Current and Past Grants

Catholic Theological Union

Anne McGowan

To explore how a collaborative, listening-based approach to Catholic liturgical development might deepen the prayer of the faithful by hosting synodal discernment events about a new Feast of Creation in Christ, training discussion leaders, and collecting and analyzing data from these events.

Hill First Baptist Church

To center liturgy as a tool of formation and witness by developing a cohesive approach to worship planning and participation through learning about historic liturgical practices and seasons in order to promote vibrant, energetic, and thoughtful communal worship.

Metro Baptist Church

To open pathways to self, others, and God by introducing and incorporating intentional contemplative practices into the ongoing personal and corporate worship life of the congregation.

Regent University School of Divinity

To learn from the wisdom the historic church by studying the Christian calendar, exploring its alignment with Renewal theology, and implementing and contextualizing its practice in a charismatic and contemporary worshiping community.

Sahag Mesrob Armenian Christian School

To foster children’s active participation in worship and provide a spiritual anchor for families affected by the Eaton Fire by positioning worship as a central site of continuity in times of trauma and teaching students a scriptural understanding of Armenian Christian worship songs and prayer practices.

Shared Faith Community

To create intergenerational worship resources that reflect agricultural rhythms, local traditions, and community life to facilitate Spirit-led worship in rural congregations in Kansas.

St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church

To launch and sustain a monthly healing service to deepen spiritual connections and promote holistic well-being through music, inspiring teaching, and prayer.

The Orthodox Christian Academy of Atlanta

To gather practitioners of Orthodox vigils to participate in a nine-hour vigil chanted by pan-Orthodox Byzantine choirs, share and hear research papers on Orthodox worship, and receive the relics of St. John so that these practitioners can strengthen the Orthodox tradition of vigils in their home communities.

Villanova University

Timothy Brunk

To promote the celebration of and reflection on the newly established Feast of Creation of Christ across ecclesial traditions by producing new liturgical resources for use in diverse churches across North America that will inspire worshiping communities to reconnect with the Creator and care for the sacred gift of creation.

Wartburg Theological Seminary

Jan Schnell

To examine how worship practices can hurt or exclude people at the margins, to analyze this research informed by trauma studies and liturgical theology, and to create pedagogical tools and liturgical resources that promote worship in which God’s welcome becomes lived experience.

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Jennifer Lord

To renew Protestant worshiping communities in keeping the church year, through study of and teaching about how an Orthodox parish understands and is spiritually grounded in the church year.

Bethel Community Presbyterian Church

To reimagine the practice of the Lord’s Supper—including designing table installations, creating contextualized liturgies, and hosting culturally specific "love feasts"—to represent the diversity of Christ's body and enrich the spirit of celebration surrounding communion.