Psalm Festival Program

Who can participate?

Any Christian worshiping community in Canada or the United States is invited to apply to us for support. Your community might be a congregation, a school, a college or university, a seminary, a retirement community, a nursing home, a prison congregation, a new or old church, a big or small church, a church plant or a home church, an urban, suburban, or rural congregation—all are invited to apply.

Apply to host a Psalm Festival for your worshiping community:

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What will I receive?

A Psalm Festival starter kit includes:

• Five free copies of Psalms for All Seasons, the most comprehensive psalter ever published, which includes musical settings of all 150 psalms, most in multiple formats.
• Two free copies of En la escuela de los Salmos / At Psalms School, a bilingual intergenerational picture book that explores the role of the psalms in Christian worship and teaches us about listening to and talking with God through the psalms.
• Promotion of your event on the CICW webpage and the CICW Facebook page.

Additional copies of Psalms for All Seasons are available for purchase:

• Faith Alive Christian Resources
• Amazon

Guidelines:

By signing up, you agree to:

• host a FREE public worship event any time before December 31, 2026, that features congregational singing of psalm settings (we warmly recommend songs from Psalms for All Seasons), and
• submit a feedback form after the event to the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship with your insights and learning surrounding the event.

Tools for Planning a Psalm Festival

• Participate in additional Dwelling in the Psalms events throughout 2025–26.
• Explore the Psalms in Worship page of our website, including links to many articles, recordings, and books.
• Visit Zeteosearch.org to learn more about the psalms.
• Visit Hymnary.org to listen to audio clips from Psalms for All Seasons.
• Visit ReformedWorship.org for practical resources on the psalms.
• Visit PsalmsforAllSeasons.org, the companion website for the songbook, to find resources that support the use of the songbook.
• Options to consider for a psalm festival:
  • Sunday morning, evening, or mid-week service
  • A community-wide service with other churches in your classis, presbytery, diocese, or neighborhood
  • A service before a classis or presbytery meeting
  • A school event involving children for a spring festival, with each grade learning a different psalm
  • A service that connects with a part of the liturgical year
  • A weekend youth group or college dorm retreat
  • An evening gathering for a retirement complex

Questions? Email us!