Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This community gathered on Thursday evenings over a few months to sing through the psalms. Here is an example of one of their services.
Hawarden Christian Reformed Church
Hawarden, Iowa
This community used the psalms as part of its Thanksgiving Eve service. The song numbers refer to Psalms for All Seasons (Faith Alive Christian Resources, © 2013).
Veracity Chapel
Morrill, Maine
In preparation for its psalm festival, this congregation shared recordings of both ancient and modern psalm settings with its community. Members hoped that by singing the psalms, the word of God would be kept in the hearts and lives of those in their community.
New Beginnings Christian Church
Urbandale, Iowa
In early 2026, this community offered a series on Psalms that showed the book's diversity and relevance. They noted that many psalms seemed to resonate with our current moment in history. After reflection, the congregation created this word cloud of what they heard in the psalms.
University Church of Christ
Abilene, Texas
In response to the congregation's hunger for more psalm singing, this service balancing praise and lament took place during Holy Week.
Downriver Presbyterian Churches
Allen Park, Grosse Ile, Lincoln Park, Southminster, and Taylor, Michigan
Four presbyterian churches in the Detroit area held a joint Sunday morning service with a combined choir and four pastors.
First Presbyterian Church
Pasadena, Texas
On the first Sunday after Easter, this congregation spent the whole worship service in Psalms and then celebrated together over lunch.
Robinson Township Christian School
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
Students and staff at this school learned psalms and then presented them together in a Festival of Psalms of Light.
Edon Ministerial Association
Edon, Ohio
This combined ecumenical service of multiple churches around Edon, Ohio, included five pastors. Those in attendance were encouraged to use the psalms in a variety of ways.
West Hills Church
Omaha, Nebraska
This church weaved psalms into their Journey to the Cross gallery display and used psalms in the sermon series leading up to Easter.
Ridgewood Christian Reformed Church and Georgetown Christian Reformed Church
Jenison and Hudsonville, Michigan
To mark the start of a new year, two congregations held a joint prayer service framed by psalms.
Covenant Christian Reformed Church
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Covenant Church spent the year studying Psalms in worship, Sunday school, youth group, and Bible studies, looking together at wisdom psalms, thanksgiving psalms, royal psalms, lament psalms, psalms of ascent, trust psalms, and praise psalms, culminating in a Psalm Festival that revisited each of these types of psalms in a multigenerational service. Together the congregation learned the importance of each of the themes and how they are interconnected.
