Apply for the Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants Program to support and enhance Christian worship practices. We encourage proposals on universal design, cultural engagement, preaching, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and more. Two grant streams are available.
Join us for our Symposium on Worship and Summer Seminars. Engage in inspiring sessions, workshops, and intensive seminars to deepen your understanding and practice of Christian worship.
Informational Webinar on Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants
Are you interested in applying for a Vital Worship, Vital Preaching grant? Join us for this free webinar catered toward new or prospective applicants to learn more about the program and participate in a live Q&A.
The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship at Calvin University advances Christian worship through resources, events, and grants. Since 1997, we have partnered with congregations and organizations to fulfill our mission.
As part of the Dwelling in the Psalms year, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship has provided resources to support Psalm festivals around Canada and the United States. These events are open to the public and many will be livestreamed.
Informational Webinar on Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants
Are you interested in applying for a Vital Worship, Vital Preaching grant? Join us for this free webinar catered toward new or prospective applicants to learn more about the program and participate in a live Q&A.
Dwelling in the Psalms: Music for Organ, Choir, and Congregation
The Joe R. Engle Organ Concert and Psalm Festival will feature a wide range of repertoire drawn from the book of Psalms including a commissioned choral anthem based on Psalm 46 and composed by Eurydice Osterman entitled “Be Still and Know That I Am God.” Evelyn Simpson-Curenton will improvise an organ work based on Psalm 116, “I Love the Lord.” Organists Eric Wall and Ahreum Han Congdon will present organ works exploring the depth and breadth of the Psalter. And guest conductor, Brandon Boyd, will lead the Seminary Chapel Choir and audience in singing.
The Calvin Symposium on Worship is a conference for worshipers, pastors, artists, musicians, scholars, students, ministry leaders, and more. As an ecumenical gathering, the Symposium creates space for Christians to worship, learn, and connect with people from many cultures, contexts, and Christian traditions from across the country and around the world.
Everyday Faith: Possibilities, Limits, and Callings, with special guest Jeremy Begbie
Music and language form the backbone of nearly every public worship service, yet we don’t often reflect on the implications of this pairing. What is the relationship of music and language in Christian worship, and how might we best utilize them—separately and together—to give God glory and to form the faith of worshipers?
Ministry in a COVID-Shaped World: Summer Session III
Calvin Theological Seminary, in collaboration with the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, is pleased to offer a series of online courses that are designed to support your ministry leadership amidst the ongoing pandemic.
Creating Congregations of Belonging for People of All Abilities
An online course designed to provide the framework and practical tools to shape a congregation where people of varying abilities and disabilities can participate and belong. Taught by LaTonya McIver Penny and John D. Witvliet through Calvin Theological Seminary.
Faithful Anti-Racism in a Global Context - July 2021
An online course designed to survey the global influences and far-reaching impact of American Christian racism. Taught by Christina Edmondson through Calvin Theological Seminary.
Everyday Faith: Possibilities, Limits, and Callings, with special guest Danjuma Gibson [Part 2]
What does life look like through the eyes of some of the “Titans” of African American history, such as Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, Fanny Lou Hamer, and Martin Luther King, Jr?