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Calvin Symposium on Worship, January 24-26, 2008

Schedule overview

Wednesday, January 23

Check in
4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Hekman Library Lobby area
Pick up your name badge and program & worship service booklets.

6:00 p.m. Welcome dinner for overseas international guests,
Prince Conference Center

8:00 - 8:40 p.m. Jazz Vespers choir rehearsal, Seminary Chapel
Attend a rehearsal introducing the music for this service. This unison choir will not sing alone, but will provide support to the rest of those who come to Jazz Vespers 5 p.m. on Thursday or Friday (you need only attend one of the Jazz Vespers Services).

Thursday, January 24

 
Schedule
7:00-8:30 a.m. Check-in Hekman Library lobby
8:30 a.m. Opening worship service Fine Arts Center
9:30-10:00 a.m. Refreshment break, conversation, and travel time  
10-12 noon Seminars meet  
12-1:00 p.m. Lunch break Prince Center &
Commons Dining Hall
1:00-3:00
Seminars continue  
3:00-3:30 Travel time, refreshments,
check-in for new arrivals
Hekman Library lobby
3:30-4:30 Conference welcome & Plenary addresses
 Fine Arts Center &
College Chapel
4:30-5:00 p.m. Travel time and exhibits open  
5:00-5:45 p.m. Late afternoon vespers  
5:45-7:15 p.m. Dinner Commons Dining Hall
7:30-8:30 p.m. Evening worship services Fine Arts Center &
College Chapel
After service until 9:30 p.m. Receptions:
Reception for college students, high school students, and high school/college worship leaders/youth pastors
Reception near Exhibit area (exhibits will be open)
College Chapel Undercroft


Fine Arts Center second level

Friday, January 25

7:30 a.m. Check in for new arrivals Hekman Library lobby
7:30 a.m. Exhibits open Fine Arts Center second level
8:30-9:30 a.m. Morning worship services Fine Arts Center &
College Chapel
9:30-10:00 Refreshments and travel time  
10:00-11:00 Session A Workshops  
11:00-11:25 Conversation and travel time  
11:25-12:25 p.m. Session B Workshops &
lunch option
Commons Dining Hall
12:25-12:50 Conversation and travel time  
12:50-1:50 Session C Workshops &
lunch option
Commons Dining Hall
1:50-2:15 Conversation and travel time  
2:15-3:15 Session D Workshops  
3:15-3:45 Refreshments and travel time  
3:45-4:45 Plenary addresses Fine Arts Center &
College Chapel
4:45-5:00 Travel time, visit exhibits  
5:00-5:45 Late afternoon vespers  
5:45-7:15 Dinner Commons Dining Hall
5:45-7:30 Center Art Gallery Exhibition Reception
"Highly Favored: Contemporary Images of the Virgin Mary” 		Art Gallery, Spoelhof Center
7:30 Evening worship services Fine Arts Center &
College Chapel

Saturday, January 26

7:30 a.m. Check in for new arrivals Hekman Library lobby
7:30 a.m. Exhibits open Fine Arts Center second level
8:30-9:30 a.m. Morning worship services Fine Arts Center &
College Chapel
9:30-10:00 Refreshments and travel time  
10:00-11:00 Session A Workshops  
11:00-11:25 Conversation and travel time  
11:25-12:25 p.m. Session B Workshops &
lunch option
Commons Dining Hall
12:25-12:50 Conversation and travel time  
12:50-1:50 Session C Workshops &
lunch option
Commons Dining Hall
1:50-2:15 Conversation and travel time  
2:15-3:15 Session D Workshops  
3:15-3:30 Conversation and travel time  
3:30-4:30 Closing Lord's Supper worship service Fine Arts Center

For those of you in Grand Rapids on Sunday, January 27, see this list of area churches, plus these related events:

Sunday, January 27

5 p.m. Evening worship, Woodlawn Christian Reformed Church (meets at Calvin College Chapel)
a hymn service with hymn-writer and Symposium presenter Rae Whitney.

8 p.m. Recital by Duo Majoya, Calvin College Chapel
You are invited to a recital by Duo Majoya, an organ/piano duo of Marnie Giesbrecht, professor of organ at the University of Alberta, and Joachim Segger, professor of music at The King's University College. They are co-directors of music at First Presbyterian Church, Edmonton and concertize internationally as soloists and as a duo. Giesbrecht and Segger will also be presenting at the Calvin Symposium on Worship, January 24-26. The recital is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Calvin College Music Department.

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