The annual Calvin Symposium on Worship is a conference sponsored by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and the Center for Excellence in Preaching, held at Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Friday evening’s “pilgrimage” was led by several Symposium presenters, from a wide variety of congregations and worshiping

communities. Part of the joy of the night's event was celebrating how such a wide variety of musical and artistic languages can

work together to encourage each of us in our faith pilgrimage.

Entrance: Longing for Holiness

This section is led by Princeton Seminary Choir from Princeton, New Jersey. The readers are Christina Ong and Colleen

Toole. They are led by Martin Tel, director, Michael Gittens and William D. Carter III, accompanists, and William Heard,

soloist.

Resting in God’s Presence

The scripture reading is led by members of Thornapple Covenant Church here in Grand Rapids: Elise Hartmann, Bob

Kingma, Ashlyn Korpak, Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence, and Casey McIntosh. Music is led by Jorge Lockward, from the New

York offi ce of the General Board of Global Ministries for the United Methodist Church, by West Michigan high school

string players who have met today to form an honors orchestra led by Calvin faculty members John Varineau and

David Reimer. They are joined by soprano Awet Andemicael from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, CICW accompanist

Norma de Waal Malefyt, and Calvin College student, Kelsey Stark, oboe.

Cry for Help

The scripture reading is led by CICW staff members Kristen Verhulst and María Cornou. The music is led by David Bailey

and the Urban Doxology band from Richmond, Virginia, and Tom Jennings from Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New

York.

Victory and Vindication

The scripture reading is led by current and former CICW staff members Anne Zaki (Cairo, Egypt), Eric Sarwar (Karachi,

Pakistan, currently studying at Calvin Seminary), and Kai Ton Chau (Grand Rapids). The prayer is led by Anne Zaki. The

music in this section is led by Eric Sarwar, with supporting musicians from Church of the Servant in Grand Rapids: Greg

Scheer, Erin De Young, Maria Poppen, Susan Cleveland, as well as by the orchestra.

The Light of Creation, The Light of the Law

The scripture reading is led by members of Thornapple Covenant Church. The music is led by the orchestra, joined by

Awet Andemicael and James Buswell, concert violinist who taught for many years at the New England Conservatory of

Music, as well as by a student-led choir from the Korean Student Association at Calvin College.