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Grant Program Dedicated to Revitalizing Worship Across Borders

A growing multitude of lively conversations rapidly drowned out the live jazz music as a crowd of clergy, academics, and community members poured into Prince Conference Center’s Great Hall.

News Item | July 03, 2018

Erika Marksbury on Connecting Testimonies to Scripture

Sometimes it is easier to use the Bible to look back at what God has done than to see what God is working toward. First Baptist Church of McMinnville, Oregon, includes testimonies in worship so that people can see how their lives are part of a story God is still telling.

Conversation | June 26, 2018

Storytelling and Testimony in Christian Worship

Celebrating its 150th anniversary led First Baptist Church of McMinnville, Oregon, into a practice of storytelling and testimony in worship. They learned how stories cross boundaries and time and connect people with God’s big story.

Feature Story | June 26, 2018

Vital Worship Grants awarded by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship

April 23, 2018: The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship announced today that it will fund 44 Vital Worship Grants projects for 2018-2019 as part of its Vital Worship Grants Program.

News Item | April 23, 2018

A Worship Festival Based on the Petitions of the Lord's Prayer

A service based on the petitions of the Lord's Prayer.

Video | Worship Service | July 25, 2016

A Worship Service based on Matthew 13

A worship service based on Matthew 13, The Parable of the Sower.

Video | July 07, 2016

Vital Worship Grants Colloquium Slideshow

In June 2015 Vital Worship Grant recipients gathered at Calvin College for three days of worship, learning, and sharing together.

Slideshow | June 30, 2015

Festival of Psalms for the Christian Year

A worship service with Vital Worship Grant recipients gathered at Calvin College for a time of worship, learning, and sharing together.

Video | June 30, 2015

Welcoming the Arts in Worship

Worship Renewal Grant recipients described how engaging people of all ages and cultures in leading worship through dance, music, video, and visual art is bringing renewal in worship.

Audio | February 22, 2013

Day of Learning 2012

A Day of Learning brings together grant recipients and community members to discuss, share, and worship together as well as to consider how disciplined creativity, theological integrity, and healthy leadership practices work together in the worship renewal process.

Article | Audio | August 08, 2012

Developing Vertical Habits

Recipients of Worship Renewal Grants describe practical resources that helped people of all ages better understand why we do what we do in worship.

Audio | Video | January 27, 2012

Vertical Habits: Relational Words for Worship

In 2006, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship commissioned 23 congregations and schools to explore the theme of Vertical Habits, to learn how the words we use in our relationships also shape our worship.

Article | May 01, 2011

Psalms of Ascent: songs for the journey

Immersing themselves in these psalms helped worshipers view their lives as people journeying together on their way home to God.

Feature Story | January 31, 2011

Worship Renewal: What We Have Learned

A summary of what we have learned about worship renewal.

Article | November 10, 2010

Third Christian Reformed focuses ‘UpWords’ for Lent

This news article highlights the grant project "Vertical Habits" of Third Christian Reformed Church of Zeeland

Article | March 18, 2006

Artwork leads parishioners to worship: Vertical Habits funded by Calvin Institute of Christian Worship grant

A glimpse into the Third Christian Reformed Church in Zeeland, artwork, and Vertical Habits.

Article | March 08, 2006

Breakfast Brings Faiths Together

This news article highlights the blessings of a Worship Renewal Grant awarded to St. Clare school.

Article | October 20, 2005