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The Psalms of Ascents

The Psalms of Ascents (Psalm 120-134) have existed as a pilgrim psalter for the Judeo-Christian faith for over 2 millenia.  They are a unique collection of psalms, shorter than average – with a distinctive ‘folky-ness’ that were sung by jewish pilgrims as they traveled up to Jerusalem for the great feasts.

Our church (Christ the King Presbyterian Church) was awarded a grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (funded in part by the Lilly Endownment) in May 2009.  We are going to spend a year immersing ourselves in a spiritual pilgrimage – taking all of our signposts from the Psalms of Ascents with the help of cultural translators in linguists, musicians, visual artists and pastors.  Our goal is to recapture the relevance and power of the psalms to shape and form our faith in the modern life. You can read a one page summary of our grant here.

Read Them: Psalm 120-134 ESV or download a PDF of them.

Listen To Them: Steve Brown from Key Life Ministries read’s the Psalms of Ascents

Study Them: Resources to pray and study the Psalms of Ascents

Psalm and Hymn Texts:  links and pdf’s for texts from Isaac Watts, 1912 Psalter, and others.

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CTK Leadership Team:

Bruce Benedict
Worship and Community Life Director

Elliot Grudem
Pastor

Kelley Frye
Director of Admin and Design

Alice Spickard
Children’s Ministries Director

Dr. Scott Redd
Professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando

James Sutton
Director of Spiritual Life at St. David’s School, Raleigh

Aaron Collier
Professor of Practice: painting and drawing at Tulane University, New Orleans

Ladye Jane Vickers
Little White Bungalow Design

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Artists Contributing to this Project

Bruce Benedict – Christ the King and Cardiphonia Music

Aaron Collier – Professor of Practice: painting and drawing Tulane University

Pj Maske – actor and speaker, Raleigh

Brian Murphy – Red Mountain Music

Karl Digerness – City Church, San Francisco

Nathan Partain – Redeemer Pres Indy

Rick Jensen – Covenant Seminary Student, and formerly Site Pastor at Cross Point ministries in Seattle, Wa

Luke Brodine – Worship Director at Grace Pres in Palo alto, Ca

Zac Hicks – Worship Pastor, Cherry Creek Pres in Englewood, Co

Brian Moss – Prayerbook project and by/for arts

Kerry Yong – Chief Musician @ Grace Church Hackney, London

Mark Chambers – Westminster Presbyterian, Suffolk Va