"grants" All Tags Resource Type Academic Article Article Audio Bibliography Book Excerpt Book Signing Conversation Enacted Scripture Feature Story Image News Item Online Discussion Podcast Prayer Reflection Resource Guide Slideshow Topic Showcase Video Website Worship Service Category All Christian Year Daily Prayer/Reflection Dance Drama Grants Interdisciplinary Intergenerational Worship Language Arts/Words Music Preaching Sacraments (Baptism and Lord's Supper) Teaching Technology Visual Arts Worshipers Worship- Leading Worship- Meaning of Worship- Planning Worship- Preparing for Occasion All Funerals Symposium Resources War Lessons and Carols Ascension Hymn Festival Advent Weddings Weekday Services Epiphany Natural Disasters Pentecost Teaching Worship Commissionings Thanksgiving Easter Christ the King Christmas Healing Services Anniversaries Taize Ordination/Installation Heidelberg Catechism Summer Passion Week Lent Dedications Search results 1 - 20 of 38 Sort by: Title | Date Vital Worship Grants awarded for 2022 by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship announced today that it will fund 25 Vital Worship Grants projects to Worshiping Communities for 2022-2023 as part of its Vital Worship Grants Program. This group of grants puts us over the 1000 mark for grants awarded through this program. Thanks be to God! News Item | April 14, 2022 In the Lord I'll Be Ever Thankful Virtual choir with members of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Staff. Recorded for the 2020 Vital Worship Grants Event. Video | June 24, 2020 LaTonya McIver Penny on Worship with Differently Abled People Churches decide to include people with disabilities when they realize God sees us all as equals and all as differently abled. LaTonya McIver Penny advocates for inclusive worship, especially in African American congregations. Conversation | February 25, 2020 Billy Kluttz on Paperless Liturgy and Music Sometimes not providing written or projected words and notes is the best way to make liturgy truly the work of the people. Paperless liturgy and paperless music can be great tools for including all ages and abilities in worship. Conversation | January 08, 2020 Intergenerational Worship Model Based on Scripture and Story Residents of senior living communities often feel cut off from church life. Meanwhile, congregations often feel segregated by age. This participatory intergenerational worship model brings people together around Scripture and life stories. Feature Story | January 06, 2020 When Local Churches Learn and Worship Together Four congregations in Durham, North Carolina, discovered that planning worship, learning, and reflecting together helped them be better witnesses in their East Durham neighborhood. Feature Story | November 26, 2019 Georie Bryant and Reynolds Chapman on Prayer Walks Sometimes Christians worry that praying in public will be embarrassing or offensive. Four congregations in Durham, North Carolina, organized a prayer walk that connected with neighbors. Conversation | November 26, 2019 Douglas J. Brouwer on Pastoral Wisdom and Imagination These video excerpts come from a conversation between Douglas J. Brouwer and John D. Witvliet at the annual Calvin Institute of Christian Worship— CICW—grants colloquium in June 2019. Conversation | Video | August 26, 2019 William A. Dyrness on Visual Imagery in Worship These video excerpts come from a conversation between William A. Dyrness and John D. Witvliet at the annual Calvin Institute of Christian Worship—CICW—grants colloquium in June 2019. Conversation | Video | August 26, 2019 Derek Elmi-Buursma on Communion and Context Whether you call it Communion, Eucharist, the Lord’s Supper, or something else, you may wonder how to connect this sacrament with real life. Learn how one small urban congregation creates eucharistic liturgies for living in a broken world. Conversation | June 04, 2019 Joyce Ann Zimmerman on 14 Years of Evaluating Vital Worship Grants During her 14 years on Calvin Institute of Christian Worship’s Grants Advisory Board, Joyce Ann Zimmerman evaluated 1,345 grant proposals. She describes essentials of a good grant project. Conversation | November 09, 2018 #WHATCANIDO? Millennials and GenZ in Worship A presentation on Millenial and GenZ generations held at the 2018 Vital Worship Grants Event. Video | August 17, 2018 "Lectio Divina:" A Morning Prayer Service A morning prayer service held at the 2018 Vital Worship Grants Event Video | August 10, 2018 Strengthening Worship Through Scholarship In 2016, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship took the church to college in an event on Calvin College’s campus. Now, in 2018, CICW is opening up new doors for the college in the church. News Item | August 09, 2018 Reflections on Racial Conciliation and Ethnic Diversity in Christian Worship A presentation on racial conciliation and ethnic diversity during the 2018 Vital Worship Grants Colloquium. Audio | August 03, 2018 Praying the Psalms in Life and in Worship In joy and in sorrow, in faith and in doubt, the Psalms can help us to worship and pray. Audio | July 27, 2018 Evening Worship: “Grounded in God: A Faith-filled Testimony of the African American Church in Song” An evening worship service held at the 2018 Vital Worship Grants Event. Video | July 20, 2018 2018 Vital Worship Grants Colloquium Slideshow In June 2018 Vital Worship Grants recipients gathered at Calvin College for three days of worship, learning, and sharing together. Slideshow | July 06, 2018 Seven Challenges in Multicultural, Multi-congregational Worship Worshiping regularly with a congregation culturally dissimilar from yours is challenging but worth it. Understanding these challenges can also help you change worship to better include different cultural groups within your church. Article | July 06, 2018 Multicultural Congregations Meet for Combined Worship Services Three church groups started out as separate congregations sharing one building. Now regularly-scheduled joint worship helps them see themselves as members of one body in Christ. Feature Story | July 06, 2018 1 2 Next »