Friday, June 24, 2005

Alphabet Soup

We were saying earlier this week after staff meeting that we need a guide to the abbreviations we bandy about around here. A first attempt:

AGO - American Guild of Organists
CEP - Center for Excellence in Preaching at Calvin Theological Seminary
CICW - Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
CRC - Christian Reformed Church
CTS - Calvin Theological Seminary
FEN - From Every Nation: Calvin College statement on ethnic diversity
OCCE - Office of Conferences and Campus Events at Calvin College
PCC - Prince Conference Center at Calvin College
REC - Reformed Ecumenical Council
RFM - Readiness For Ministry groups at Calvin Seminary (soon to be renamed FFM - Formation For Ministry)
SCS - Seminars in Christian Scholarship at Calvin College

And there’s always our ...

Glossary of Hymnal Abbreviations:
PH     The Presbyterian Hymnal (Presbyterian Church USA; Westminster/John
Knox Press)
PsH     The Psalter Hymnal (Christian Reformed Church; Faith Alive Christian
Resources)
RL     Rejoice in the Lord (Reformed Church in America; W.B. Eerdmans
Publishing Company)
RN     Renew! (Hope Publishing Company)
SFL     Songs for LiFE (children’s songbook; Faith Alive Christian
Resources)
SNC   Sing! A New Creation (Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Christian
Reformed Church, Reformed Church in America; Faith Alive Christian Resources)
TH     Trinity Hymnal (Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church in
America; Great Commission Publications)
TWC   The Worshiping Church (Hope Publishing Company)
UMH   The United Methodist Hymnal (United Methodist Publishing House)
WOV   With One Voice (Augsburg Fortress)

Posted by Nathan Bierma on 06/24 at 04:07 PM
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