Cioffi, Assistant Professor of Congregational & Ministry Studies and dove into Psalm 72, a Psalm for Advent.
Presidential Search Prayer Service
On Tues, Nov 22, at 4:00PM we gathered in the Chapel Sanctuary to intercede for the presidential candidates, their families, the search committee, & our community.
Michelle Loyd-Paige
On Mon, Nov 21, we gathered to grow in the Word as we looked at Psalm 116 with Michelle Loyd-Paige, Director of Multicultural Affairs, and were led in song by the Campus Choir.
Crystal Bruxvoort
On Tues, Nov 15, Chemistry Asst. Professor, Crystal Bruxvoort, led us in prayers of praise based on Psalm 150.
Sing! w/Nate Glasper
On 11/11/11 we were led in song and worship by Nate Glasper, Assistant Director of the Calvin College Gospel Choir.
Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence
On Wed, Nov 2, Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence, Theatre Publicist for CAS, testified to what God is doing in the midst of the creation of David: A Play with Psalms, A New Rock Musical.
David & the Ark
On Homecoming Weekend Sun, Oct 23, many families joined us for a morning LOFT service to hear the word from 2 Samuel 6 from College Chaplain, Mary Hulst.
Laura de Jong
On Wed, Oct 19, Laura de Jong (JR), testified to the unity of Christ amongst so many differences during her time with the Taizé community in France.
Aminah Bradford
On Tues, Oct 4 Aminah Bradford, Associate Chaplain for Residence Life led us in praying for our sin.
Mark Charles
Native American, Mark Charles is a speaker, writer, and consultant on Native American/Indigenous Peoples issues. On Wed, Sept 28, he testified to what God had done.
Adam Gould
Adam Gould’s is a friend of Calvin College and the co-founder and US Executive Director of eduKenya, a non-profit organization that partners with existing churches in the Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya to develop holistic educational programs through the creation of schools. On Wed, Sept 21, he testified to God's work in Kenya.
David & Goliath
On Sun, Sept 18, at LOFT College Chaplain, Mary Hulst taught us "God Can Slay that Giant" based on 1 Samuel 17.
The Annointed
On Sun, Sept 11, as many in our country gathered for the ten-year anniversary of the tragedy,
the Calvin community came together for the second LOFT service of the year. Over 500 students, faculty, parents came to pray, worship and listen to God's Word as one body of Christ. College Chaplain, Mary Hulst, kicked off the semester's series on David by talking about the significance of David's anointing in 1 Samuel 16:1-13. Pastor Mary emphasized that the Lord anoints and uses those who many would not expect God to use. After hearing God's Word, there was a special time of anointing with oil, to remind us that we too are God's anointed ones.
This fall we've been studying the Psalms in a campus wide bible study as well as in our Chapel services. Hear a variety of teachings on the spectrum of the Psalms as we grow in the Word in our Monday Psalms Series.
