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Regional Psalm Festivals
Psalms 150: A Conference Experience
This conference offers opportunities to learn from guest speakers, musicians, and artists and participate in a psalm festival worship service and other times of prayer and reflection.
This is My Story, This is My Song
An interactive conversation about Gospel Music, honoring the power of faith, testimony and song in the African American Experience, with special guests Dante Ford and Julian Davis Reid.
Montgomery—Arrabon Experiential Learning Trip 2026
The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship is excited to partner with Arrabon, a spiritual formation ministry that equips Christ-followers to actively and creatively pursue reconciliation and racial healing in their communities, to offer a curated experiential learning trip to Montgomery, Alabama.
Cultural Values in Ministry—April 2026
Developed in partnership with the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and the Calvin University School of Graduate and Continuing Studies, this online course equips worship planners and leaders of all types of ministries with practical tools for relating well to people from a variety of cultures. Understanding and respecting cultural differences is key to a healthy ministry.
Psalmody in Color: Celebrating the Sacred Music of Black Voices
As part of The Abyssinian Baptist Church’s annual Black Music Month Celebration, Psalmody in Color is a weekend-long festival dedicated to exploring and uplifting the psalm settings of Black composers, past and present. Through concerts, lectures, and workshops, the festival highlights the rich sacred music traditions that have shaped worship and cultural life across generations.
Forming Communities of Witness in Post-Christian Contexts
An application-based summer seminar directed by Mark Glanville.
Living the Scriptural Story
An application-based summer seminar directed by Carmen Joy Imes.
Dwelling in the Psalms: Music for Organ, Choir, and Congregation
A Psalm Festival presented by the Chapel Choir of Princeton Seminary, Martin Tel, Director, with performers and choral conductors Brandon Boyd, Mina Choi, Ahreum Han-Congdon, Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, and Eric Wall
Wisdom in the Age of AI
Discerning faithful and responsible use of AI in education, church, business, health care, and the arts
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.
Únase a este seminario gratuito en línea centrado en la conmemoración de los eventos que llevaron a la muerte de Jesús y la celebración de la alegría del Domingo de Pascua.
Developed in partnership with the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and the Calvin University School of Graduate and Continuing Studies, this online course equips leaders of all types of ministries with practical tools for relating well to people from a variety of cultures. Understanding and respecting cultural differences is key to a healthy ministry.
The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship is excited to partner with Arrabon, a spiritual formation ministry that equips Christ-followers to actively and creatively pursue reconciliation and racial healing in their communities, to offer three curated experiential learning trips to Montgomery, Alabama, Washington, DC, and El Paso, Texas.
A lecture led by Jennifer Powell McNutt, author of The Mary We Forgot: What the Apostle to the Apostles Teaches the Church Today.
An ecumenical conference dedicated to worship and learning, bringing together people in a variety of roles in worship and leadership from across the country and around the world.
