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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

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

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

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

Stephanie Smith on Raising Lay Leaders from the Margins

Those who experience homelessness, poverty, physical or mental illness, or addiction understand things that more privileged people may never know. Raising up peer chaplains from within this group can lead to renewal in both outdoor and building-based Christian communities.

Conversation | December 05, 2017

The Louisville Institute

A site describing six grant programs to support pastoral leaders and academics for the good of the church.

Website | October 26, 2011

Lead Worship Renewal by Conversational Example

“Worship leaders have a responsibility to teach by conversational example so that they move people beyond likes and preferences,” says Joyce Ann Zimmerman, who founded the Institute for Liturgical Ministry to help form ministers in the liturgical life of the Roman Catholic Church.

Feature Story | April 15, 2011

Theological Reflection a Key to Worship Renewal

Asking good questions helps congregations move worship forward. They move from the language of preference to the language of full, active, conscious participation in worship.

Feature Story | April 15, 2011

Spiritual Gifts and Worship - Christine Jerrett

GraceWorks aims to provide opportunities for artists and theologians to work together to create art that bears the imprint of the Holy Spirit and allows worshippers to engage the scriptures in new ways so as to ‘voice creation’s praise’, deepen faith and renew worship. The project hopes to participate in the Spirit’s renewal of culture through the interaction of theology and art.

Article | February 24, 2011

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Joyce Ann Zimmerman on 14 Years of Evaluating Vital Worship Grants

Strengthening Worship Through Scholarship

Grant Program Dedicated to Revitalizing Worship Across Borders

Erika Marksbury on Connecting Testimonies to Scripture

Vital Worship Grants awarded by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship

Stephanie Smith on Raising Lay Leaders from the Margins

The Louisville Institute

Lead Worship Renewal by Conversational Example

Theological Reflection a Key to Worship Renewal

Spiritual Gifts and Worship - Christine Jerrett

Video of Grants Colloquium Worship

Third Christian Reformed focuses ‘UpWords’ for Lent

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

Breakfast Brings Faiths Together

Intergenerational Peer Learning Group